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Title: Ice Hunt by James Rollins ISBN: 0-06-052160-0 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 29 June, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (38 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book to cool off with in this Texas heat
Comment: Another great ride with my favorite author, James Rollins. I picked up Ice Hunt to read at the pool this summer. Again, Mr. Rollins keeps us turning the pages so quickly from all the action and plot twists that I found myself struggling to put the book down. I love the "science mixed with adventure" theme in all of his books. I appreciate all the research that goes into each novel.
This book is a must read! Where will Mr. Rollins take us next?
Rating: 3
Summary: Lots of fun if you overlook the errors
Comment: I bought this book while waiting for the next Matthew Reilly novel, in hopes Ice Hunt would be half as fun as Ice Station.
It was half as fun. Mr. Rollins develops good characters and achieves a fast paced adventure tale.
On the other hand, he doesn't have a grasp of U.S. military tactics and training, and it shows. Having an American Delta force command casually agree to slaughter innocent civilians isn't even outrageous -- it's laughable. Once I got to that point of the novel I wanted to see the ending so I finished it up, but the story was spoiled for me.
Tom Clancy isn't a military man, and neither is Matthew Reilly. Somehow they manage to get their facts put together -- bad guys can be American military personnel, but bad guys aren't the entire U.S. military force. I hope that James Collins does better research next time and gets his military strategy right.
Rating: 5
Summary: Verklempt! PART II
Comment: ICE HUNT WILL FUEL YOUR FIRE...Feel the heat!
I recently read SandStorm a few weeks ago and, for the first time ever, posted my first review. Being SO moved by SandStorm, I hurried out and bought the paper back Ice Hunt.
Rollins Woooooowwwwwed me again.
Can you say "OH MY GOSH!" True to form, I am again driven to state my opinion here. Ok, I am shouting at the roof tops "READ THIS BOOK!" This is a must for any curriculum. Did you hear me?
Ice Hunt is like meeting the love of your life for the first time. When you meet that love...you are excited and you can wait to see that person again. Well, Ice Hunt is the love of your life. Your mind will bend and go places you didn't imagine possible.
Ice Hunt! Ice Hunt! Ice Hunt! Ice Hunt! Ice Hunt! Ice Hunt! Hum....I guess you could say I have quickly become a Rollins fan.
Ok, to the point. I finished reading ICE HUNT last night. In the same fashion as SandStorm, "Ice Hunt is an experience". To quote myself from my last review about SandStorm, I must say that Ice Hun is also another visual and intellectual feast cleverly weaving you into a heart pounding non-stop journey filled with intrigue. Once you being reading, you become glued to the first page until the grand finish. DID I SAY GRAND! CAUTION. YOU WILL LOOSE SLEEP! I was up til ungodly hours of the morning.
A few quick notes. Might I add, Rollins IS A GENIUS! AND WELL INFORMED. I must say, the geography, language, and science is dead on. I don't know about you. When I don't know a place, word, fact, or unsure of something. I LOOK IT UP! I want to know the facts. Rollins doesn't pull punches but he certainly delivers!
Rollins books, or at least the two I have read thus far, are an INFORMATION FEAST.
About the story:
The story starts with a pitched battle between a game warden (former Green Beret) and two killers. What is soooooo awesome is how Rollins creates his characters with such depth. For example, one of the characters in Ice hunt, the warden, uses his own knowledge of the terrain and, shall we say, its inhabitants to save himself and an injured man. NOW THIS IS PURE GENIUS! It makes perfect sense, yet still catches you by surprise!
Like SandStorm, Hop on...cause you are on a ride for your life. Ice Hunt is another roller coaster ride of adventure to the top of the world. And once you reach the top...what is found there will disturb as much as it thrills. As I said before, when I want to know something in question I look it up. I was so taken aback that I even ended up doing some research on the science behind Ice Hunt--and found out all of it is real, based on current research! Even the genetics done on Arctic frogs...and where that takes you...wow, " READ THIS BOOK!"
But mostly the story moved me. Yes, I am a sentimental sap...I get verklempt! The plight of Matt and Jenny, their shared tragic past, the failure of their marriage, their faltering first steps at reconciliation. I was amazed that such emotional resonance can be duplicated and found within the pages of an "action" novel. Wew...shocker of all shockers...the ending caught me by total surprise. I truly had expected one thing but of course, only a state of the art author such as Rollins can elegantly take you into another direction...and it made more sense. It felt good. Both bittersweet and hopeful. But I dare say no more.
And as for the fate of the villian in this novel. Simply stated, "Pure brilliance!"
If you haven't read a book by Rollins, do so. Now! As I said twice before, "READ THIS BOOK!" In fact, Start here or with Sandstorm.
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Title: Deep Fathom by James Rollins ISBN: 0380818809 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler ISBN: 0399150803 Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Pub. Date: 24 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Amazonia by James Rollins ISBN: 0060002492 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly ISBN: 0312289588 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 24 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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