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A review by sailorthemoon
Airport by Arthur Hailey
5.0
Wow. Just wow. That's all I have to say right now. I'm not sure that I can think. I've just finished Airport and for me it is one of the best book that come to my hands lately.
I'm already acquainted with Arthur Hailey's writing as I read his other novel Hotel and I loved it. It was a great book to start. But Airport is completely on another level. Both novels are pretty similar with slow build-up of plot, introducing the characters and very brief and not overbearing flashbacks from their past. And of course, I can not mention, how masterfully the airport setting was set up. This is the case, when there is a lot of technical information in the novel, but from it, the plot only gets richer and doesn't remind encyclopedia at all. Actually, it reminds me a lot of my favourite documentaries - X-Ray Mega Airport, Ultimate Airport Dubai and Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport.
Regarding the characters, I don't know how they could've been better written. We got to meet with a dozen of characters throughout the novel, and each of them was memorable and so real, that it felt as if I can touch them.
I don't know what to say anymore. I enjoyed the novel so much, that it seems that my ears are still ringing from all the tension of the finale.
Definitely a must read, that I can recommend to anyone who likes a great deal of suspense and aviation.
I'm already acquainted with Arthur Hailey's writing as I read his other novel Hotel and I loved it. It was a great book to start. But Airport is completely on another level. Both novels are pretty similar with slow build-up of plot, introducing the characters and very brief and not overbearing flashbacks from their past. And of course, I can not mention, how masterfully the airport setting was set up. This is the case, when there is a lot of technical information in the novel, but from it, the plot only gets richer and doesn't remind encyclopedia at all. Actually, it reminds me a lot of my favourite documentaries - X-Ray Mega Airport, Ultimate Airport Dubai and Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport.
Regarding the characters, I don't know how they could've been better written. We got to meet with a dozen of characters throughout the novel, and each of them was memorable and so real, that it felt as if I can touch them.
I don't know what to say anymore. I enjoyed the novel so much, that it seems that my ears are still ringing from all the tension of the finale.
Definitely a must read, that I can recommend to anyone who likes a great deal of suspense and aviation.