Todd B. reviewed on 7/9/2006 + 22 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

This was the first Coonts book I read, and I wasn't terribly impressed. It took me a while to realize that the story's supposed to be a farsical comedy rather than a serious thriller. I'd started reading the book thinking (and hoping) it was a military technothriller of some kind, so I was disappointed at first. But after about the 10th time of thinking "they wouldn't really do that" or "nobody really talks like that" I got more into the groove of the book.

I think the story would make a fun PG movie, along the lines of "The Last Starfighter". But it's not an engaging novel for adults. Hokey dialogue, unbelievable plot, and 2-dimensional characters abound. (in the case of the supporting characters, 1-dimensional!) It would have been great hugely edited down into a novella or a long short story.

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