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Title: Third time not so charming
Review: I've read and enjoyed Miller's previous two books. They were fun, action packed, fast as a bullet, but this one flops.It sounded like a good idea: a nuclear submarine with the crew dying of a mysterious disease, but there are grievous flaws. There's no real villains. The hero is too nice a guy without any edginess or sharpness, and at times the description of technical matters, why and how the sub works, seem just undigested lumps of research. It could have worked: there is at least slightly psycho officer, and some of the crewmen could have gone dangerously wacko; there's a hint of suppressed violence in the hero's background, but it never erupts. The story doesn't grip you or thrill you. Maybe better luck next time.
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