Reviews for Floodgate
Review - Floodgate
Horrible, boring and ridiculous. The "story" is advanced mostly through dialogue in which the characters talk about how clever they are, dismiss the possibility of complications simply by declaring that the complications won't, or can't, happen, and seemingly read the minds of the terrorists. Very little actually happens, and there was no reason whatsoever why the good guys couldn't have defeated the bad guys at any point in the story without allowing all the destruction to occur. Just ludicrous. I used to read Alistair MacLean books over and over when I was a teen, but I'd never read this one. I'm afraid to reread the ones I used to love in case I find out that they were this bad and I just lacked discernment. I'm hoping that MacLean just became dotty in his old age and continued writing simply from habit.
Reviewed by Roger on 2016-04-04 16:40:40