Airframe
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Cruising 35,000 feet above the earth, a twin-engine commercial jet encounters an accident that leaves 3 dead, 56 wounded, and the cabin in shambles. What happened? With a multi-billion-dollar company-saving deal on the line, Casey Singleton is sent by her hard-driving boss to uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to the disaster before more people die. But someone doesn't want her to find the truth. Airframe bristles with authentic information, technical jargon, and the command of detail Crichton's readers have come to expect. Check out Amazon.com's Airframe feature and read an excerpt from the book! |
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Decent, but Lesser Crichton
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AIRFRAME is a competent suspense novel, and I applaud Crichton's attempt to write an intelligent potboiler. But the characterization in this book is quite thin, and the subject matter is simply not as fascinating as Crichton seems to think.
As another reviewer commented, the technology in AIRFRAME outweighs the thrills. Crichton is a remarkably intelligent writer, but he tries too hard to incorporate aviation jargon into this particular book. I know that Crichton does extensive research for this novel, but I felt he made little effort to make most of it understandable to the reader. There were certain chapters where I simply felt my eyes glazing over.
Crichton also uses this novel to rant against certain things he dislikes in society (the media, trial lawyers, unions, US trade policy, the abolition of the fairness doctrine, etc.), which I ultimately found tiresome. The ending of AIRFRAME is also somewhat disappointing, given the huge buildup.
My advice is to go with some of Crichton's other work, such as THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, SPHERE, or JURASSIC PARK.
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