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Title: The Eye of the Tiger by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0-312-97939-8 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you like Cussler, you'll love Smith!
Comment: When a friend found out that I am a big fan and avid reader of the Dirk Pitt novels, he said "if you like Cussler, you'll love Wilbur Smith." I followed his advice and tried out Eye of the Tiger. This is the first Wilbur Smith novel I've read, and it definitely will not be the last. I'm definitely hooked!
Why am I so hooked? It's an engrossing page-turner, it has lots of lively action, the bad guys are eminently hate-able without being cartoonish, the heros are believable and all the more lovable because they have such human foibles, and everything in the story is so believable.
The hero (Harry Fletcher) is a manly-man who is able to think and fight his way out of apparently impossible situations, yet at the same time never comes across as an invincible superman. I think I also like him so much is that he is a reluctant hero. Circumstances are forced upon him, rather than him being sent in to save the world because he's the only one who could do it. In some ways, he is almost like Hemmingway's Old Man and the Sea, except that Wilbur Smith likes for his Hero to come out ahead in the end.
But I think the part that I most appreciated was that there were so many unpredictable surprises and twists, yet in hindsight, all the clues were there. Let me explain. My wife refuses to watch a movie with me the first time she sees it, because the clues are so ibvious that I usually figure out who dunnit or what the big surprise will be early on, and can explain why. Either that, or I get mad because the clues are never presented at all and the hero figures it out only through knowledge of some totally arcane trivia or by way of some clue that the author never actually presents to us in the book (or movie). This sucks! At least give me a chance.
Not so with this book! There were some wonderful twists that I found myself very happy to see because, in hindsight, the clues were all there, and it was totally valid for the hero to catch them, and I should have caught them to. For example, I didn't have to know about Flame Coral to draw the same conclusion Harry drew - I should have understood the implications of the other diver not knowing what it was. (You'll understand once you read the book).
Bottom line: my friend was right. If you like Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels, you WILL definitely like Wilbur Smith's Eye of the Tiger. I have already ordered a bunch more of Wilbur's books to add to my stack of Cussler novels.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Deep Sea Mystery
Comment: This is a great book by Wilbur Smith! I have read other books by him, and this is definitely one of my favorites! I don't like stories where you can guess the ending, and this is definitely not one of them. The plot is full of twists and turns. The main character is very human, not some Superman-type character that the reader can't relate to at all. The villains are bad, but believably so. They aren't bad in a dorky kind of way.
This is a great sea adventure. The book is how Harry Fletcher and his friends have to beat Manny Resnick and his goons to "the eye of the tiger." They are looking for a treasure ship off the coast of Africa. Along the way Harry Fletcher falls in love with a woman who is not all that she seems to be. This story has action, mystery, romance, and a good plot. What else does a good book need?
Rating: 4
Summary: Great, believable action book! A lot of fun...
Comment: I really enjoyed this book - it was easy to read and follow, even the fishing terms (and I don't fish), and moved swiftly. I found the whole book exciting and believeable (most of the time), though the ending left me feeling like it wasn't quite right - can't put my finger on it - but not a big deal - READ THIS BOOK if you like action books.
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Title: Sound of Thunder by WILBUR SMITH ISBN: 044914819X Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 24 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0312982585 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 09 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Sunbird by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0312983395 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Diamond Hunters by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0449216144 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Elephant Song by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0449221032 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 31 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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