catagory 7 and other disaster books Pretty basic disaster book but very readable. Good solid information and history of weather management. The characters were interesting but not that solidly fleshed out. Enjoyable writing style for the genre. 'HAB Theory' is still my favorite along with 'Lucifer's Hammer"
I never saw that coming......and thats the problem Semi-spoiler alert.................A good concept and a few interesting characters can't overcome the fact that in the final 15 pages a previously unheard of super-weapon appears to save the day. The cop-out ending and a lame hint at a potential sequel left a sour taste after such a novel build-up.Edge of Your Seat Thriller With his novel Category 7 Bill Evans proves he is more than just a pretty face on the news. It takes a great deal of intellect to earn a meteorology degree and Bill's intelligence comes across in this thought provoking novel.The scientific explanations of the birth of a hurricane are enthralling.
The basic premise of the book shows a very creative imagination. What if someone could control the weather? What if that someone was an egomaniacal megalomaniac? And what if this person sent storms to destroy cities unbeknownst to anyone, so that his legitimate company could then
go in and, greedily, get the clean up contracts? What would happen if the President of The United States got involved? And how prepared is any city in the world for someone to purposely send the strongest hurricane in history racing towards its population?
These questions are woven together to form a brilliant tapestry against which the female protaganist's knowledge of what is taking place builds as the storm builds in intensity.
Category 7 builds through the pages as a real hurricane would build over time.
A highly fascinating read and a great gift for all occasions. This book will interest all true readers.Full of Itself... Just Like the Weatherman... It's amazing to me when a book gets REALLY great reviews, and really AWFUL reviews. Something tells me that Mr. Evans/Mrs. Evans/His Mom are sitting there writing some of these great reviews... some of them smell just a bit of desperation.
The book was not a good book. Plain and simple. Poor character development, little to no action, and puffed-up story telling. Evans uses words that he clearly would not understand the meaning of (unless he had a co-writer, which he did). Using big words does not equal quality writing.
Evans is full of himself on air - he likes to think of himself as funny, relaxed, and kind weatherman - but he's not. Usually he ends up looking like a jerk, and funny thing - his book has the same effect!Truly a poorly written book I really wanted to like this book. Sadly, what I want, and what happened are two different things.
The characters were laughable at best. We have one character, supposedly a tough Brooklyn girl, who talked like she was from some kindergarten in a fairyland. Not authentic at all.
In fact none of the characters seemed real. They all had just enough of a description so that you could tell if you were reading about a man or a woman, and that was about it.
As far as the italicized descriptions of the hurricane, they didn't even follow the story. The hurricane was supposed to be a Category 3 or 4, and yet it was being described as a monster, killer storm. Nothing meshed with anything else in the story.
It almost seemed as if since there were two "authors", they just wrote different stories, just using the same names, and sort of mushed it all together.
As far as the storm itself, and how it is handled, well all I'll say is that I've seen "deus ex machina" used before, and used better. The technology used comes out of left field, with no apparent explanation. Sort of a "gee, I need some magic weapon now, so I'll write about it and the readers will just accept it" sort of plotting.
The only reason I gave this more than one star is because I borrowed the book, so I didn't spend any of my money on this idiocy.
