Atlantis
Written by David Gibbins
Narrated by James Langton
2.5/5
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About this audiobook
Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex-Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time-the site of fabled Atlantis-while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike.
But neither Jack nor his adversary could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths-not only a shocking truth about a lost world but an explosive secret that could have devastating consequences today. Jack is determined to stop the legacy of Atlantis from falling into the wrong hands, whatever the cost. But first he must do battle to prevent a global catastrophe.
David Gibbins
David Gibbins is the author of seven previous historical adventure novels that have sold over two million copies and are published in twenty-nine languages. He taught archaeology, ancient history and art history as a university lecturer, before turning to writing fiction full-time. He is a passionate diver and has led numerous expeditions, some that led to extraordinary discoveries of ten-thousand-year-old artefacts. David divides his time between England and a farm and wilderness tract in Canada where he does most of his writing. www.davidgibbins.com
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Reviews for Atlantis
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Jack Howard is a marine archaeologist and along with a number of his friends and colleagues is lucky enough to discover the key to the location of what most people would consider a myth. Unfortunately they?re not the only ones. So the adventure begins with a race to the prize before piracy, terrorism and even nuclear warfare rob the world of a wonderful discovery. Unfortunately the book was very hit and miss for me. For example excitement would build, the team diving in unfamiliar waters, not knowing what they were going to find and then suddenly the author would give long descriptions consisting of an awful lot of technical jargon and diving know-how, and to a non-diver like myself the whole thing became a little tedious and annoying. I just wanted to know what happened next.Also a lot of the story line was based on happenstance, the right people being in the right place at the right time with access to the right equipment. The d?nouement was predictable too, based again on a twist of fate, so was pretty much of an anti-climax.As the author is himself a marine archaeologist of some note it seems likely that he may have been hampered by his own expertise. In my opinion an average book, the material was there but unfortunately it wasn?t used to the best advantage.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very good read. Fast paced and well thought out.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I wasn't very impressed with this book to be honest with you. I took nearly everything I had just to finish it. While the technology used in the story was intriguing I really didn't need to know all the ins and outs of that technology. Also the story was rather anti-climactic and slow. It took nearly 3/4 of the book before anything interesting happened and then it was gone again.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story , make you think of things of the past
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Although this is a work of fiction (ala Dan Brown / Steve Berry), the plot is centered around facts that are historically sound. There were some archaeological and anthropological information about ancient civilization around the Mediterranean which I found intriguing and painted a more 'complete' picture of ancient history. (These parts of the book, I liked.)
However, a significant part of the book read too much like a textbook, with overly detailed methods of (among others): deciphering ancient languages, the technology of sea-going ROVs, the anatomy and weapons array of a nuclear submarine, etc. I plodded though gamely, but a lot of it was just over my head (ie: eyes-glazed-over information). Otherwise, it's a pretty good read. - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5One of the lamest reads, I had high hopes it would plunge me into an adventure worthy of its title and back blurb. It wasn’t. This book’s target audience is men who read Men’s Adventure novels, but I doubt that many men would sit through the windy archaeological dissertations delivered by “our hero” or by his sidekick, a breast-clad she-man love liaison. The agenda-filled undertows in this novel range from anti-pirating on the high seas to anti-female-circumcision and the enslavement of women by conservative Islam, and they are but very thinly clad.
Rating? Don’t bother reading it, even from the library. You’ll find it less than engaging. No matter how much of a fan you are of action-adventure novels, this one will leave you rolling your eyes…if you manage to get beyond the first few chapters. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Sort of a cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones. Not great...
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5David Gibbins should read more Crichton. You don't inundate your reader with countless facts and historical stuff if you're trying to write a thriller. What little action there was (by page 80 or so) was OK. But the rest was too boring for me to want to continue.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Enjoyable enough. Found the ideas about Atlantis interesting but all the technical details about weapons and ships left me a little cold. I enjoyed it more than The Tiger Warrior.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It is reminiscent of the character Dirk Pitt (by Clive Cussler) merged with Tom Clancy's tech speak. To some degree the scientific explainations were necessary for the believability of Atlantis being truly found - but they easily could have been scaled back and still worked. But that was not a detractor to me. More of bringing the civilization of Atlantis alive would have been nice, since all the scientific buildup preped you for it. This novel is better than many that I have read even with the pacing slowing down for science explanations. I prefered the main character, Jack Howard over Dirk Pitt anyday everyday. But - the plotting had huge holes in it, believability is stretched, and characters were too superhuman in intelligence and breadth of knowledge making them unrealistic. The premise here is a great one - if the plotting holes, pacing and believability had been shored up it would have been a contender for DaVinci-esque success. Still worth a read.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Having read "Crusader Gold" of 2007 before, I thought his first book might be better, but: Disappointing; inconnuous plot with pseudo-historical lessons, endless descriptions of divers gear, revival of the "cold war" of the 70s in the form of Russian mafia, brutality and the leading characters preferred commentary being "Bingo!", this book will not stay in my possession.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A disappointing read. From the description on the cover, I was expecting a Da Vinci Code type mystery set around the discovery of Atlantis. It got off to a good start. Although the characters were not great, and the plot was a bit unbelievable, the historical puzzle-solving had me hooked. However, the main bulk of the book was filled with an action adventure with a bunch of terrorists. It was poorly written - far too much overcomplicated description and complicated terminology that simply didn't add to the story and slowed the whole thing down. I had to force myself to finish the story. If this is the sort of action adventure that you look for in a book, then you may like it. But for history fans like me, it just lengthened the book unnecessarily.My recommendation: read The Sunbird by Wilbur Smith instead.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Interesting concept, but poorly written. Gibbins is an archaeologist, and he knows what he's talking about... probably too well. He fills most of the book with technical jargon, not leaving himself enough time to actually describe or develop any of the characters.