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Summary: so I'm being a little picky, it's still ridiculous
Review: I did not care for Vital Signs. It was a little too unbelievable when they were attacked by the great white. In Australia, most of the great whites are on the west or south coast. There, also has been very few shark attacks on the barrier reef. (I wonder if Cook did any research before writing this part.) It was sad to hear a very popular auther write that there was a boat on the great barrier reef with a shark cage, let alone that they would chose a shark attack in a place where there are none as an "accidental" death!The plot may have been interesting. But far too much of it was too impossible for me to accept. If you truly want one of Cook's good books, I'd suggest reading Blindsight.
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Summary: Not the best of Cook
Review: I like Robin cook because he makes medical thrillers not police or mafia stories, in this book you will read everything but medical things, and at the end Marissa discovers why so many women can't have children and you don`t know why or how.
Every writer must know what to write, and Dr. Cook must write medical thrillers, not other kind of books.
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Summary: Kept me interested from front to back! Awesome
Review: I read this book at the suggestion of a close friend and loved it! Robin Cook kept me interested in each of the characters from start to finish. Although close to the end I started to figure out what the medical clinic was doing and why Mrs. Zeigler had killed herself. There were still alot of surprises toward the end, and like I said it was exciting and interesting from start to finish.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Lots of action, and emotional impact. Robin Cook has always been one of my favorite authors, and this book (Vital Signs) just increases my appreciation for his work!!!!!
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Summary: I thought it was a very good book
Review: I was disapponted to find out that this book was kida similar to his newer book 'Shock' I would reccomend this book but read this book before shock. Although they dont seem conected to much they do have a couple same characters I thought it was a very well discribed and fast paced suspensful book I just kept wanting to read more at6 the end I was dying to find out the mystery!
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Summary: I thought it was a very good book
Review: I was disapponted to find out that this book was kida similar to his newer book 'Shock' I would reccomend this book but read this book before shock. Although they dont seem conected to much they do have a couple same characters I thought it was a very well discribed and fast paced suspensful book I just kept wanting to read more at6 the end I was dying to find out the mystery!
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Summary: Very slow and drawn out ending
Review: If you have read Contagion or Terminal then you have read Vital Signs. Although, these two books are better than Vital Signs. I am a big Robin Cook fan but this book was not upto his usual standards. It was very predictable and yet the ending was very drawn out. It became frustrating the further I read. It also has the typical Robin Cook conspiracy behind it, which is what makes it so predictable. Chose one of his earlier works if you want a thriller.
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Summary: A medical mystery that will keep you entertained.
Review: Not one of Robin Cook's best for sure, but it is an old one, and he has since improved. The basic plot is that a large Mafia type organization has somehow conspired to obtain an amazing amount of business with an in-vitro fertilization program, and our hero, Marissa, begins to smell a rat. I'll let the book take you from there, but I do have to say that when Robin Cook gets into the emotional and stressful aspects of the inability to conceive, he shows an enormous insight. I thought of all the racing around and drama and suspense, this insight was the absolute best portion of the book. I'm certain that few authors, or doctors, for that matter, could have done better with this aspect. For this reason alone I gave it four stars. I think couples undergoing fertility problems should read this book if only for that reason.
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Summary: Not at all Believable
Review: Now I remember why I stopped reading Robin Cook's books a few years back -- he strains the credulity of his readers with ridiculous situations that are totally out of the realm of possibility. When I read a medical thriller, especially one written by a doctor, I expect to find more realistic and believable material. I thought the subject of in-vitro fertilization could have been developed much better. Also, the silly sub-plots were very distracting.
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Summary: COOKIE CRUMBLING
Review: Robin Cook is at his best when his medical thrillers stay focused and are more suspenseful. Now Cook is trying to turn his medical thrillers into convoluted espionage thrillers, taking his characters all over the world. Here we go to Australia, Hong Kong and China. Drawn out, unbelievable situations and meandering dialogue draw this book down. I liked the character of Tristan Williams, but both Marissa and Wendy get a little too much, and I can't blame husband Robert for his disdain with Marissa's antics. Of all the Cook books (ha, no pun intended) I've read, this is his least effective.
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