Airframe by Michael Crichton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Airframe
Book Review: Airframe
Summary: 4 Stars
To me this book was a mixed bag. Air Frame is about a woman (Casey Singleton) who is sent to investigate a near crash of an air plane for the company that she works for. The thing about that is the fact that the way the plane crashed made no sense. When the crew looks at the nearly destroyed plane, they're suprised to see that no evidence points to why the plane crashed why it did. Add that with the fact that the flight crew was acting very weird and the media is getting all over it and it turns out being a very good book, but this book wasnt perfect. There are a few points that werent very entertaining to read, but it never takes too long for something to happen and pick up the suspense of the book. For me, what turned out to be what i thought was a boring read at first, in the end turned out to be a very good book.Book Review: Airframe
Summary: 4 Stars
Michael Crichton's Airframe is a shining example of the fog over the fine line between classics and passing fads. Written in 1995 amidst a global fear of air travel, Airframe is a fast-paced story of one airline's struggle between the media and financial ruin. Norton Airlines is a top-notch airline manufacturer with a flawless record. When one of their planes goes down because of a mysterious "turbulence" the company's Incident Review Team must frantically piece together the puzzle to save a corporation. This combined with a rabid dog news agency, provides for an enthralling novel that only Michael Crichton could orchestrate.Michael Crichton does an excellent job developing his characters in Airframe by stepping outside the typical novel frameworks and using a technique that is rarely seen in pop novels. Crichton, the founder of such notable screen works as Jurassic Park, and ER, uses a screenplay format in this novel. The characters are exposed in life like situations by an author who is basically a camera lens, unbiased and factual. While indulging in the pages of Airframe the reader's mind immediately wanders away and "watches" the action take place in one's head. Unlike other ensnaring books; however, Airframe's plot is arranged in sections and cut scenes as though it were ready for the big screen. In doing this, the characters are exposed as they would be on a film, without author narrative.
The major themes of this story are the man versus self struggle of protagonist Casey Singleton and her man versus man struggle against the biased and twisting news agency. The story is written in the "slice-of-life" format, focused around one event, and the characters are represented in a realistic way. All characters are flawed in their own way, but some, as in the case of Casey, are trying to be better people. Thus another aspect of the conflicts rears its head: good versus evil, or more specifically honesty. At the completion of the book, Crichton shows where the characters are a few years down the road, and subtly passes judgement on them in accordance with their stance on the good versus evil theme. Airframe is a book of morals tales.
The plot of Airframe, as Cricthon would write it, is easy to read and draws the reader in to the story. The story ends with the warm sense of completion, which inspires one to read other books that Crichton has written. Within the screenplay rubric, Crichton uses foreshadowing that is only seen after the event. I learned this from my father, who, because his line of work, reads large quantites of text in a short time. He has a habit of analyzing what he is reading while he reads, and immediately begins looking for evidence to support the conclusions he has drawn. It was he who pointed out some of the well hidden foreshadowing devices used in this book. The hints are in the fabric of the story, but one must focus to see them.
Several moods are inspired because of this book. The moods change quickly based on revelations in the story, once again very similar to the way moods change in a movie or television show. The moods in Airframe range from hopelessness to anger to contempt and finally to success.
Airframe is written in third person omniscient point of view with a non-intrusive and unbiased author.
I would recommend this book to anyone because it is entertaining and informative. Crichton is a very learned man and typically studies his subjects to the point of obsession in order to be factually accurate. Airframe is no exception.
Book Review: Airframe - A good story and educational as well
Summary: 4 Stars
The first MC book I read! I thought his books wouldn't appeal to me. This one did. Close to reality.... I learned about the importance of a relationship between aircraft manufacturers and airlines.If you don't want to read the technical details - skip them. It is easy to find your way back to the story. Meanwhile I read my 2nd MC: Jurassic Park. Totally different but yet the same: Close to reality and it is easy to skip the technical details and still follow the story. A reader from ManhattanBook Review: Airframe : a rather good book from Michael Crichton
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a difficult book to rate.On one hand, Michael Crichton's Airframe is a page-turning book. So long that I haven't spent one whole day sitting and just reading one book. It captures me from the first page and turn more excited till the end.I suppose Crichton have done a lot of research about the commercial airplane, this informative detail is added in the scene of this book and being a crucial part to get reader understanding more for all the technical stuff in the book. Very well-done.On the other hand, I found that there is not so many impressive feeling left much after finish reading this book. I don't have any intention to re-read this book which I think it pretty weird for me. Not like "Congo", "Sphere", "Jurassic Park" or even "Travel", all these books I always pick them up and re-read from time to time. At least, the action scenes in this book is very dull. Overall, I give this book 4 stars, this is an exciting and a good choice for anyone. Make sure that you have free time before open this book.
Book Review: Airframe Crashes from Structural Failure!
Summary: 1 Stars
The number of coincidences and unlikely occurrences in this plot make back-to-back lottery wins seem plausible. The inconsistencies and inaccuracies make Jesse Helms seem like a scholarly researcher.
Janet Reno, Al Gore and Gerald Ford are vibrant, interesting and empathetic next to these thin characters.
Anyone who didn't figure out the general nature of the ending before the midpoint of the book wasn't really trying.
The only bright spot is that the movie will be ever so much better than the book.