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Summary: Lord, help me..........
Review: I have read several of Robin Cook's novels and have enjoyed the majority of them. I thought Coma was brilliant. This book ,however, was awful. I could not believe the dialogue. I wish a had a copy next to me to cite specific examples since there are so many. Sorry Robin but men and women, Phds or not, do not speak to each other that way. Did anyone else notice the odd use of exclamation points ? The character development was shoddy at best. I have never reviewed a book this way in the past but this time I just could not help myself. Save yourself the grief and pick up a magazine instead.
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Summary: Good-bye Dr Cook
Review: I have to agree with the majority of the reviewers. It is a real page turner. A page turner in that you keep turning a page hoping the book (and writing) will get better. The book is dull with no real plot development. The characters are shallow. A complete waste of money.
After his last book, I told myself I would buy one more of Dr. Cook's books thinking that perhaps that one was an aberration. Sadly, that is not the case. I won't waste any more money on Dr. Cook's books.
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Summary: Seizure
Review: I listened to the unabridged audio tape version of this book. It was not until Tape 10 (it has 11 tapes) that the implant operation even took place. The interaction seemd contrived and convulted. If it was in book form I would have stopped after the 3rd chapter. It was very disappointing after having been an avid Robin Cook reader.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I think all the ingredients for a great book were here, but somehow they just didn't come together. The idea of therapeutic cloning, egotistical doctors and politicians, and the Shroud of Turin never really took off. And by the way, the dust cover tells the whole story. You're almost done with the book before you ever see the word seizure. I'm still a fan, but I'm glad I got it at the library instead of paying full price.
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Summary: WHERE IS THE SEQUEL
Review: I used to read a Robin Cook book in one sitting, this one took forever. Too technical, too much of his own agenda, and an ending that was unbelievably quick. No loose ends tied up. This book has got to have a sequel, but I wish if a book is going to be a two parter, that I be warned in advance.
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Summary: SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT!!
Review: I was so disappointed in this novel!! Like so many other readers: I, too was waiting for Cook's latest to appear. Now I am so sorry that I wasted my time and money. I should have consulted the other reader's comments and I would never have bought this book.
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Summary: Not a good "Cook"
Review: I was very disappointed by this book.
Besides the complicated and improbable scenario, the style itself is aweful. It seems Cook took pleasure to show off his knowledge of complicated words and sentences. The dialogues are completely irrealistic: "My eagerness at having finally gotten here to Nassau has me fired up, whereas in actuality I'm bushed too." "If it goes down easily and if the flight schedule is copacetic, maybe you can do it in one day." "copacetic"? "whereas in actuality"? Who speaks like that? Come on... Many books by Cook are very good. This one is to forget as quickly as possible.
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Summary: A big disappointment
Review: I'm a reader who likes to whiz through a good book and not have to think much about what I'm reading. I used to be able to do that with Robin Cook novels, and I LOVED them. I am in the medical field and absolutely adored Dr. Cook's early works. His recent novels, though, seem to be harder to follow, and not as focused on the actual medical thriller genre that I love so much. I yearn for something like Coma, Harmful Intent, Outbreak, etc. Earlier Cook works would have me up til the wee hours, sometimes finishing his book in a matter of 1-2 days. I couldn't even get past the first 3 chapters of this one. Big disappointment.
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Summary: What a Disappointment!
Review: I'm a Robin Cook fan. Having said that, I am very displeased with Seizure. I've been losing out on my favorite authors lately - first Koontz and 'The Taking', now this one. Cook usually has a grasp of the medical thriller, the controversial procedure, and this one has the controversy, but not the thrill. The first 300 or so pages seemed like 'foreplay' to me - lead in to the actual procedure being done. The side trip to Italy for a piece of the Shroud of Turin for some of 'Christ's' DNA was to me most far-fetched. I hated the principals - Stephanie and Daniel long before the book ended - both of whom seemed very naive considering their supposed credentials, and the additional side plot of 'mobsters' trying to protect their investment in the doctor's business 'CURE, Inc' seemed out of place and unnecessary, as I felt - given enough time either Stephanie or Daniel or both would be their own undoing soon enough. Other Cook books - Brain, Vector, Fever, Toxin, are much more worthy of your time.
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Summary: A PLEASANT SURPRISE
Review: I've read most of Robin Cook's books. The last several that were published seemed to me to be rather short, as if they were hastily written. The plots weren't very deep but they were an entertaining evening's reading. Seizure is a whole different story. The author is making a point here. You'd never get through the whole book in one evening. The only disappointment was that the Senator didn't have more seizures before the "final" one. Other than that, the best book he's written so far!
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