A review by lah_reads
Binary by Michael Crichton, John Lange
2.0
I don't think I've ever said this about a Crichton novel before, but this one just didn't match my expectations.
It was pretty fast paced, and it had some exciting moments, but it actually felt a bit too rushed. The main hero has way too much of an ego, which makes him hard to like, and the plot is lacking in that special something that every other Crichton novel I've read contains.
Now, I understand that this is one of his earlier works, and hard case mysteries are pretty boiled down, but I feel as though Crichton could have done so much more with this one. It just wasn't up to his normal caliber.
It was pretty fast paced, and it had some exciting moments, but it actually felt a bit too rushed. The main hero has way too much of an ego, which makes him hard to like, and the plot is lacking in that special something that every other Crichton novel I've read contains.
Now, I understand that this is one of his earlier works, and hard case mysteries are pretty boiled down, but I feel as though Crichton could have done so much more with this one. It just wasn't up to his normal caliber.