Walhalla

This book started out all right, on a three-star level. There was a lot of action which kept me interested. Pitt saved the day, and then... he did it again. And again. And again. It was just too much, and it grew more unlikely with every time. Furthermore, the story is packed with gorgeous, frighten Leggi tutto

Title: Valhalla Rising Author: Clive Cussler Date Published: 2001 Pages: 537 When the luxury cruise-liner Emerald Dolphin which had on board 1600 passengers in opulence styles and served by 900 crews members, powered by a newly invented propulsion system designed and developed by Dr. Elmore Egan a Nobel Leggi tutto

Il solito Cussler con l'aggravante di una trama ripetitiva e spompata. Quello che dovrebbe essere ormai un canone diventa una trita ripetizione di situazioni e luoghi comuni, in pratica un libro incagliato. Persino la narrazione parallela, quella che di solito consente a Cussler di correre a briglia Leggi tutto

My first Cussler book, and it will be my last. Before anyone sends me a nasty-gram about this review, remember, I'm not taking away your right to enjoy this book, it's just that I didn't. Dirk Pitt is just a little too much, don't you think? I mean, your ancient rare plane isn't showing up for your

A plot to monopolize North American oil and natural gas production leads to terror attacks on two ocean liners that have newly installed revolutionary engines that will destroy the oil industry as we know it, the only man to stop this plot is of course Dirk Pitt. Valhalla Rising is the sixteenth boo Leggi tutto

Oh dear, where to start? Perhaps the fact that the highlight of the stupendous, mega-cruise ship was the stupendous, fantastic, indoor shopping mall, whose loss Cussler keeps bemoaning? Would that be petty? There's clearly a market for this stupidity, as this was Dirk Pitt TM No. 16 and I see in the w Leggi tutto

Me súper encantó, y no me esperaba ese final para nada 😱

I enjoyed this book a lot for being a thriller and an action adventure but its use of Vikings in the plot proved to be a bit of 'all talk and no substance'. The very first chapter is about Vikings settling and discovering North America but not an event that has a happy ending. The rest of the story f Leggi tutto

This is one of the best organized of the clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series, that reaches across centuries to create a fiction that is incredibly beleiveable. The book pulls on history, old fiction, old mysteries, science, science ficition and adventure to create an unforgetable novel that leaves you

This was my second Clive Cussler book to read. Cussler is a master of the historical novel. He tied the Vikings and Captain Nemo to a modern-day power play of a truly evil corporate leader. This was layered with many twists and turns, and never relaxed its grip on you until THE END. Even the ending