A review by balthazarlawson
Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler
3.0
This book was written 1976, 9 years before the wreck of the Titanic was found, so a lot of things about the wreck in this book are wrong. But at the time of writing it was all speculation about the actual fate of the ship, perhaps this is why the book is set in 1988.
There are a lot of story lines in the book and it starts out as nothing to do with Dirk Pitt, even though it is the 4th book in the series. He comes into the book for real when it is discovered something is on the Titanic that needs to be recovered and the services of NUMA are required. But first they have to find the ship wreck and when they do they have to work out how to raise the ship. Pitt heads up this mission. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles thrown into their path, like Soviet spies and hurricanes.
But there are some stories lines that were not needed and just feel like it was put in for the sake of padding out the story in an attempt to make it a more round tale. But it only makes it long and drawn out. Perhaps that is why there are so many characters, one can easily get lost as to who is who in the zoo.
Not the super adventurous story like other books in the series but it was entertaining enough.
There are a lot of story lines in the book and it starts out as nothing to do with Dirk Pitt, even though it is the 4th book in the series. He comes into the book for real when it is discovered something is on the Titanic that needs to be recovered and the services of NUMA are required. But first they have to find the ship wreck and when they do they have to work out how to raise the ship. Pitt heads up this mission. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles thrown into their path, like Soviet spies and hurricanes.
But there are some stories lines that were not needed and just feel like it was put in for the sake of padding out the story in an attempt to make it a more round tale. But it only makes it long and drawn out. Perhaps that is why there are so many characters, one can easily get lost as to who is who in the zoo.
Not the super adventurous story like other books in the series but it was entertaining enough.