This book is somewhere in between a research document and a work of fiction. To add an element of complexity, looks like Michael Crichton really wants someone to make a movie out of everything he writes.
Given that, this book is about climate change, global warming and related shebangs, and if you think reading about that extensively is burdensome, wait till you meet the haphazard set of characters.
There are a few too many people to be called handful, and so many things happen at the same time. That would be okay, if it resembled a Christie novel with 13 people whose characters are stripped naked for everyone to read. This novel, however discomombulates a mix of characters, theories, events, locations and timelines.
Its still not a bad read. If nothing, its slow, but the book is thought provoking. It offers different theories for the problem at hand, and once you put it down, it has you thinking about the foundations of some of the principles you believe in.
For this reason, I recommend this book, and ask you to bear Crichton's aging writing style.
2.5/5
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Given your review of the latest Michael Crichton book, you might find this interesting (you can't beat the price):
“Rad Decision,” is a new techno-thriller novel about the American nuclear power industry. Written by a longtime nuclear engineer, it provides an entertaining and accurate portrait of a nuclear power plant and how an accident might be handled. “Rad Decision” is at RadDecision.blogspot.com at no cost to readers.
"I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." - Stewart Brand, founder, The Whole Earth Catalog.
"I started reading Rad Decision because of my interest in nuclear power -- then found I could not put it down! ... Comparing it to Michael Crichton's "State of Fear", which also has the dual purposes of informing and entertaining, I think Rad Decision wins hands down -- less didactic, more gripping." - A Reader. (See more reviews in the Comments at the Rad Decision homepage.)
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James Aach
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