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Summary: Enjoyable medical thriller
Review: For the past three decades, the Georgia barrier island has hosted a human experiment. To keep the young colony in line and the scientists safe, the brutal orderlies viciously discipline the inmates. However, one of the victims Julia begins her own investigation. Her lover Skyler searches for her when she fails to return to their colony. He finds her mutilated corpse in the morgue. Skyler escapes the island. In Georgia, a confused Skyler notices a picture of a New York reporter whose face is his own. He heads to the Big Apple where he meets an astonished Jude Harley. Jude introduces Skyler to his girl friend Tizzie, who looks exactly like Julia. The trio begins to investigate even as the FBI and others want to stop them from learning the cloning experiments being used to harvest donor organs. The scientific information and the ethical questions of THE EXPERIMENT are cleverly handled and incorporated as part of the plot. The lead characters are warm and their motivations fully understood. However, the research scientists appear more like the mad scientist Dr. Cyclops, and the story line falters especially at the climax. Thinking in terms of Bakishi's Wizard when one brother kills the other with a gun, the bad guys could have easily removed Jude and Tizzie on an earlier page of the book. John Darnton remains a talented writer who makes his audience think, but his latest scientific thriller falls a bit short of believability. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Just not very good
Review: Hard to imagine anyone really likingthis book. It read like a bad TV show. Nothing creative at all in the plot or in the writing. Skip this one.
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Summary: Just plain mediocre
Review: I received this book as a gift, and as a fan of Preston and Child, I was happy to try a new writer of science thrillers. In a word, the book was "so-so." The science was OK, but the story was so lacking in imagination that I found reading the book rather boring. Really.
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Summary: Fast-paced cutting-edge thriller. A winner!
Review: I stayed up all night reading this book --not because I wanted to miss sleep, but because I simply couldn't put it down. It's rare to find a book that's so much fun to read and so educational all at once. At the same time you are enjoying the thrill of the story and the author's wild imagination, you are also learning so much-- about cloning, life extention, the science of aging, etc. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Interesting, yet hard to follow
Review: The story was interesting, and I'm a somewhat intelligent person, although I had to read paragraphs over and over again just to comprehend them. The ending was a bit rushed and flaky - I can't say why - I don't want to give it away.
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Summary: An Exciting, Fast-Paced Thriller
Review: Darnton does a good job of creating likeable characters in a scientific thriller that makes you take a stronger interest in genetic testing and cloning. The writing is fluid and the conversation believable, though the overall plot may be a bit far-fetched (but, then again, he's done the research, I haven't). Overall, a great read, and thoroughly entertaining.
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Summary: Interesting story but rushed ending
Review: As an identical twin, "The Experiment" seemed like a natural pick for me. It started out promising. The science is interesting and well-explained. Nevertheless, the book was ultimately unsatisfying, probably because the denouement seemed overly rushed.
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Summary: The Best
Review: I fell in love with the author's work--It's a gem. There's nothing better out there! Grab it...while you can.
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Summary: Too plain silly to be gripping
Review: Given the author's journalistic ceredentials, I expected quality in this thriller: some insights into the future or the science, or at least a believable plot. Sadly 'The Experiment' delivers none of the above. Its positions on the genetic science are obvious, overblown and unoriginal. The plot - mad scientists on secret private islands - is pure 1970s James Bond (or should that be Austin Powers?) and, most unforgivingly, the writing is clunky and ridden with the most awful cliches. I admit, I didn't get to the end. Not good.
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Summary: First class!
Review: Finally a thriller with real brains! Readability + authenticity. My wife gave me this book since I'm currently doing research in the field. Darnton certainly has done his homework. He knows his stuff and he knows his craft. This is a must-read whether you're a scientist or a plain Joe. Add it to your shopping cart now!
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