Mutation

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Summary: Mutation
Review: This book, Mutation, is one of the only well-written mystery books I have ever read. Although I've only read six or seven mystery books so far. This book is captivating because it has a science fiction aspect to it. One of the main characters, Victor, is first portrayed as a rude person; then, later on you find out that he is in fact a better person than you would've thought. A major problem with Victor, however, is that he mutated his own son, VJ, with increased intelligence and hardly any emotions whatsoever. VJ cares about nothing other than sole recognition from his father.
I liked the storylines about the incredibly intelligent children because it seems that that is what is trying to be done today. Another surprising part was that VJ had a secret lab when he was only three years old! A good part of the book is the science information about genetics; which I like because it is one of my interests.
What I'm not so fond of is that VJ has very few emotions at all. Another is that VJ killed a lot of people without any care at all. He seems different from the norm like that. The fact that VJ was skipping class like that disgusts me. Finally I don't like Shanon Carver, an ex-employee of Victor's, because she is stupid and a horrible person. She files a sex-discrimination charge because she doesn't get her job back; even though she hardly ever worked much at all. She even would vandalize Victor's house.
This book, in my mind, was very interesting because the science part of it interests me. Only a few parts aren't good because it isn't pleasant to read about a whole family being murdered, but they seem to make the book better as a whole. I recommend this book to any who like sci-fi or mystery books.


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Summary: Mutated kids sparks murders
Review: Mutation is a science fiction mystery. It is a well written and thought out plot consisting of a genetic experiment, a child prodigy, murders, and a secret lab. The main character, Victor, has tunnel vision when it comes to his experiments. His lack of thinking ahead gives him a "guilty yet insane" sort of demeanor. He adds the sense that you know the truth, but don't want to; a very convincing character capable of conveying his thoughts without the reader having to read them. VJ is a hard character to read. . VJ, however, is supposed to be hard to predict. It is his basic personality. He has a very dark and secretive life, and is never one that likes to cuddle with his mom. He has no conscience or sense of right or wrong. VJ is the most surrealistic part of the story; being a child prodigy and all. This book has a very surprise ending that would encourage a sequel. I haven't found one yet if there is one. Anyway, this is an overall good book with a lot of red herrings and some dramatic irony. This is a good weekend read for the science fiction or medical mystery fan.

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Summary: Melanie Magdziarz
Review: Mutation, New York Times best seller, written by Robin Cook a medical trainee at Harvard, is a book with plots up to ears and turns and twist to your eyes. Very well written but has far too many plots. I got bored very easily and got mad at the book in several different parts. The plots were supposed to be suspenseful but it was very predictable which made it boring. However well written this book is I do not recommend it to anybody

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Summary: Another Excellent Novel of Robin Cook's
Review: I really enjoyed this book, and read the whole thing in one day. It's the story of a scientist who genetically engineers his own son to have a far superior intelligence, and the horrific complications that arrive from it. One of the most enjoyable facets of the book are that the characters are all too human, just as people in the ordinary world, and it shows the impact of their human foibles on this story. This is the sixth of his novels that I've read, and he's one of my favorite authors.

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Summary: Reveiw of Muation
Review: I thought that The book Mutation was written well, but there wasn't a very good plot, and it was hard to follow.
It was very well written, using good grammar, nice words, and it definatly had a nice flow to it. But, as I said before, it didn't have a very good plot. The ending really did't fit the story of logical thinking, it was more "I need an ending to the book so lets just kill somebody". Also in the book, it had a very scientific flow, but then near the end they introduced drugs, Columbians, and other illegal acts, which really didn't fit the story.
It was also hard to follow at many parts because it would switch from different points of veiw randomly. The different points of veiw would have been a very good additive to the book if it switched in the transitions of chapters, but it didn't.
Overall this book was well written, but not for those who enjoy an eay to follow book with a plot that makes sence. I give it three out of five.

