Geoffrey Jenkins (1920–2001)
Auteur de Scend of the Sea
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Œuvres de Geoffrey Jenkins
Mare, vento, ghiacci... 2 exemplaires
Het geheim van Curva dos Dunas 2 exemplaires
Hajnätet 1 exemplaire
I denti dello squalo 1 exemplaire
A Century of History: The Story of Potchefstroom 1 exemplaire
A Twist of Sands 1 exemplaire
A Bridge of Magpies 1 exemplaire
Nedräkningen 1 exemplaire
Albartossfoten 1 exemplaire
Jagten på A.U. 1 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Jenkins, Geoffrey
- Date de naissance
- 1920-06-16
- Date de décès
- 2001-11-07
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- South Africa
- Lieu de naissance
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Lieux de résidence
- Pretoria, South Africa
London, England, UK
Rhodesia - Professions
- journalist
- Relations
- Palmer, Eve (wife)
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- Œuvres
- 29
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 864
- Popularité
- #29,637
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 113
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 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.… (plus d'informations)