Title: Get to the point, already!
Review: Given my relatively positive experiences with some of Crichton's novel's, I thought I'd tackle his take on current environmental controversies. I recall seeing a TV new show interview where a pro-global warming pundit was concerned that people would read "State of Fear" (2004), and become absolutely convinced that global warming was a hoax. As is the case with so many issues, the jury's still out on exactly what to do to effectively make a real-world difference.While the novel's narrative logs more than 600 paperback pages, I gave up less than halfway through. Crichton's dialogue kept covering the same ground over and over again, and he kept shoving his characters down extraneous rabbit trails that seemed designed to simply drag the story out.If this book is ever adapted as a movie, Crichton will have to streamline the story's structure, and just get to the point.
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