Mutation

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Summary: Interesting, yet Confusing
Review: This book started out with a time gap which kind of made it hard to understand. As the story went on, it got very suspensful and interesting. This book was one of those books where it ends up with a weird situation. As it got to the end, I didn't understand why it was worth losing his baby just to make him smart. All around, this book had a good way of getting reader's attention.

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Summary: Class Report
Review: This book was pretty boring. The last 4 pages was about the only really suspenseful part of the book. I loved the idea of the plot, but I dont like the feeling of having to force myself to keep reading. I like when I cant turn the pages fast enough.

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Summary: Skip this one, but move on.. they get better
Review: This is probably the worst Robin Cook book. It starts off interestingly enough, but by the end the reader is starting to think that this story is too far fetched to be carried out by a young boy.. no matter how smart! I've always liked his books because they "could happen"... not this one, just skip it and move on to the next book.

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Summary: Could have been better
Review: This novel is about a brilliant scientist who (through modern biological technology and genetic manipulation) creates the "perfect" son. Does this sound familiar? Now, everything sounds good so far except for the fact that "playing God" has left Dr. Victor Frank with a few deadly consequences. His "perfect" son has turned into a perfect nightmare. The story lacks suspence. Some parts got boring, some parts had too much techno babble, and some parts of this story was so outrageous that it became irritating to read. This was my first Robin Cook novel. I hope his other novels are better than this.

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Summary: Robin's Procreative Nightmare
Review: This story should be on the required reading list for microbiologists and fertility specialists who are promising monthly to clone a human. This story says tampering with human genes might entangle one in the jaws of a freakish mutant. I couldn't quite suspend disbelief for the ten year old monster-boy who dishes out death with the ease of changing a pair of his sneakers. I had problems with the Dad, a scientist who kept denying the clues of his son's complicity faster than he could turn them up. Mom was believable and after what she had to endure one could believe she will have the guts to inject the new found epilogue monster with a well measured dose of death. All in all, MUTATION asks the reader to swallow a regular horse sized pill before reaching the final exit.

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Summary: Out in left-field but great!
Review: This was a chilling novel! The plot was a little out in left-field, but it was wonderfully written. Mr. Cook managed to take a topic that would normally be a hard one for a reader to believe, and he made it into a story that could quite possibly give you nightmares. At the very least you will think.

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Summary: One of his best.
Review: This was almost assuredly one of Robin Cook's BEST books. I couldn't put it down. And it's scary, because, nowadays, this is the kind of stuff they could be doing.

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Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: This was my first Robin Cook novel and was I in for some shocks. Robin was very convincing and although I was very frightened, I couldn't stop reading. It makes me wonder what are the scientists "really" working on. Now with the cloning of animals, what can we expect next. I hope nothing like Mutation ever really takes place even under "controlled" conditions. I read a few other of Robin Cook's novels but I liked this one the best

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Summary: Biotechnology gone awry!
Review: This was required reading for my Biotechnology class and to my surprise, a very terrifying and captivating novel! As a Biosciece major, it is all too real!!!

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Summary: Very good first impression!
Review: This was the very first Robin Cook I ever read, and it wasn't the only one, either. It's very good in it's ability to keep the suspense going tautly and the action running smoothly, but I think there is a sequel to this book, by the looks of it. What is it called, does anyone know? If anyone does, please do e-mail me, thank you.