3.5 

Sphere

By Michael Crichton
Sphere by Michael Crichton digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

From the author of Jurassic ParkTimeline, and Congo comes a psychological thriller about a group of scientists who investigate a spaceship discovered on the ocean floor.
 
In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface, a huge vessel is unearthed. Rushed to the scene is a team of American scientists who descend together into the depths to investigate the astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship, but apparently it is undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old, containing a terrifying and destructive force that must be controlled at all costs.
 

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Sphere Reviews

3.5
“Listen…this book was probably a much better read when it came out in 1997. If it had been some of the first scifi I’d ever read I’d probably rate it higher. Also in ‘97 the issue of race and gender that very obviously impact the plot would have also likely been blunted to some readers (although still relatively shitty). But what really earned this book 2 stars from me is the ending. What a let down. What a waste of time. It was just barely better than “it was all a dream.” “Let’s all agree to forget” SUCKS as an ending and literally nullifies the point of reading the book. I wish I could forget it, honestly. The concept, pretty interesting! The writing, not terrible, but not what I expect out of Crichton after Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park. The characters, flat and boringggggg. I’m disappointed that this was recommended so highly by a friend, but he did say it had been a while since he’s read it. It was hard for me to read about a black man and a woman, both at the top of their fields, being totally unprepared and unable to deal with the pressures of acquiring the power to shape reality. The black man needing sedation and the woman becoming hysterical while the white, male psychologist was the one to save them all. Personally, I think it would have been more interesting if he had actually left the other two in the ocean to die, and then he’d had to live with the fact that he was indeed the villain. There were some interesting parts, the concept of the sphere was cool, the ship was interesting, the weird creatures, the attacks, it really felt like Crichton didn’t know how to stick the landing for the ending and just copped out. I wouldn’t recommend it as a whole.”
Surprised Face with Open Mouth“this book is sooo entertaining and a really interesting concept. i really want to give it 5 stars. what bothered me was the way some of the conflict between characters was handled (the racism and sexism). i get that some of this could’ve been explained by their situation, but that didn’t seem clear enough in the end and i feel like someone could end up taking the wrong message from it. overall, if you can get past some annoying one dimensional characters, it is a really good story that had me hooked all the way through.”
“A succinct and thought-provoking sci-fi mystery that’s pretty typical of its time (copyright 1987). Plenty of good twists and turns that had me wondering where the story might go next. Excellent reveal. I’m fond of this style of writing and story, so I very much enjoyed it. Docked a star because the end felt just a little anti-climactic and I wish there’d been more done with a few things.”

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