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Atlantis
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, London (2005-07-18)
ISBN: 0755324226
EAN: 9780755324224
Dewy Decimal #: 813
Paperback: 480 pages
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Customer Reviews
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atlantis
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-11-20
To much archaelogical detail for me,the author is obviosly an acedemic and enthusiastic in his field,but I skipped so many pages,when the story got going the hero was Dirk Pitt,James Bond and Indiana Jones all rolled into one totally unbelieveable character, he could probably catch bullets with his teeth and deflect them with his mobile phone.
A totally rubbish story, fiction for fictions sake.
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So boring it made me angry
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-05-23
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I had read some of the negative reviews about this book, but it sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a chance anyway. I made it about halfway through before I gave up, angry for having wasted time and money on it. And I almost never give up on novels.
The premise is interesting, but instead of telling the story, Gibbins wastes too much time on irrelevant technical details. Gibbins clearly knows what he's writing about and has some good ideas, but he doesn't know how to tell a story. This is the most boring novel I can remember. It kept my interest for about 100 pages. After another 80 pages or so I was hoping the pace would pick up and halfway through I gave up. In fact, because I sometimes suffer from insomnia, I tried to use it instead of sleeping pills, but it only made me angry by how boring it was.
My recommendation is: Trust the bad reviews on this one and don't waste your time and money.
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Hampered by own expertise?
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-05-19
Jack Howard is a marine archaeologist and along with a number of his friends and colleagues is lucky enough to discover the key to the location of what most people would consider a myth. Unfortunately they're not the only ones. So the adventure begins with a race to the prize before piracy, terrorism and even nuclear warfare rob the world of a wonderful discovery.
Unfortunately the book was very hit and miss for me. For example excitement would build, the team diving in unfamiliar waters, not knowing what they were going to find and then suddenly the author would give long descriptions consisting of an awful lot of technical jargon and diving know-how, and to a non-diver like myself the whole thing became a little tedious and annoying. I just wanted to know what happened next.
Also a lot of the story line was based on happenstance, the right people being in the right place at the right time with access to the right equipment. The dénouement was predictable too, based again on a twist of fate, so was pretty much of an anti-climax.
As the author is himself a marine archaeologist of some note it seems likely that he may have been hampered by his own expertise. In my opinion an average book, the material was there but unfortunately it wasn't used to the best advantage.
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Clever choice for a title, hence the star!
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-02-04
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you are at all interested in ATLANTIS, this is NOT the book for you! This book is about AK47's, hyperbaric bombs and a main character that is always only inches or seconds away from instant death. Having read this book I am no better informed of the Atlantis myth than I was before reading it.
If you happen to like books involving AK47's etc., then this is still not the book for you.AVOID!
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Could have been so much better
Rating (2)
Date: 2007-10-07
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I think the real problem with this book is that it's Gibbins first. He seems more interested in showing the reader what an excellent and knowledgeable archaeologist he is in respect of his subject matter. This is to the books detriment as there are long explanatory passages highlighting tjhis knowledge that slow down the flow and pace of the book. In agreement with other reviewers, the characters are very two dimensional and very generic. I had the very real feeling that Gibbins and Jack Howard are one in the same. On the plus side, the historical facts and perspective were interesting and the introduction of the submarine as a plot devise had some merits. The publishers and editors must take some responsibility for these flaws, as there is always a balance to be struck with a book of this sort between th action and the historical facts or views. Above all with all books in this genre the reader needs to remain engaged, entertained and anxious to turn the page, and this didn't quite make the grade.
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Retail Price: £7.99
Amazon.com's Price:£0.01
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