Geoffrey Jenkins (1920–2001)
Autore di Scend of the Sea
Sull'Autore
Opere di Geoffrey Jenkins
Mare, vento, ghiacci... 2 copie
Het geheim van Curva dos Dunas 2 copie
Hajnätet 1 copia
I denti dello squalo 1 copia
A Twist of Sands 1 copia
A Bridge of Magpies 1 copia
Nedräkningen 1 copia
Albartossfoten 1 copia
Jagten på A.U. 1 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Jenkins, Geoffrey
- Data di nascita
- 1920-06-16
- Data di morte
- 2001-11-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- South Africa
- Luogo di nascita
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Luogo di residenza
- Pretoria, South Africa
London, England, UK
Rhodesia - Attività lavorative
- journalist
- Relazioni
- Palmer, Eve (wife)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 29
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 864
- Popolarità
- #29,637
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 113
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 2
I read this book on the strength of an automatic LibraryThing recommendation (I’d shelved Hunter-Killer by the same author). The edition I saw had a floatplane on the cover, and I was excited to read about floatplanes. Unfortunately, there was not enough floatplane for my liking. I did like that Upton’s daughter, Helen, was an extremely proficient helicopter pilot, though.
Overall, this was an uneven book. I liked Wetherby’s narrative voice, and I did find the struggle between him and the bad guys interesting (not to mention simply the challenges of being in the Antarctic), but the tone shifted wildly whenever Upton started talking. It was like he had wandered in from another book. He was so melodramatic that I expected to see bite marks in the corners of the pages from where he was chewing on the scenery. He was tiresome.
What was NOT tiresome, though, was the totally adorable baby seal that made an appearance toward the end. I nearly squealed out loud on the bus at that part. SOOOO CUTE.
So yes, I can’t say I really recommend this book, unless you have a high tolerance for melodramatic villains.… (altro)