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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780425143575
ISBN number: 0425143570
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: September 01, 1994
Publishing house: Berkley
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Saved from a Yugoslavian firing squad by his old nemesis, Brigadier Charles Ferguson, terrorist Sean Dillon agrees to help the British government prevent the secrets of a Nazi diary from being revealed.
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This was my very first Higgins book and I will certainly read more. That alone is a solid recommendation. But it's what I call a medium flight book, something you take on a cross country flight. You can put it aside at any point and rejoin it later without missing a beat. But if you leave it behind in your passenger seat only partially read, you won't lie awake worrying about what happened. I liked many parts as Higgins maintains a good pace, lots of action, and colorful characters. What more could you want on a boring flight?
There are many parts that make you want to scream. Have you ever watched a movie and wanted to yell, "Hey stupid, call the police!"
This book has many such scenes. It's already been mentioned on this thread, but one part is so overwhelmingly dumb that it rates another notation. The bad guys will stop at nothing to get hold of this valuable steel case. They have killed and maimed and threatened everyone that stands in the way. They also have uncanny information that tells them everything about the good guys, where they are, what they are doing, even what they plan next.
The case contains information so incredibly valuable that it could topple the British Empire and many other distasteful results. Really important stuff.
So, the good guys walk boldly in broad daylight carrying this mysterious steel case to a rinky-dink hotel room in plan view of the bad guys. Duh, they have followed the good guy everywhere, so they just happen to be watching.
Now, the good guys leave a 70-year-old man alone in this rinky-dink hotel room while they leave to rescue the female. [Sound like a B movie?] The old guy checks the lock of his plastic room door in this rinky-dink hotel, then places this overwhelmingly valuable case on a table and takes a shower.
At this point, I wanted to scream, but it was only another 40 pages so why not.
Sounds like I hated the book, but on the contrary, it was enjoyable, except when I wanted to throw it across the room.
Higgins is very good, but I think he had a tough deadline on this one and he was running late.
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Jack Higgins is one of the best writers of this kind of action fiction. He rarely disappoints. _The Eagle Has Landed_ is probably one of the best of its kind ever written.
Thunder Point concerns a sunken UBoat from World War II with some documents that detail Nazi sympathizers. In the wrong hands, they would be very damaging to the British Royal Family and many others. Sean Dillion is enlisted to find the sub and the documents.
Now I was disappointed in some of the plot elements. The heroes kept doing the dumbest things and then getting into trouble because of their inability to think ahead. For example, if you had something incredibly valuable, would you send off your friends elsewhere, not bother to lock your patio door and then take a shower? It almost seemed as if Higgins was rushing through the story. There were no really complicated plot elements that would make you say to yourself: "Now that's something I never would have thought of!"
Despite some of the reviews, this was not one of Higgins' better novels in my opinion, but reading it was still a pleasant way to pass the time.
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Jack Higgins is one of the smoothest & coolest thriller writers of our times. His books are actually not thrillers, they are more of a joy ride, taking the reader at a swift pace through an adventure, and even before we realise, its nearing the climax and its over.
Sean Dillon, the most legendary character ever created in a series of books, makes his second appearance after the Eye of the Storm, this time on the side of the British, once his sworn enemies. I won't reveal much about the story, but its a great book, no doubt.
Dillon's transformation and his one-liners with Fergusson make for most of the 1st half, alongwith some exciting fun in the Carribean islands forms the subsequent half. For once, Dillon is shown vulnerable in front of a woman, interesting! However, the characters having different forms of liquor on almost every 2nd page of the book can be a bit bugging at times.
All in all, I think Sean Dillon on every page of this book is just a treat. His ways, demeanour, suave persona do the trick & makes the reader feel reassured whenever he's around. After Jason Bourne, Sean Dillon is the subsequent super spy in the same league, although a tad less intense than Bourne makes reading about him more fun and exciting! Pick this one up, you will finish it in no time!
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version. I've read a few of the Higgins' books, and listened to more. THUNDER POINT brings Sean Dillion into the Fergueson's fold, and the book is a quick read; however, if you are into the audio versions, you might want to avoid the Roger Moore version. His diction is rather (SURPRISE!) wooden. There's a new audio, unabridged at that, coming out in June 2003. I'm hoping that it is better. Too bad Patrick Macnee didn't read this one, too.
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This is another show of Jack Higgins excelent writing ability. This is a page turner for sure, on the edge of your seat action.
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