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Mayday! by Clive Cussler

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kmjmg's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The book was okay. I really didn't like the main character

topdragon's review against another edition

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3.0

This is another series that I haven't read in order but I am now making an effort to go back and fill in some holes. Some say this is the 1st Dirk Pitt novel, (and I believe it was the first one published - 1973) while others say it's the second. Regardless, it is an early version of Dirk Pitt that is quite a bit rougher around the edges than the one I know better from later books in the series. There was even one early scene where Dirk's actions rather turned me off (even given the time period when it was written) and if I hadn't already read later books in the series I might never return to them.

The plot was OK but also a bit contrived. It was like watching a movie-of-the week in the 1970s. Lots of action followed by the big reveal so that we readers understand what was really happening all along. It wasn't a horrible book but I am gratified to know that the series gets better as it goes along.

dorothy_dickerson's review against another edition

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4.0

Attack on an American base by a WWI plane, a quest to find drugs, submarine and the quest to find a possible living fossil, all set in Greece. Seems kind of wild and surely can't be threaded together cohesively. But it did. Great story, Cussler spins a great adventure, but for the love of Chuck, PROOFREAD!! Maybe it's because someone gave me an older book, but there were missing comas, periods, and quotations, a few misspellings and it drove me berserk.

alexandriam_rose's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5 - reading these in order and unfortunately this one is stuck in the 70s. of the more recent ones I've read, they get much better on that front. Also not my favorite plot/premise, but fits with the series overall.

biberbart's review against another edition

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2.0

Also sorry, das war Grütze.
Ein sooo intelligenter Held, er ist ja so schlau. Außerdem Frauenheld, natürlich.
Das Frauenbild war das Schlimmste am Buch.
Außerdem plot holes bzw. unlogisches Verhalten so ziemlicher aller Beteiligter, es kaum auch eher keine Spannung auf