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Lost Empire (Fargo Adventure, #2)
by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
Read this one for love . . . My husband thought I'd enjoy the storyline and setting. And, I did -- the "historical" mystery was fun. But the writing!
The portrayals of the characters were cartoonish and ugly. The Fargos are completely unbelievable as a wealthy couple in their mid-30s. Their depth of skill and experience definitely makes them older, and Cussler never establishes any plausible motivation for them getting involved in so much violence in pursuit of the bell. The African and Mexican characters are cardboard and just racist, really: I-am-third-world-therefore-I-am-megalomaniacal-and-corrupt.
The whole book left me feeling both bored and covered in a thin coating of ick. Also, is Cussler underwritten by Apple computers? So much product placement!
Cussler's books fly off the shelves in the library -- But I am delighted to be finished and can't see myself reading another one.
The portrayals of the characters were cartoonish and ugly. The Fargos are completely unbelievable as a wealthy couple in their mid-30s. Their depth of skill and experience definitely makes them older, and Cussler never establishes any plausible motivation for them getting involved in so much violence in pursuit of the bell. The African and Mexican characters are cardboard and just racist, really: I-am-third-world-therefore-I-am-megalomaniacal-and-corrupt.
The whole book left me feeling both bored and covered in a thin coating of ick. Also, is Cussler underwritten by Apple computers? So much product placement!
Cussler's books fly off the shelves in the library -- But I am delighted to be finished and can't see myself reading another one.
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Apr 12, 2012 11:11am
I agree with a good part of your assessment of the couple. but I'm going to give them a couple more tries. cussler books are good time passers in general.
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