State of Fear

About book
Author: Michael Crichton
Publisher: Avon (Oct. 25, 2005)
Version: Paperback
Completed: 2006
My Rating: 3.0/5

Comment

OK, the starting was a real reader magnet. However having finished the book, the first question that came to mind was, I don't see the connection the introduction has with the rest of the book. This is not a thin book but the pages turn real fast when you can't seem to put it down. Although Crichton has put in a lot of research work into this one, story wise, I find it a little unsatisfying. Character development is there, it's just that Crichton put in too much of his own opinion about global warming into this one. The arguments just come across as pretty unconvincing. And, the bad guys seemed really comical like those characters from the animated cartoon series, Wacky Races from Hanna-Barbera.