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Summary: Something is missing
Review: I almost put this down just past the halfway mark because it was becoming boring and routine, but then things finally perked up. The most irritating thing about this book was the repetition of a phrase by almost every character. The plot was fascinating, but there were too many instances of botched actions by the characters to where I kept thinking where do we go from here. Unfortunately this is not as good as some of his earlier novels but I keep reading his books as they come out, hoping they will get better again. This wasn't the page turner I that I was hoping for.
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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: unbelievable plot
Review: I have been a fan of Robin Cook and waiting since last Oct for this book to come out. The plot is not believable. Cook mixes a mob link plus the Shroud of Turin to yield a plot that just never gets off the ground. We wait through the entire book for the results of the operation which should be the focus of the book. The operation occurs and the book ends almost immediately. It just does not work.
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Summary: Life is too short to waste on bad books
Review: I have read most of Cook's books, and this is the worst. After I read over 100 uninteresting pages, I checked the reviews here and found many similar negative opinions; so I quit reading it. I think it's time to dust off your stethoscope Robin.Thanks for the online reviews folks, Amazon.com
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Summary: It's sad to witness the decline of a once-talented writer
Review: Cook has gone the way of Alistair McLean, Frederick Forsythe, and <gasp> Pat Conroy -- folx who kept on writing long after they had anything to say or any talent left for wordsmithing. I thought SEIZURE's predecessor SHOCK was awful, and I came to this one as a former Cook fan and admirer hoping that he had undergone some form of rehab to his former formidable glory. But, alas... This book smacks potboiler-like of the terrible DaVinci Code (Brown) and its even worse progenitor Daughter of God (Perdue) with their religious connections/themes, totally cardboard characters, and bunkum, swiss-cheesy plots. Cook's very best book is his almost-non-fiction Year of the Intern, and many, many of his subsequent books are grippers with real characters, real plots, real medical information, and real messages. If you haven't read these earlier Cook works, please don't allow the last two (mentioned above) to turn you away from his earlier work, as they surely must.
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Summary: Robin Cook's BEST!
Review: BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I WERE EQUALLY PLEASED WITH ROBIN COOK'S
LATEST BOOK "SEIZURE"...WE HAVE READ ALL HIS BOOKS AND AGREED
THAT THIS IS HIS BEST TO DATE! ONE DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE A MEDICAL
BACKGROUND TO APPRECIATE (AS A LAYPERSON) WHAT WAS INVOLVED
IN AN EXCITING PLOT THAT HAD TWISTS AND TURNS AND BECAME A
THRILLING, SUSPENCEFUL PAGE TURNER, RIGHT UP TO THE END.
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR HIS NEXT BOOK!!!
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Summary: Seized by Seizure!
Review: Robin Cook has done it again. He kept me up way too late and had me wondering about the correct pronunciation, if not meaning, of medical terms. There was even a timely medical ethics theme. I'm not sure he did what he set out to do however. The further I read the more convinced I was that he intended it to be a black comedy. But after finishing the novel and reading his notes, it seems he was deadly serious. In any event I loved it and can't wait for someone to put it on the screen. I even have a fantasy cast in mind, including Leslie Neilson and perhaps John Travolta. If you liked Pulp Fiction you'll love Seizure. Read it now, then wait for the movie. I'm sure it will come soon!
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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: I didn't seize, I slept
Review: Sorry Robin but this book was a sleeper. Many of the ideas were used and worn out in the author's previous books. A great hot topic but too over the edge.
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Summary: none
Review: The modern master of medical suspense returns with one of his best, and surely to be one of his most controversial novels to date. 'Seizure' walks a burning tightrope between fact and fiction, theory and scientific breakthrough, miracles and reality, politics and ethics. What (Cook) writes today are tomorrow's medical headlines.
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