Review: Lucifer's Hammer on a Cruise Ship
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
So, as advertised, this is Lucifer's Hammer on a Cruise Ship.  The writing is decent - the dialog isn't too long-winded, and typos and gramatical mistakes (e.g., "oversea" rather than "oversee") are kept to a reasonable and manageable level.The pacing of the book book, however, is SLOW.  Forsyth describes in minute detail every single action taken by a collection of passengers in the minutes following the catastrophic event.  The book is quite short, and most of the text of the book is about people walking around on the ship, up and down stairs between decks, through bulkhead doors, etc.  While this was sort of interesting for a while to paint a picture of the ship, at some point it becomes unnecessary filler that could have been used to advance the plot.The Texas oilman character is an annoying and cartoonish caricature: he's a loud, brash, selfish, inconsiderate, rootin-tootin, whiskey swillin, cigar smokin, bolo-tie wearing, rich poker player from Texas!  Yee-haw!  Etc., etc.  The author has something in mind for this guy in future books apparently, but it would be nice if he had been portrayed as a real person, rather than a life sized Yosemite Sam.Anyway, a mixed effort in my view.  Not too good, but not too bad, and I'll buy the next installment.