Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The Hammer of Eden |
| author | Ken Follett |
| ISBN-10 | 0-449-22754-5 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-449-22754-1 |
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| date | 2012-Mar-28 |
A group of ex-hippies has been living hidden out in a valley for the last 25 years without much contact to the rest of civilization. However, now a dam should be built to flood the valley so a hydro-power plant can be built. This would mean the end of the commune. In their despair they decide to threaten the governor of California to cause earthquakes unless the plans for all new power plants in the state are abolished. A crazy, unrealistic threat? Everybody thinks so, at first, and the FBI is investigating only proforma. But when there actually is a tremor at said time and location...
Is the plot realistic? Well, unlikely yes, but maybe it would really work. I won't spoil it for you and tell you how the group intends to cause quakes.
The first half of the book solidly builds on the plot, but later on the book picks up speed and things start to become more fast paced but also a bit weird. Not to say it is a bad book and I could not really put a finger on it, but my gut feeling just says "nah, something's wrong with at least the seconds part of this book".
