Jenny's Reviews > Treasure of Khan

I picked this out at the library when my last audiobook ended. I hadn't read a Clive Cussler book in ages, but I remembered the plots being pretty engaging, so I started it with no small sense of anticipation. The plot did not disappoint, but the writing sure did! I don't know if it was the audiobook format or the grammar snobbery that comes with being a literature major (just kidding! I was a grammar snob long before I was a lit. major!), but the errors were just inexcusable. I mean, there were subject/verb agreement issues. I know that no one reads Clive Cussler for his high-flown prose, but COME ON. If you're going to make millions as a "writer," at least make sure your nouns and verbs agree.

In addition, I found it extremely odd that Dirk Pitt had mystery twins with his long-lost love, Summer, and she named them...Dirk and Summer. That is bordering on creepy. It also makes it difficult to tell who is talking when Dirk and Dirk are in the same scene, as Cussler refuses to refer to them as Junior and Senior, instead just calling them both Dirk. The elder Summer is dead, so no confusion there, but the gents pose a bit of a problem.

Anyway, aside from those (admittedly possibly personal) issues that I had with the book, it was fine. Lots of stuff happened and lots of stuff got destroyed, so a pretty typical Cussler, if I am remembering them accurately.