Lobstergirl's Reviews > State of Fear

The deck is stacked here. The lefty environmentalists are dimwitted TV actors who nearly rape women who don't desire their advances, or cynical ideologues, if not actual murderers. The climate change denialists are clear-thinking, evidence-admiring McGyvers. When the good guys are being followed by the bad guys, the bad guys are driving Priuses. The characters are puppets who recite talking points. They often refer to climate change (nonchange) graphs, which Crichton inserts in the text. They elucidate the points of books which Crichton includes in his bibliography. In defiance of the thriller genre, this book is not merely tendentious but deeply boring.