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The Greenland Breach

Bernard Besson

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Nov 02, 2013 Kimberly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013-bookshelf, 2013-around-the-world-challenge

I know I seem to review a lot of romance on the blog but back in the day when I was like 14-17 I was a huge action adventure/thriller fan so when I saw the summary for this book included a blurb from an author saying the story telling was reminiscent of Clive Cussler (one of my favourite authors) and Michael Crichton (another author I enjoy). I knew that this book was one I had to read.

The Greenland Breach was a heart pounding adrenaline filled thriller that I hated having to put down to you kno I know I seem to review a lot of romance on the blog but back in the day when I was like 14-17 I was a huge action adventure/thriller fan so when I saw the summary for this book included a blurb from an author saying the story telling was reminiscent of Clive Cussler (one of my favourite authors) and Michael Crichton (another author I enjoy). I knew that this book was one I had to read.

The Greenland Breach was a heart pounding adrenaline filled thriller that I hated having to put down to you know eat and sleep. Right away, I felt myself being sucked into the story line. There was so much going on in the story that at first I was worried about the author being able to tie everything together, but those worries were proved unfounded because by the time I reached the end of the book I though things wrapped up just nicely. I loved how even the smaller plot twists added to the overall flow of the story in a grand way.

I thought the characters were all unique and I just loved all their little quirks and how they added flare to the novel and I enjoyed that they all had a sense of humour because I hate when a book doesn't have any laughs and in a thriller like The Greenland Breach it is really needed. I also enjoyed the way that the author told the story. It was detailed when it needed to be without being mind numbingly so and I appreciated that the author knew when to reign that aspect in. I also enjoyed the pacing of the novel because it damn near took my breath away with all the action but like the seriousness of it was balanced out by humour the action was also followed by some nice lulls where the plot was explained more.

Overall, I loved the Greenland Breach. It really did remind me of a Clive Cussler novel but it didn't come across as being a rip-off of his works either. Bernard Besson is definitely a writer that has his own unique voice and I can't wait to read another of his books.

I would recommend this book to fans of Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton and overall fans of thrillers that have a lot of action, adventure and laughs to balance of the seriousness of the story.

*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my free and honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed herein are 100% my own. ...more

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