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Summary: What has happened to Robin Cook?
Review: Although this book is a slight improvement over Cook's dismal previous book ("Shock"), that's not saying much. "Seizure" starts promisingly, but quickly deteriorates into a series of contrived, dreary chase scenes. Cook also embarrasses himself by including the Shroud of Turin as a plot element; this serves no apparent purpose beyond padding the novel with a lengthy detour to Italy. The story ends abruptly, with all the loose ends tied up in an amateurish final chapter. Perhaps Cook's fame has made him immune to editorial interference; if he had written like this early in his career, we would never have heard of him. For well-written medical fiction, try Michael Palmer instead.
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Summary: Another ZERO stars
Review: It's time for me to admit that Robin Cook is no longer a writer. After the shocking disappointment of "SHOCK" last year, I had hoped for a new book, not another of what I had suspected was a novice's first steps 30 years before achieving fame and, presumably, some maturity and growth in the art of writing. From other reviews here, it appears that "Seizure" is the dreaded sequel to "SHOCK," but I won't be reading far enough to know for sure (of course, if I had known it was a sequel -- it is never mentioned in the jacket summary -- I would not have picked the book up to read at all since I only made it through three chapters of that one).I am currently on page 49 and cannot continue reading. I have yet to meet a character with any redeeming qualities, one that I can empathize with and care about, one that will give me some hope, inspiration...maybe even a little plot or mystery? I kept waiting for something to happen, something to pique my interest -- nope, nothing. Forty-nine pages is too long to wait. Once again, there is no plot, no meaningful dialogue, no time to be wasted on this book or this author ever again. Robin Cook needs to go tend to his three-year-old. Cook was 60 years old at the birth of his first child and told interviewers last year that he gave up his writing room for his son, using a card table, instead. Well, Cook needs to get off his soapbox cardtable and turn to doctoring and daddyhood, giving us medical mystery fans who have given him our loyalty for so long a needed break. His not-so-subtle political statements, such as any politician that is against abortion must be "a member of the Republican hard right" (page 21), are trite and misplaced. I will not finance or further his causes while he pretends to be a writer of fiction. For a good mystery involving DNA science that is, admittedly, more science fiction than pure mystery (but filled with suspense), I recommend Sigmund Brouwer's 1995 "Double Helix". He was obviously way ahead of Cook in predicting the medical issues of the future. For the best medical mystery reading available today (clean, with no sex or language), I recommend Michael Palmer. All of his books are excellent, the most recent being "Fatal."
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Summary: newsflash: 8yr old ghostwriters penned this one!!!!
Review: midway through this shockingly BADLY written novel, i put it down!! after reading the other reviews here, i see i'm not alone in my opinion, but...even MORE startling: it's pretty pathetic when amateur reviewers write BETTER than the highly accoladed Dr. Cook, begging the question, "did he use his advance to employ a staff of 8 yr old ghost writers! yes, the dialogue was THAT stiff and juvenile, the characters and plot THAT slimly drawn, making Seizure a total waste of money and time.
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Summary: I could not finish this book
Review: Having picked up this book and started with great expectations after his recent book Shock, I made a big fool of myself by believing that something exciting will throw up soon. But even after crossing 300 pages I could not make out what was going on and ran out of patience. This book reads more like an account of some tourists than a medical thriller. No more Robin Cook books please.
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Summary: Boring Boring Boring
Review: After struggling through 460 pages of boredom nothing happened.
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Summary: Mediocre
Review: As long as Robin Cook stuck to pure medical thrillers without the story venturing outside this subject and the US border, he was OK. In "Seizure" he went to Europe looking for the Shroud of Turin of all things. Unfortunately he found it and mixed it -unsuccesfully- with high tech genetic therapy, mobsters, academia and political maneuvering resulting in an improbable, implausible and weak story. In the past Mr. Cook could be relied upon for a relaxing unsophisticated medical thriller, but not any more. He did what most failing chefs do: instead of conjuring innovative recipes with the minimum number of ingedients he tried to make up for his shortcomings by throwing into the pot everthying he could lay he hands upon.
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Summary: No Longer Up To Par
Review: I have always enjoyed Robin Cook's medical thrillers in the past. Now Robin seems to have become too political in his writings, and he forgot to add the thrill. If I want to read someone's political stand, I will just look at my newspaper. Since I do not agree with his stand, I will no longer read his books.
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Summary: Seizure was DOA!!
Review: As a real fan of Dr. Cook's novels I was delighted to see "Seizure" released. However, from the very beginning this book was a real letdown. The two lead characters were total losers, the male, Dr. Daniel Lowell was a self described "egotistical jerk" and his main squeeze, a 20 year younger "raven-haired beauty" wasn't much more sympathetic. As a reader, if I can't sympathize and identify w/the main characters, or even like them, why do I care about what happens to them? And in this book, I didn't. Made for some pretty dull reading as you can imagine. I struggled thru the entire book, hoping all the way that it would get better, but it doesn't. Won't spoil the ending for you, but it wasn't worth the read. If you want to check out Dr. Cook, try some of his older novels like Coma or Sphinx. At least in those you can stomach the main participants.
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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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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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