The Navigator
by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos was among the books in a trove my
husband was given. We love books around here, so we were all excited
to go through the score. My second daughter found The Navigator
and wanted to read it. There are some adult books I will let my
children read, but not most of them. So, I told her I would check it
out and let her know.
She will not be
reading it until she is much older. There are enough adult scenes
and situations to give this Mama pause. However, it is a good story
and the adult scenes are tastefully done. Therefore, I can recommend
it to those who enjoy adventure.
I think this may be
my first step into adult adventure reading. It took a long time for
me to get into this book. I felt like it would be much more
interesting to most guys and any gals who enjoy stories that involve
good descriptions of boats, cars, guns, and a few fight scenes. They
were good as far as that goes, for the most part, I just tend to
choose other genres before adventure.
This book is one in
a series (though not necessarily a read 1 to whatever number sort of
series) that involves Kurt Austin and a few other characters that
work together regularly to figure stuff out and have adventures
together. In this particular episode of their adventures, Kurt saves
a woman in distress (a couple times), figures out a mystery, and ends
up relaxing where we found him at his boat house.
Part of what I
disliked about this book is how very polarized the characters are.
The good guys are good at everything and all knowledgeable, while the
bad guys are hellhounds, basically. Not terribly real-to life.
Another thing I dislikes is how very unreal to most lives Kurt
Austin's experience is. I'm sure lots of people read and loved the
book because of who the main author is, but I wonder if they would
read it if a lesser-known author's name was on the cover in Cussler's
place.
Have you read The
Navigator by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos? What did you
think of it?
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