I've read many Preston/Child books and absolutely love most of what they have written together. But, "Ice Limit" not so much. I simply could not get into it no matter how hard I tried. I got to about page 100 and became so bored that I tossed it aside. This one is slow going. If you are looking for a lot of typical Preston/Child action... save your money. "Ice Limit" fails.

I found the language a bit simple and the story simple as well. Not their best, in my view.

I've read this before and wouldn't have read it again if I had remembered it. It's my least favorite of all the Preston & Child books. There ate too many contradictions and coincidences for me, and none of the characters are developed enough for me to care about their fate.

Preston and Child do it again. This book could easily have been dialed in. In so many ways it feels like it's setting things up for more to come, but our intrepid authors continue to give each outing their all. It's full of research, science fiction, murder, mystery, and naval action enough to satisfy just about anyone. As always, they take liberties with the science and with the Earth itself, but in enjoying the ride, I really didn't care.

Ein weiteres tolles Buch, um dieses Jahr zu beenden. Eigentlich geht es mir doch super!

Ich hege eine gewisse Faszination für Schiffe. Wahrscheinlich weil ich mich vor tiefen Gewässern fürchte. Verdreht irgendwie.

Aber auf jeden Fall hat dieses Buch alles, was es für mich braucht. Einen ausgeklügelten Plot mit Höhen und Tiefen, einzigartige Figuren mit Stärken und Schwächen und ein faszinierendes und aussergewöhnliches Setting. Dazu kommt eine gute Portion Wissenschaft und eine Prise Sci-Fi.

Herrlich! Ich habe die Lektüre dieses Buches von der ersten Seite an genossen und es wurde einfach immer nur besser. Und das über 400 Seiten durch.

Ein Knüller für das Jahresende.

This was a good story but far too long and drawn out so that I lost interest eventually.

Really good, but since one of the more harrowing events in this book is my worst nightmare I couldn't quite rate it 5 stars. It freaked me out and totally disturbed me, which was the point I'm sure. But it sat so wrong with me that I just couldn't bring myself to give this book the 5th star it deserves. Regardless, I'm going to go read the second one.

Really good read. Interesting but light science, good suspense, and an ending that made me look to see if there was a sequel.

3 1/2 stars
fast paced, interesting plot, weak characters + dumb ending