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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
It's been a long time since I read a Dirk Pitt book so read this was very nostalgic. Clive Cussler is such a good writer I really enjoy his work. The book was pretty predictable but its not about the mystery but the adventure and this book really delivers.
And so it ends. I think I enjoyed the book more and rated it more highly knowing it was the last of the series, although I guess Dirk Cussler could easily continue it, given that he's been the co-author on these books for years now. But for now, it's over and it's time for me to move on to other books.
Plotwise, there are a lot of threads that feel familiar, but there are only so many different ancient civilizations you can dig up treasures for--and I'm pretty sure Cussler hit them all. This time around, an ancient Egyptian princess apparently made it to Celtic Ireland somehow. A mummy is stolen, bioengineered bacteria try to take over the world, someone is taking militant feminism to an extreme, and wacky (destructive) highjinks ensue.
It's Dirk Pitt in a nutshell and it's not a bad book at all for what it is. A good end.
Plotwise, there are a lot of threads that feel familiar, but there are only so many different ancient civilizations you can dig up treasures for--and I'm pretty sure Cussler hit them all. This time around, an ancient Egyptian princess apparently made it to Celtic Ireland somehow. A mummy is stolen, bioengineered bacteria try to take over the world, someone is taking militant feminism to an extreme, and wacky (destructive) highjinks ensue.
It's Dirk Pitt in a nutshell and it's not a bad book at all for what it is. A good end.
Clive Cussler is always on of my go to authors. This book did not disappoint, and I look forward to the next adventures of Dirk Pitt and crew.
3.5*. I like to listen to Clive Cussler audiobooks. Maybe it's because he writes his books like a movie. So I can listen as if to an old-fashioned radio play. If you're a fan of Dirk Pitt books, you would like this. Sure, he and his sidekick, Al Giordino, are older. However, that does not stop them stumbling into these adventures. We have a parallel story involving Dirk's children. The 2 storylines inevitably connect. One does not read these books expecting deep philosophical discussions. There is no in-depth psychological examination of the villain's motives. This is pure, action-packed fun.
A typical Dirk Pitt novel with lots of action and a person who wants to rule the world. In this story a woman wants to get rid of all men and she engineers a plague to make it so only females are born. Dirk Pitt along with his children are investigating and end up trying to stop the woman. The story travels the globe from Egypt to Scotland and Ireland and in the U.S.
Not my genre, willing to live with it but having two characters with the same name is just very confusing