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Summary: Didn't satisfy...
Review: I usually give up on a book if it doesn't grab me, so it says something that I did finish this book. However, the "thriller" parts of this book just weren't thrilling enough. Maybe I'm jaded from having read some really great thrillers. There just weren't any big surprises in the story. I don't want to say it's not a good book, though. Like I said, I was interested enough to finish it. But it's not a can't-put-down.
Rating:
Summary: Didn't satisfy...
Review: I usually give up on a book if it doesn't grab me, so it says something that I did finish this book. However, the "thriller" parts of this book just weren't thrilling enough. Maybe I'm jaded from having read some really great thrillers. There just weren't any big surprises in the story. I don't want to say it's not a good book, though. Like I said, I was interested enough to finish it. But it's not a can't-put-down.
Rating: 
Summary: Okay, I Guess
Review: It's just that F. Paul Wilson has written much better books. This was a paint-by-numbers, standard medical thriller, in which you can pretty much predict which doctor is going to turn out to be evil, who is going to be killed by him, what's going to happen to the hero/heroine way before it happens. Also, people make incredibly stupid decisions, so dumb that you almost don't care what happens to them. Dissapointing, especially for F/ Paul Wilson--I know he can do better than this.
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Summary: Sensational medical thriller
Review: Sensational medical thriller that had me truly squirming with fright and panic as the events unfolded. Builds up nicely and then climaxes with a vengeance. Unputdownable. A must for fans of the genre.
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Summary: A true Page-Turner!
Review: The books starts out OK. The first 100 (or so) pages are about average. It gets much better from then on though! I def. wasn't able to put the book down for the last 200 pages and ended up staying awake until 4:30am to see how it all ended!
In the end, things get pretty wild. I'm not sure how realistic it is (I'm not saying it isn't...), but one thing is for sure: This is one entertaining story!
Rating: 
Summary: pretty good.the ending was kind of iffy though
Review: the first book i ever read by wilson was this one (though it proved not to be the last). anyway it was pretty good....there were way to many coincidences at the end...gina just HAPPENED to notice 2 of them.im not saying what cause that would give it away.and the needle just HAPPENED not to be loaded with the drug.everything just kinda fell into place too quickly, but overall pretty good.
Rating:
Summary: Not Wilson's Best Stuff
Review: The medical thriller turns out to be a story with an easy to follow plot, predictable twists and turns, but still is light and enjoyable reading. I wasn’t disappointed reading through this, but I suspect Wilson offers better stuff. Wilsons style is direct and unhurried, a delight to read. The characters are real enough, but not amazing. The pacing is steadily climbing uphill, and I found no fault there. Not much suspense was built throughout, and the villain and 'secrets' were all known upfront to the reader before the protagonist had it figured out. I didn't enjoy the relationship between Gina and Gerry much - it came across as contrived and much too predictable. The story isn’t
unpredictable by any means, but it’s still a fun little thriller.
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Summary: A good writer, but this is nothing to brag about.
Review: Up and foremost let me state that F. Paul Wilson writes in a fantastic prose and makes his characters come to life in a way so natural I've seen few writers do. He even makes the bad guy totally believable and sympathetic. And that's something that rarely happens in these 'page-turner' kind of thrillers! But all that isn't the problem with IMPLANT. It's just that there isn't any excitement in this book. The plot is SO straight forward. It is revealed early one what's going on and what the motives and means of the antagonist are and that doens't change. There's no plot twists, no big suprise in the end. From page one on I knew where this was going to end. And in all of the almost 400 pages nothing happened that even got me a little excited or had me (at least partially) entertained. I HATED THAT! I won't bother going into the plot (not that there is much to spoil or anything), it's silly and farfetched and not worth to mention. I mean, what are the chances of an evil doctor just happening to be asked to perform cosmetic surgery on the president of the USofA? A doctor with a shady past, I must mention, who happens to be under investigation by the FBI for the deaths of a few US senators. I think the secret service will go around him with a hoolahoop!
And I won't even begin about the lovestory subplot between our heroine Gina and the handsome FBI agent....puh-lease!
I think you get the point. I'm do give this two stars because of mister Wilson's writing skills. When his plotting skills improve I'm sure there will be a higher score. On the plus side, IMPLANT got me interested enough in this writer for me to go and buy some of his other books. I recently purchased both SIBS and THE SELECT and I hope they'll be able to entertain me a little more. This one was totally forgetable though.
Rating:
Summary: Average
Review: Within the first 2 chapters, you know Who and What. The only suspense is Why he's doing it, and what he'll do when when he realizes that the heorine is on to his scheme. It's not the best book I read this summer, but was still enjoyable. Plus, I give the author credit for using the work "kakistocracy" to refer to the US government. Even if you're not into medical thrillers, you might enjoy this one for it's unflattering depiction of your congresscritters.
Rating:
Summary: Average
Review: Within the first 2 chapters, you know Who and What. The only suspense is Why he's doing it, and what he'll do when when he realizes that the heorine is on to his scheme. It's not the best book I read this summer, but was still enjoyable. Plus, I give the author credit for using the work "kakistocracy" to refer to the US government. Even if you're not into medical thrillers, you might enjoy this one for it's unflattering depiction of your congresscritters.
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