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By Lois Lane "Amanda" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Fire Below (seaQuest DSV) (Mass Market Paperback) They were fast and the product was as expected. Great and would order from them again!! By EriChanHime (TX, USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Fire Below (seaQuest DSV) (Mass Market Paperback) The plot for this book really is split into two sections straight down the middle, but they are at least somewhat interrelated. The action is fairly tame, but does involve some grisly concepts, though they are not horribly explicit. Most of the character portayals are believable, if not perfect. The book is heavily focused on Captain Bridger, and the author seems to have a preoccupation with middle names, which got a bit old. I did enjoy reading it, and will probably read it again sometime. It's definately a book for 'seaQuest DSV' fans, and would probably not greatly interest the average sci-fi fan, as the characters are not as developed as they should be for a stand-alone novel. Some knowledge of the show is rather necessary to fully appreciate this book. I admit to enjoying this book, but my one major frustration was that the name of one of the crew is completely wrong: Lt. jg. Tim O'Neill is called Lt. Bachmann for NO concievable reason. It's clearly the same character, though;...Read more 2 of 5 people found the following review helpful: This review is from: Fire Below (seaQuest DSV) (Mass Market Paperback) I had to read this book because I love Seaquest. But beware, this may be one of the worst books ever. It actually is two small stories that have nothing in common, combined into one. This author needs some writing lessons; the entire novel is written in about 3 paragraph segments, jumping between anywhere from 3 to 5 sets of characters throughout the story. Only read this if you need a Seaquest fix and are truly desperate! |