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Summary: A disappointment
Review: I have just finished reading the book and didn't think it was all that great. If you want a good "killer virus" thriller, try The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. What really annoyed me about this book was the ending. Oh, of course, Marissa just FALLs for what was supposed to be the evil boss. It's as if she totally forgets about Tad who has gone through all sorts of trouble for her. All in all, it's not the worst book I've read by far. It provides an interesting concept - intentional epedemics. But, however, the poor writing and horrible ending force me to give it 2 stars.
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Summary: Great story that'll leave you guessing....
Review: I've read 4 or 5 of Cook's books and I have to say each one keeps getting better. The story is scary, believeable (in an unbelievable way)and best of all makes you read all into the night. After reading this book it made me think what if????? Buy it, Read it, you'll love it!!
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Summary: Awful
Review: If this were Robin Cook's first novel, it never would have been published. It is a dreadful piece of garbage. After reading it, I vowed never to read another Robin Cook novel. And, also, the plot is outdated. This casts the greedy doctors against the wonderful HMO's. Events of since shown that HMO's are a million times greedier than the greediest doctor. Robin Cook even recognized this, and cast the HMO's as the bad guys in a subsequent book.
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Summary: Whew! Look out Grisham! You have a medical competitor!
Review: If you've ever read a Grisham novel, especially The Firm, then you know what you're in for with this Cook thrillride! Lone physician, investigates with a combination of skill, streetsmarts, and luck the deadly series of Ebola outbreaks that "plague" (Read Contagion for more plague stuff) seemingly random Prepaid clinics around the country, zeroes in on what she believes to be the truth. She's right, and ofcourse now everyone is after poor, lonesome, weary, can't-trust-anyone-anymore, misses-her-life-and-her-dog Melissa Blumenthal (Melissa also appears in some other Cook stories, and she's quite a likeable eye-catcher!). Desperate and fearful right there along with her, I fell off the edge of my seat countless times with my fingers crossed and my wits alert on this excellent protagonist's behalf! The book is a joyride through the fast-paced and adrenaline-pumping depths of your deepest paranoia, and it just goes to show, that it's the little things, the really really little things (like viruses) that are truly worth this kind of unprecedented and bone-chilling fear! Great read! Watch out, Grisham!
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Summary: Ebola strikes again!
Review: In this latest version of Robin Cook's medical mystery world, a young female doctor, Marissa Blumenthal, uncovers a conspiracy to unleash the deadly ebola virus on US cities. Marissa's work with the CDC takes her first to LA, then several other cities across the country, where the virus seemingly appears out of nowhere. In tracking down the "index cases" for each outbreak, she discovers an attempt to drive certain hospitals out of business. I really enjoyed this book the more I got into it, although I wish that Robin Cook would do one story with a male or female lead who is not a widow/er...a little redundant. I did like the fact that the female lead was smart and resourceful, and outwitted -- and outran -- the bad guys.
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Summary: One can't keep it down, until it's completed
Review: It's a real interesting novel. At one point you can even identify the culprit. But the question, how the lady comes out with evidence and proves the whole fraud to world, just doesn't let you keep the book down, until you finish it.
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Summary: Excellent and timely...
Review: It's amazing how accurate this book is, expecially since it came before "The Hot Zone" and the whole fad of killer virus books. If you read "The Hot Zone" or Ed Regis' "Virus Ground Zero", both of which tell the story of Ebola's original outbreak in Yambuku, you will see that Mr. Cook has done his homework. The first chapter is especially terrifying. This is by far Mr. Cook's best book, with "Mortal Fear", "Contagion" and "Chromosome 6" not far behind. I'm even willing to forgive him the odd goofy book like that one about the alien bacteria. (What was he thinking?) But I digress. Buy this book.
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Summary: Good...
Review: It's highly impropable, but good. I don't think they write correctly that the plague "sweeps the country". It just breaks out in small pandemics. And the cause is rather unlikely. But, like I said, it's a good book. It's not one that one would read a half dozen times, though.
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Summary: A Good Suspense Novel
Review: Melissa Blumenthal, an epidemiologist for the CDC, investigates mysterious outbreaks of the Ebola virus occurring in scattered regions of the U.S. The outbreaks, fortunately, are controlled rather rappidly; however, the imminent risk of an epidemic becomes ever more apparent with each new occurrence. Dr. Blumenthal abruptly finds herself in the middle of a large medical conspiracy which seeks to degrade HMO's. Having overstepped the legal bounds in her investigation, she becomes a fugitive from authorities and hit men before she uncovers evidence proving the shocking truth. _Outbreak_ is a swiftly moving, exciting novel. Not only is the plot plausible, but also its many twists and turns makes for good suspense.
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Summary: Do you believe in doctors?
Review: Of course are to many writers that write medical thrillers, but to know how the hospitals work and how the human body works the person who writes medical thrillers must be a doctor.
As all of his books, when you finish this one you will not want to know nothing about doctors but I really recommend this book, is an easy book to read and you can finish it in 2 or 3 days.
It is amazing (if is true) how some doctors attack other doctors like a company attack another company, I know that everybody wants to live better each day, but the doctors have to know that in their fight the only loser are the patients, in other words WE are the losers.
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