6/11/2023 0 Comments Impact by douglas prestonAnd when we did hear about these things, it was hurried and unsatisfying. I wanted to hear about the machine, aliens, and the implications of such things. It only barely held my interest as we ran from an assassin, trapsed around in Cambodia, and spent chapter after chapter on choppy seas reading descriptions of every damn wave. While the science in Impact was interesting, there wasn't enough of it. No CIA agent would make such a dumb decision and neither would he have escaped with his life. Ford's ultimate decision while at the site, and his escape from the Khmer Rouge, are both stupid and absurd. The setting is beautifully rendered, but what was it all for? To find the crater? Crichton would have flown us in on a helicopter to find the crater, skipping the unnecessary melodrama involving the Khmer Rouge. The same goes for Wyman Ford's romp in Cambodia. Randall Worth's character is completely unnecessary. For example, Preston adds complications just so they can be overcome. Preston's attempt to achieve a dense plot made me feel like I was just wading through muck to get to the end. First of all, much of the novel is unnecessary. It has all the elements but it is missing something. Preston is often compared to Michael Crichton and there is indeed a strong resemblance, but Impact does not strike me as a Crichton novel.
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