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Summary: The worst book I have ever read. Ever.
Review: I have no words of praise at all for this book. It was so poorly written and the characters so poorly presented I was barely able to finish it at all. If I could give this book under 1 star, I would. The main character, Dr. Kim Reggis is such an egotistical maniac, I WANTED to see him lose his self imposed battle against the evil meat industry. When his daughter died, I was completely nonpulsed. Of course, so was Dr. Kim Reggis, so I didn't feel any complusion to be sympathetic. The writing was so bad, I just wanted the book to end. Robin Cook has written fabulous books, and I don't know what happened here. The characters simply flip from emotion to emotion like a person switching on a light switch. This was the worst book I have ever read. Ever.
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Summary: No more hamburgers for me.
Review: I first read this book over a year ago. To this day, I have not eaten a hamburger - no small feat for this working mom of two young children.
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Summary: One action packed Book--- I couldn't put the book down!
Review: Now-- i don't usually read books. In fact-- i hate books! There was just something about this book that would't allow me to put it down! I think the fact that Cook is a doctor, makes the book seem more realistic. This is the first book iI have read of Cook and I will defenatly read more of his books! I would recomend this book to anyone who likes books that start off right from the begining.
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Summary: terrible, terrible dialogue, characters and no direction.
Review: I usually enjoy Robin Cook, some of his earlier stuff is great, but I don't know what happened to him this time, the supposed cardiac surgeon was acting like a ridiculous spoiled brat, no-one really seemed to care about Becky dying, the dialogue absolutely stank and the ending was not fair, we don't find out properly what happens to the meat industry, and the couple, but you know, I didn't even really care. The only thing I got out of it was the insight on how burgers are made.
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Summary: Informative and graphic expose of meat industry
Review: After reading this book I will NEVER eat fastfood burgers again. Although the characters were not particularly well developed the story line was compelling. It was written in Cook's informative style where the subject matter was more important than the characters.
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Summary: One of Cook's Best
Review: When I picked up this book, I thought this book was going to end up being a corny, scientific drama. I WAS WRONG! This book is suspensful, action-packed, and frightingly real. It makes you wonder what your eating at a fast food place.
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Summary: A good theme, but ridiculous...
Review: An informative disclosure of the dark side of the meat industry. It also made me scream. Not at the industry, but at the ridiculous acts of Dr. Riggies. I just cant believe a well educated professional who was told as one of the best surgeon could act like an irrational bull. All those phsicological explanation made by his wife did not justify his destructive actions. Dr. Reggie does not has a head of calm and precision he supposed to have. How could he make a self-defense killing become a fully certified murder by running away from the scene with leaving the weapon behind intentionally? The total effort just make his accuse to the meat industry weakened.
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Summary: Exciting and informative but not very believable
Review: I'll probably become a vegetarian because of this book. I found it very exciting and I learned a lot about the meat industry but I had a very hard time accepting the way the parents behaved after losing their only daughter. If the author had made that more realistic it would have been a more believable read.
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Summary: Stilted dialogue, poor character development, farfetched
Review: Protagonist Kim Reggis is not a believable character with his constant outbursts and physical assaults on colleagues, fast-food hamburger slingers, and others. The two-dimensional bad guys in the beef industry are portrayed as mafia-style dons willing to assassinate Federal regulators. I had to read this book but I wouldn't have finished it if I hadn't been told to. Buy something by Richard Preston instead.
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Summary: farfetched but kept me turining the pages
Review: despite the stilted dialogue and the cardboard characters, this book had me glued to my chair. at times the plot was a little far fetched, but was a great read nonetheless. after reading this i am seriuosly considering turning vegetarian!
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