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Summary: ECHOES OF FRANKENSTEIN
Review: MUTATION is what Cook does best----horror in the medical world, perpetrated by a doctor who "was only looking to advance mankind". Dr. Victor Frank (cute reference to Shelley's doc) has developed a process in which he can enhance the genius of embryos, and even does this with a surrogate mother in coming up with his own son, VJ (Victor Jr.). However, within five years, Frank's other son, David, dies mysteriously from a rare form of cancer, as does Janice Fay, David's governess. In the present day, VJ acts like a little Hitler and it's not long before his Mom suspects something pretty evil going on. The plot moves along at a steady if not frenetic pace and by the climax, the ending is obvious. Is there a sequel? I have to check.
Better than many of Cook's other novels of this time, including the abominable CHROMOSOME 6.

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Summary: mutation review
Review: Robin Cook's Mutation was a wonderful book. The description was very well written. It made the readers able to get a feel for the area where the book was taking place. Robin Cook explains the city and the weather, so we can get a feel for the location. Also, the scientific terms and genetic procedures that were a big part of this book, challenged the readers' level of sophistication. The readers' were forced to try and understand the experiments that Victor and VJ were working on. Mutation kept me on the edge of my seat from the beginning to the end. The readers' would never know what was around each corner. The book took some very surprising turns, and that is what made it so interesting. Overall, Mutation was a fantastic book: one of the best books I have read in a long time.

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Summary: Mutation
Review: The book Mutation by Robet Cook is about a brilliant scientist, Dr. Victor Frank, who creates a tes tube baby in his on Fertility lab. He creates a nerve growth factor gene and inserts this gene in his unborn child. He wanted his son to be intelligent like his father who makes great discoveries, and things you wouldn't imagine.

Robert Cook I thought made his characters Dr. Frank, and his son V.J. a little far fetched and a bit of a turn off as i was reading the book. A ten year old kid making his own laboratory is a bit extreme. The author used words that were very scientific and made this difficult to understand why reading. Dr. Frank experimented on animals, but didn't know aboutecome of what NFG on humans could be for sure, but because of his ambitions and scientific knowledge he took the risk by sneeking under his wifes nose Marcia.

As it turns out weird things start happening after VJ was born. I wanted to keep reading to find out who was causing these things to occur in their lives. As it turns out his son was so smart it was really weird.

I liked the story even though all the bizarre things that happened but thats what kept me reading this book to the very end. I would say the book over all was a good story to read especially if the reader has a good imagination.




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Summary: No Need For Mutations
Review: The book, Mutation, by Robin Cook, is about a scientist who changes the genes in humans and his plan backfires on him. Robin Cook, being a doctor himself, based a book on the impact of mutating genes and how bad it is. But, if it is so bad, then why did he write the book about it?

Many of the events in the book are ran on too long. He talks about pointless facts and goes into too much detail when it comes to the setting. The book is a science fiction book, that should be placed in the "Over the readers head" section, because it is hard to understand and hard to follow and the ending is basically predictable.

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Summary: Too predictable.
Review: This book is easy to read, oftentimes well-written, but eventually too predictable to be anything other than an average read. It is also frustrating to figure out where the characters are headed pages beforehand only to read about them fumbling about for the answers. It's like when you watch a predictable movie and you want to shout at the character(s) "Get on with it, already!" The only thing about the book that makes this predictable plotting readable is that it consists of huge sections of dialogue. The constant reiteration by the author doesn't help, either. For instance, every time the father character sees his genius son hanging out with a retarded adult man he thinks the same thing, which is written something like "They certainly are an improbable pair." It happened a lot, and not only with this specific situation. Once was fine, twice is okay for refreshing my memory, but after that any more reiteration is simply annoying. I can't say this is a bad book because the story is entertaining and the massive sections of dialogue made this a quick enough read not to dwell too much on the negative aspects therein. But if you want a good book to read that is entertianing and rarely predictable pick up "Master of the Game" by Sidney Sheldon, instead. It isn't literature but it is a great ride. "Mutation" is forgettable.