Avalanche - Jack Drummond Reviews
Description:ISBN 075153904X / Genre: Fiction / Author: Jack Drummond / Paperback / 560 Pages / Book is published 2007-11-29 by Sphere
Newest Review: ... can save them. Fate, courage and the will to live. The book centres around the days before the race and around the ... more
... inevitable avalanche. There is nice descriptive detail of all the places involved and of all the characters. I did really like how the author wrote the links between most of the characters. It helped to build a great community feel. For a non-skier and someone who has never ventured near the alps there is enough technical detail to make me think he knows what he is talking about. And he nicely adds small details into the story to show you how the avalanche happened.
Mind you saying that this story is slooooooow. Personally ...more
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Customer Avalanche - Jack Drummond Reviews (1)
by - written on 05/07/09 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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This book is set in the ski resort of Les Hauts des Aigles and as the title suggests it involves an avalanche. Thousands of people flock to the resort to watch the Race du Diable which is billed as the most thrilling downhill race in the world with its own unique once in a lifetime prize. To get you interested in the book it's billed as: when the avalanche comes, only 3 things can save them. Fate, courage and the will to live. The book centres around the days before the race and around the inevitable avalanche. There is nice descriptive detail of all the places involved and of all the characters. I did really like how the author wrote the links between most of ... Read the complete review
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