Mutation

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Summary: Predictable, yet Not
Review: I thought that this book was quite good, but also fairly predictable. I did get some unpredicted twists that made the story interesting and fun to read. I also love the fact that it could happen someday...

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Summary: Robin Cook's Best book
Review: I've read all Robin Cook's books and this one is the best (in my opinion). It's very intriguing and also terrifying to think that better inteligence means less emotions and feelings, and probably it can be the case... A very good story and not at all boring...

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Summary: ECHOES OF FRANKENSTEIN
Review: MUTATION is what Cook does best----horror in the medical world, perpetrated by a doctor who "was only looking to advance mankind". Dr. Victor Frank (cute reference to Shelley's doc) has developed a process in which he can enhance the genius of embryos, and even does this with a surrogate mother in coming up with his own son, VJ (Victor Jr.). However, within five years, Frank's other son, David, dies mysteriously from a rare form of cancer, as does Janice Fay, David's governess. In the present day, VJ acts like a little Hitler and it's not long before his Mom suspects something pretty evil going on. The plot moves along at a steady if not frenetic pace and by the climax, the ending is obvious. Is there a sequel? I have to check.
Better than many of Cook's other novels of this time, including the abominable CHROMOSOME 6.

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Summary: Quick-paced and enjoyable
Review: On first picking up Mutation, the storyline sounded a little corny, and as I began to read it, the book also seemed very predictable. However, I was surprised by clever intertwining of fact and fiction, and the book didn't seem quite so far-fetched as I'd thought. The plot also kept me interested and threw in a few unexpected twists. Overall, it was a good suspense novel that makes great food for thought.

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Summary: Heart-stopping
Review: Robin Cook's " Mutation " is a chiller about modern science. " Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutly " definetly applies to this book. If you had a child would you want it to be smart ? A genius perhaps ? But in striving to create a perfect human do we perfect the imperfections too ? Imperfections like Homocide, Blackmail, and Forgary ? When this power is held by a child is it the parents fault for introducing it to the world ? How does a mother deal with a murderer that's not even a teenager , who in fact started at the age of two?

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Summary: mutation review
Review: Robin Cook's Mutation was a wonderful book. The description was very well written. It made the readers able to get a feel for the area where the book was taking place. Robin Cook explains the city and the weather, so we can get a feel for the location. Also, the scientific terms and genetic procedures that were a big part of this book, challenged the readers' level of sophistication. The readers' were forced to try and understand the experiments that Victor and VJ were working on. Mutation kept me on the edge of my seat from the beginning to the end. The readers' would never know what was around each corner. The book took some very surprising turns, and that is what made it so interesting. Overall, Mutation was a fantastic book: one of the best books I have read in a long time.

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Summary: Mutation
Review: The book Mutation by Robet Cook is about a brilliant scientist, Dr. Victor Frank, who creates a tes tube baby in his on Fertility lab. He creates a nerve growth factor gene and inserts this gene in his unborn child. He wanted his son to be intelligent like his father who makes great discoveries, and things you wouldn't imagine.

Robert Cook I thought made his characters Dr. Frank, and his son V.J. a little far fetched and a bit of a turn off as i was reading the book. A ten year old kid making his own laboratory is a bit extreme. The author used words that were very scientific and made this difficult to understand why reading. Dr. Frank experimented on animals, but didn't know aboutecome of what NFG on humans could be for sure, but because of his ambitions and scientific knowledge he took the risk by sneeking under his wifes nose Marcia.

As it turns out weird things start happening after VJ was born. I wanted to keep reading to find out who was causing these things to occur in their lives. As it turns out his son was so smart it was really weird.

I liked the story even though all the bizarre things that happened but thats what kept me reading this book to the very end. I would say the book over all was a good story to read especially if the reader has a good imagination.




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Summary: No Need For Mutations
Review: The book, Mutation, by Robin Cook, is about a scientist who changes the genes in humans and his plan backfires on him. Robin Cook, being a doctor himself, based a book on the impact of mutating genes and how bad it is. But, if it is so bad, then why did he write the book about it?

Many of the events in the book are ran on too long. He talks about pointless facts and goes into too much detail when it comes to the setting. The book is a science fiction book, that should be placed in the "Over the readers head" section, because it is hard to understand and hard to follow and the ending is basically predictable.

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Summary: Too predictable.
Review: This book is easy to read, oftentimes well-written, but eventually too predictable to be anything other than an average read. It is also frustrating to figure out where the characters are headed pages beforehand only to read about them fumbling about for the answers. It's like when you watch a predictable movie and you want to shout at the character(s) "Get on with it, already!" The only thing about the book that makes this predictable plotting readable is that it consists of huge sections of dialogue. The constant reiteration by the author doesn't help, either. For instance, every time the father character sees his genius son hanging out with a retarded adult man he thinks the same thing, which is written something like "They certainly are an improbable pair." It happened a lot, and not only with this specific situation. Once was fine, twice is okay for refreshing my memory, but after that any more reiteration is simply annoying. I can't say this is a bad book because the story is entertaining and the massive sections of dialogue made this a quick enough read not to dwell too much on the negative aspects therein. But if you want a good book to read that is entertianing and rarely predictable pick up "Master of the Game" by Sidney Sheldon, instead. It isn't literature but it is a great ride. "Mutation" is forgettable.

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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: This book kept me up all night. As a matter of fact, i finished in 3 or 4 days. Don't worry, i am only in 9th grade. So you can finish it in half the time. I ain't a science expert either, but you need to know just the basics of biology. The ending was dissapointing, though, because it is a continuation. I still am trying to find out the title of the next one. I thinks its THE SIXTH CHROMOSOME.