Sunday, June 9, 2013

Sphere - Michael Crichton

one sentence summary
Why the fuck would anyone explore a spaceship so deep in the ocean that the pressure outside would kill you?? read this book to find out why...(tho I am still pretty sure it is a terrible idea)

review:
The writing is above average for the genre, the story is really quite interesting (once you make the assumption that some people just need to know, and that need outweighs any sane reasoning they may have had) and the characters are all horribly flawed and entertaining. The novel is written in what I like to think of as the Crichton style, long explanations of science, decent dialogue, rushed action and plot holes the size of the grand canyon. I recommend this for plane or cabin reading, a fast paced story whose details don't matter. I recommend it to anyone looking to read an action movie with shoddy science.

8/10
i recommend checking out Robin Cook, Carl Sagan (his fiction), Steve Alten etc

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