Airframe by Michael Crichton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Airframe
Book Review: Airframe Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I have just finished reading Airframe by Micheal Crichton. I have read several of his other books and I think this is one of his best yet. The way he keeps you guessing and makes you want to keep reading is awesome. Crichton develops the main character, Casey Singleton, in a way that is absolutely stunning. He leads you to believe that the predicament is simple and easy to solve but then he throws a wrench in the works and gives you new information, characters, and a whole other side of the story. Instantly you believe that Casey and her team at Norton Aircraft will quickly figure out why the accident that they are investigating in the book, took place. However he throws in a couple twists and turns and you can hardly guess how everything will be solved. In the end, the truth is finally revealed and everything snaps together. Airframe is and amazing jumble of twists and turns that will keep you guessing till the very end. I highly recommend Airframe to all readers.Book Review: Airframe Reviewed
Summary: 5 Stars
A airplane's interior cabinet has been mysteriously demolished beyond belief. Three passengers are dead and fifty-six are injured. However, the captain still manages to land the aircraft. How? Casey Singleton, a vice-president of Quality Assurance at Norton Aircraft has been assigned the task of investigating this bizarre accident and finding out the truth of what happened and how. Throughout her journey, twists and turns come when you least expect them. The mystery and suspense is soaked into each and every page of the amazing , yet believeable story. You won't want to put this book down until the very last pages...and after that, you'll just be longing for more. Definately a must-read.Book Review: Airframe is a book well deserving of 4 or more stars!
Summary: 4 Stars
Cruising at over 30,000 feet, a Norton Aircraft suddenly goes into several deep pitch oscilations. As a result, people have died, and the Norton Company is under fire. The main officials are selling parts, giving away the plane, and people are dying. Will Casey be able to save the company, while trying to hold onto her own life?Book Review: Airframe, too much air....
Summary: 2 Stars
I didn't feel that this was his best work. I liked the characters and the story line was great, but lacked in suspense until the 6th of 8 tapes. Too much detail on mundane stuff. Suspense picked up on Tape 6, but wasn't the same type of suspense like "PREY". Enjoyed it, but would've liked more suspense.Book Review: Airframe-fuselage and wing
Summary: 4 Stars
Michael Crichton is an interesting writer, this does not make him a good writer. There is the question of plausibility, often connected to the probability of coincidences, and Michael Crichton strains my reasoning on almost everything he writes. Consequently there is one overiding concern, to believe ir not. I find I prejudge him, I regard each of his stories as I would a cartoon, it just can't happen. Then I throw out all my beliefs, settle back, and enjoy the book. This I can do, if I do not read the book as I would a text book, but absorb the story without criticism of reality but only inteested in the action, then I am satisfied. Crichton does cover a lot of ground, he does introduce new concepts, or old concepts in a new setting, and I do not question whether he knows what he is talking about. If I come to a resounding error or an implausible situation, or even a a character acting not according to his character as set up, I skip over it, knowing Crichton wlll inevitably introduce such elements into his story. If it happens to be some scientific point I am not familiar with I have no problem. I have already decided not to quibble over such implausibilities.
Airframe was full of them. I spent most of my working years associated with such aircraft companies, and he was generally on target but he also made many misstatements. I am not going to enumerate them, many of them helped the story line and some were essential to the plot. Why quibble, the main facts were true. The wing is the soul of the aircraft, no manufacturer would use wing offset as a means to obtain a contract, also the U. S. government must approve any offset anyhow. So let us assume that the wing could be manufactured overseas and imported back into the U. S. for assembly. On with the story. Again, contracts, before signing. are highly classified so how did the union know? Ignore it, on with the story. That is how I read most of Michael Crichton. I have written criticisms of some of his other stories, now I have revealed how I am able to read them amd enjoy them.
Most of his stories are fast paced and action packed but he has trouble ending them, or I think his endings are weak, compared to the action in the story and he often leaves unanswered questions about some of the action. However criticizing the endings is difficult to do without revealing the ending and ruining the story for anyone reading the review. Surprisingly, the ending to "Airframe" is pretty good, even the payoff to Casey is not too bad. It was a good read.