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Summary: Worth Reading
Review: Although this novel is over 20 years old, I found it interesting, intriguing, and shocking.
Dr. Martin Philips,Assistant Chief of Neuroradiology at Hobson University Medical Center is thrilled and intrigued with the new computer program that his colleague Michaels, a genius working in the Department of Artificial Intelligence presents to him. Eager to test his new program, Philips begins to try it out on a series of x-rays, and soon discovers some strange abnormalities in several patients, some whom have recently expired, and one who went missing. Soon, Dr. Philips begins to suspect that something very strange and unethical is taking place at Hobson Medical Center. As he pursues his investigation, he faces threats of losing his position, and inadvertantly discovers that the FBI may likely be involved in the illegal activities that are taking place at the Medical Center.
Although parts of this story dragged a little at times, I never lost interest, and found it to be a good read.
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Summary: It keeps you going till the end.
Review: As this is my first Robin Cook book, I must say that it was a good quick read. It was enough to keep me a faithful Cook fan. This ending however was a little weird, as I am seeing with most of his books. (The ones I've read anyway) If you want a fast-paced intrest keeping quick read, this is a great book, if you read his work often it isn't the greatest by his standards, and the ending...... Weird.
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Summary: Not what I expected, but a very good ending
Review: At the beginning of this book I really didn't know what was going on, but towards the end it got really good. The ending was interesting with the experiments on the people. Overall an above average book.
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Summary: Average But Not His Best
Review: From the back of the book "Martin Philips and Denise Sanger were Doctors, Lovers-and desperately afraid. Both of them suspected that something was wrong - terribly wrong - in the great medical research center where they worked." What is causing so many patients to die on the operating table? Why is it only females? Read this book to find out. However; don't be disappointed, as this is not one of the better works by Robin Cook.Being an avid fan of Robin Cook, this book was definitely not his best work. Though enjoyable, I didn't find it as gripping as some of his other works and can only give this an average rating. Normally once I start a Cook novel I have a hard time putting it down but I didn't have that problem with this one. Not boring, but not as gripping and fast paced as some of his other works. In his usual manner, Mr. Cook is successful in describing the characters and setting the scenes with minimal words and doesn't drag it out as many authors do. I found this book to be plausible yet was able to see through the plot from the very beginning. However, like most of his novels, this book will have you thinking hard about some of the goings on in the medical world today. When I hear or see something on the news regarding a medical breakthrough, I immediately begin thinking about the many Cook novels I have read. For all of you Cook fans, like his many other novels, keep the dictionary handy for looking up those various medical terms. If you are new to Mr. Cook, I recommend starting with one of his other novels; but the same holds true for you as well about the dictionary. If I had to list one thing about the works of Robin Cook that drive me crazy, it would be that he has a tendency to forget that many of us are only lay people who are not familiar with much of the medical jargon he uses. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy his novels greatly. My favorite novels and I have read many by Mr. Cook and the ones I would recommend for new comers to his works are: Outbreak
Blind Sight
Contagion
Harmful Intent The one I don't recommend for those new to Mr. Cook is: Godplayer
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Summary: i love his books
Review: I find Robin Cook's novels very interesting and helps me understand more medical terms. His books are an inspiration to a learning person who wishes to know more about the medical field. I'm only a kid myself but i have read almost all his books: Terminal,Mutation,Invasion,Fatal Cure,Blindsight,The year of the intern,Sphinx,Acceptable Risk,Coma,Brain,Chromosome6 and a lot more i cant remember them all.
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Summary: Something is missing here.
Review: I have read several Robin Cook mysteries and I felt let down at the finish. BRAIN kept you interested in the subject, but used terms so technical that even a nurse had trouble understanding. It held my interest to the end, but I felt like it ended abruptly with no real finish to the story. BRAIN left me dangling in the air and hoping that I wouldn't be this disappointed in the next one
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Summary: I expected more!
Review: I haven't read Cook since Coma. Found book plausible but did not hold my interest as the previously read Coma. It was hard to keep the characters straight , especially the females. I am now engrossed in Mutation. It is a lot better novel. I would not recommend this book a first timer for new readers
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Summary: The best ever by Cook!
Review: I know some people have found it too technical but for me it was the best ever. For someone on the medical field who understands the terminology, the book is great. I was very surprised at the end since I had no idea who was behind all that was happening. I have read several of Cook's books as well as other medical thrillers but I think this was one of the best that I had ever read!
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Summary: Don't read it if you like character development
Review: If you care at all about characters with any depth, you probably won't like Cook's books. If you're a medical-techno junkie and you're out for plot, then you've found your dealer.
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Summary: Just as the doctor ordered
Review: If you see all my reviews of all RC's books that I have read, you will see that they are almost alike, when you finish one of these books you'll not want to go to any doctor at all, I have read many books written in this century (21st) that involve killing people to obtain their brains to make an "intelligent" computer, so if you think that this book is a "fairy tale" because it was written 25 years ago and it couldn't be possible you will get disappointed, maybe the explanation of how the computers work with the human brain is an easy way to explain it but you have to remember that this book was written in 1979, If you like these kind of books you can read Fountain Society by Wes Craven or Shadows by John Saul.
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