Airframe by Michael Crichton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Airframe
Book Review: A Fast Read
Summary: 5 Stars
By Jeffrey W. Bennett, ISP, author of ISP Certification-The Industrial Security Professional Exam Manual and Under the Lontar Palm
Great book and fast reading thriller. This story could have been stolen from the news. I actually wanted to get into Quality Control with an air line manufacturers after reading about it. The Heroine was very realistic. Great work.
Book Review: A Fine Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
Airframe by Michael Crichton was a fabulous novel by one of America's best Science Fiction novelists. After a TPA flight goes down for an unknown cause, Casey Singleton, the QA director for the builder of the plane, investigtes along with her team to find out the mysterious cause the killed 16 and left many, many more injured.After a young worker for an NBC news show finds out about the problems going on with the planes, she decides to do a report on it. Casey is then forced to make up lies to get the interview over while she has to investigate the plane crash and has problems with her daughter at home.
Casey does the interview and then goes to different people around the factory to see if they can help with the plane. She learns to read the black box it will take weeks so she decides to go to a video store and put on tape the recordings of one of the passengers. After doing this she knows the truth about what happened after she took a test flight on the plane that was in the accident.
Airframe is a novel that you don't want to miss whether you are a fan of Michael Crichton or not. Not only does the book have a fabulous story, it is also a great reference just like all of his other books. Be sure to read this one and enjoy it. I think you will.
HAPPY READING!
Book Review: A Greaaat Read!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book!! The other reviewers have pretty much said it all, so just press the 'buy now' button and enjoy the best read you'll have in a long, long time.Book Review: A Great Technical Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
Airframe is a great combination of two different types of writing. The way that the thrilling half of the book interacts with the technical half is outstanding, keeping you on the edge of your seat throughout the read. Crichton ties it all together with a great, unexpected ending, which makes this book one of the best he's ever written.Book Review: A Real Page-Turner
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first heard of this novel, the subject matter sounded uninteresting to me. Only after a friend strongly recommended it did I give it any consideration at all. And even then, I waited until there were no other books on my "to read" list before buying a copy. Well, I wish I hadn't waited so long. Airframe is a great book!Michael Crichton brings his usual cinematic writing style to Airframe, reinforcing a suspenseful story with a level of technical detail that brings depth and additional interest to the events that take place. And while the book is primarily focused on an investigation into an airplace accident, which may sound dry and uninteresting, the character interactions and intrigue are more than enough to keep the story moving at a steady pace. In fact, there was never a point where I felt the momentum lull.
As an added plus, I particularly enjoyed Crichton's portrayal of the news media. I felt that his unforgiving commentary on the motives and methods of television "news" programs was dead on, and in fact has become even more accurate in the years since he wrote this novel.
Kudos to Crichton for this one - I would recommend that anyone read Airframe, and do so before they ruin it by turning it into a movie!