Great read full of surprises and booby traps. ( )

This was my first Preston/Child book and it made me fall in love with their work. If you like(d) Crichton, you'll love not only Riptide, but most of their work. ( )

I'm a big fan of the Preston/Child Pendergast series of books, and while their stand-alone books aren't as good, they can still be enjoyable reads.
This was a great vacation book - I read most of it while waiting around in airports. It had an interesting, if slightly predictable, story. It was well-written and kept me interested all the way through, despite its predictability.
A fun pirate treasure hunt novel. Great for when you're in the mood for something light and fast. I'm still waiting for the next Pendergast book to come out, but in the meantime, Riptide did pretty well to hold me over. ( )

This book was definitely based on the legendary Money Pit of Oak Island (see my theory on that here.) A good read and a good idea of what ultimately happens, how all the legends work into some scientifically provable theory. Very adventurous, too. Because of the deserted island hopping, boating and digging stuff, it reminded me a lot of some older Hardy Boys mysteries. A solid book.

On a scale of 1 to 10, it's an 7.

Stand alone thriller about the ultimate treasure hunt. Approximately two billion dollars worth of pirate's booty waiting at the bottom of a deep pit on an island off the coast of main. Others have tried for it and died in the trying. But this is modern times, with high tech equipment....” ( )