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Summary: Tom Wesley's Review
Review: The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton is a sci-fi thriller about the effects machines have on us humans. The story focuses on a man by the name of Harry Benson, someone who needs brain surgery to correct epilectic seizures. Yet, this is no ordinary brain surgery. This is a Category 5 brain surgery, never performed on a human before. The doctors do not know much about this type of surgery and Benson volunteered to be the test subject. Doctors Morris, Ellis, Ross, and MacPherson all attempt to place 40 miniscule electrodes inside Harry Benson's brain. They literally turn his brain into a computer, which proves too much for Benson to handle... I liked this book very much becasue it mixed science, medicine, and thrilling suspense into one novel. Crichton vividly describes all the cahracters in limited time and that is what makes him a great author. He also fits in the the trademark gore he loves so much into the book. This book is scary, thrilling and makes you think. That is what I loved about it. If I had to pick one criticism for this book, I would say that it would have to be the long, drawn-out scenes in which Crichton describes his medical explanations. Even though he has a degree in medicine, Crichton doesn't describe the medical terms for people who have no idea what he is talking about. You probably have to be a doctor to really appreciate what he's saying. But the rest of the sotry makes up for it and I really was thrilled by it. It was a page-turner all the way.A-
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: I feel this book could have been better. I have read many other of Micheal Crichton books and he is by far my favorite writer, I just feel that this book had to much scientific stuff for the average reader to follow. Especially if its thier first time reading one of his books. Again I dont think its his best, and the characters could have been better formed. The ending needed some work also.
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Summary: A quick read
Review: The Terminal Man was a book which was hard for me to put down. I recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: worst yet from crichton (that i read)
Review: it was extremely boring to start and it dragged on and on. but i had to read it for school, well i chose it hoping it would be good....so i continued. it picked up when benson went on his rampage but a bad ending like congo... and go figure he has a gigantic bibliography like in congo. he researches a little to much i think and it takes away from the book, just an opinion. in final...it could have been way better
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Summary: Very boring
Review: This book did not grab my attention and could not find it entertaining either. After this reading, I was afraid to buy another Crichton one and be dissapointed again
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Summary: Very boring
Review: This book did not grab my attention and could not find it entertaining either. After this reading, I was afraid to buy another Chrihton novel and be dissapointed again
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Summary: Not even up to Crichton standards.
Review: I usually enjoy Micheal Crichton very much. This book was boring and not worth the money.
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Summary: An okay book.
Review: This is definetly not Crichtons best but if another author wrote it it would be there best. I thought that the whole plot was unbelieable and kind of dumb. I thought there was only one good developed character and that was Janet Ross. Usually when I read a Michael Crichton book I expect the whole scientific mumbo-jumbo talk. But this book was way to overloaded with it. For the common reader its far to scientific.
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Summary: Crichton's Worst
Review: I usually love Crichton's books, especially Disclosure and Jurassic Park, but this one was horrible and predictable.
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Summary: A question in bioethics.
Review: This novel, also made into a film (in 1974), deals with the effects and morals of electronic implants being attached in the brain of a man who has a behavioral disorder. The implants are supposed to control any anti-social or violent behavior by sending an electrical impulse to the brain's "pleasure" center. But, the results are unexpected when the patient discovers that he can get the impulse on demand. There are villains in this novel not usually mentioned: the physicians who set up and performed the procedure on the main character. The neurologists and neurosurgeons clearly had not done the necessary preliminary studies before the procedure was to be attempted on a human. This is a major topic of discussion in bioethics even today.
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