State of Fear
Ratings66
Average rating3.2
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Ratings66
Average rating3.2
New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear. When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge. From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure, leading readers on an edge-of-your-seat ride while offering up a thought-provoking commentary on the issue of global warming. A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.
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The plot is shaky, and feels at times as if it is just a cheap ploy, secondary in importance to its purpose, which is to create opportunities for Crichton to insert educational information about global warming into the book.
The characters, while fun and diverse, are all too familiar from Crichton previous works (A wise, eccentric, determined and objective billionaire businessman, a young, cynical, pragmatic nonconformist male scientist, and a brave, resourceful woman with “surprisingly” masculine skills are back bone of the team of “good guys.” The exact same description is true, almost word for word, for Lost Word, Congo, Sphere etc...).
If there are other Crichton novels that you haven't yet read other than State of Fear, read the other ones first.
This is an appalling work of staggering ignorance. Phew, now that that's out of the way - [b:State of Fear 15860 State of Fear Michael Crichton https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388212698s/15860.jpg 1749610] is actually a decent read. It has all the hallmarks of an excellent [a:Michael Crichton 5194 Michael Crichton https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1359042651p2/5194.jpg] novel: suspense, intrigue, conspiracies, twists, bad science. Unfortunately, Mr. Crichton built the entire premise of the book upon fear mongering, finger pointing, and deplorably bad science. I cannot in good conscience recommend this book to anyone.
This book was fun to read, but at times it turned into a lecture. The characters have a hard time grasping ideas that denounce the theory of global warming, so other characters go into pretty long Q&A sessions over the argument. I'm not sure if the science in the book is 100% accurate, which is ok. I can see the angle Michael Crichton was trying to explain and I can see the logic behind it, but I would definitely have to read up more on the topic myself to draw my own solid conclusions.
Other than that, the action was good, the characters weren't too annoying and the book kept my interest enough to make me stay up until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore reading.
