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Indlæser... Fragment: A Novel (udgave 2009)af Warren Fahy (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I can see why people describe this as a mix of Jurassic Park and Tom Clancy, but I will go with Jurassic Park meets Da Vinci Code - lots of action that is disrupted by lengthy scientific lectures. The idea is interesting and the animals described are certainly creative- the same cannot be said for the humans, though that may be the point. If you are interested in narratives that push the idea of evolution, this book may be of interest for you. The premise of Warren Fahy's novel is not especially original: far out in the south Pacific, an island is discovered that harbors strange and unique forms of life. Cut off from virtually all biological contact with the outside world, what evolved was the most lethal ecosystem on the planet, where every living being, plant and animal, is hostile. Drawn to the island by an emergency beacon from an abandoned sailboat, the crew of a research ship has a quick and lethal encounter with some of the island’s inhabitants, prompting a naval quarantine and full-scale scientific expedition that uncovers many of the island’s mysteries – and illustrates the threat they could pose to the world. When reading the novel, it soon becomes clear that Fahy has put a considerable amount of thought into developing the natives of his own little lost world. The environment he envisions is nothing short of terrifying, and the chapters in which the island is explored are easily the best of the book. Unfortunately, the rest of the book does not receive the same degree of thought and attention, with two-dimensional characters (including a Bad Guy verging on the cartoonish), predictable plot developments, and an ending with all of the originality of a Hollywood-cloned sequel. While Fahy does entertain, readers seeking quality plots and writing would do better to pick up another book instead.
Written by first-time author Warren Fahy, Fragment is being marketed by Bantam as the next Jurassic Park. You can see why - it's packed with hard science factoids, nonstop action, flesh eating monsters who would give Guillermo Del Toro nightmares, and characters as wooden as the trees slaughtered to mass market this book. I don't mean this as criticism exactly. The novel does exactly what it sets out to do: tell a rip-roaring yarn, and teach you some real science in the process. No, it's not a literary masterpiece. But you'll have fun while you're reading it. Belongs to SeriesFragment (1) Hæderspriser
Scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they've seen before... an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards. No library descriptions found. |
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Sorry, can't do it. Even the anticipation of getting to see at least some of them eaten by monsters won't keep me reading. DNF at 5%, after 36 minutes of audio.
I attempted to read this for 2018 Halloween Bingo, for either the Modern Masters of Horror square or the Genre: Horror square, but I have other backup books that I will read for those instead.
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