State of Fear | Michael Crichton | Unfair Negative Reviews Grounded in Politics

State of Fear | Michael Crichton | State of Accuracy

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State of Fear

	State of Fear Michael Crichton Avon, 2005 - 672 pages average customer review:based on 1274 reviews view larger image
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In Tokyo, in Los Angeles, in Antarctica, in the Solomon Islands . . . an intelligence agent races to put all the pieces together to prevent a global catastrophe.

Unfair Negative Reviews Grounded in Politics

Politically motivated negative reviewers give this book low ratings because they disagree with the author's premise, not because of any literary deficiency in the book.

State of Accuracy

Michael Crichton knows how to use brilliant science that is easy to understand. This book gives more than just interesting characters, suspense, and tough situations; it gives you the facts about environmental science. I thought it was great. -Stephen Prins, author of: Strife of the Lorin

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Very Engaging Read

"State of Fear" is a book which grabs the reader from the start, never letting go until the last page is turned. Crichton weaves factual information around a fictional story very skillfully in creating an environmentally-oriented mystery novel. The plot keeps you guessing from the beginning as to who really are the good guys and who are the nefarious ones. In the end, I do not feel that Crichton was trying to convince anyone whether or not human-caused global warming is really happening. I believe his intent is to convey to the reader enough counter-evidence and contradiction to at least initiate some critical thinking on the matter. The issue has become entirely political and many people are profiting immensely from the cause. In this sense, "State of Fear" is merely attempting to balance out the conventional wisdom of the day. The book does have its drawbacks. It does fall into techno-babble on a few occasions and the main characters could have been fleshed out a little more. Also, the romantic relationship between the characters, which was teased as heading somewhere, is left completely unfinished when the book ends. It is as if Crichton got so caught up in the global warming theme that he forgot to finish out what he started with the characters themselves. These are minor issues, though. This is a very entertaining book from start to finish, even if it doesn't solve the global warming debate once and for all.

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