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Summary: where's the beef?
Review: not one of my favorite "cook books" but probably the only one that made me give up beef...forever. i had a hard time getting to like any of the characters. the wife was a total wimp, and the good dr. was an arrogant ass through most of the story. i hated the ending. it was totally unbelievable. don't give up though robin! hopefully your next book will wipe out any memories of this one.
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Summary: Big disappointment
Review: In my book it's a daughter not son that dies???? It doesn't seem to matter in the end. Starts out great but soon becomes too contrived and totally unbelievable. A hired killer that hangs around to tell the good Dr he's mad at the people that hired him??? One thing I did get from the book.....make mine well done!
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Summary: An intriguing albeit flawed novel....
Review: Being my first book by the author, I have to say that I wasn't impressed. The suspense is cheap, predictable and the main character acts very unrealistically. However, set aside these minor niggles and you will discover the darker side of the corrupt meat industry. The book can be very exciting at times and the character development is very good. There are a few punches in the book which make you sweat and your heart miss a beat. Suspense in a bottle but nothing special. Give the book a try, however and you'll find yourself in for a moderately good read.
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Summary: Cook builds to disappointment
Review: I have been a fan of cook since reading Mind Bend and Acceptable Risk, but toxin was a let down to say the least. I was compelled to read it because of the nature of the subject- e-coli and the meat industry. I was interested at first, but as others have stated previously, there is no ending. Cook leaves the readers hanging to no end, and they must conclude for themselves what happens. It's almost as if he didn't want to waste his time with the end once he got his main point out in the open. Hopefully his next will be better...
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Summary: one of his best, believe it or not!!
Review: I have read them all...and this one is one of his best. The meat business is a total gross-out, as is the doctor throughout most of the proceedings. I expect total escapism with Dr. Cook and with this book I got it (also with Chromosome 6, which was another stellar book). Kiss the wife and kids goodbye and settle down to a fast, engrossing (and gross) read...the ending, which I completely bought, was wonderfully diabolical. Way to go!!!
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Summary: Who is Seldon?
Review: In my edition of the book, Dr. Kim Reggis has a DAUGHTER named BECKY! What the heck's going on? Still, the plot's intact. Great book! I used to love beef, now I'll stick to veggies.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Wish I had read these reviews before I picked up the book! I agree that the dialogue and characters were contrived and the ending lets the reader down. The poor reader spends all this time waiting to see what happens and ends up with having to fill in the blanks on their own. Very unsatisfying. Too bad...the subject is one worth exploring in a meaningful way. Cook missed his chance.
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Summary: Thank you for purchasing my personal agenda - R. Cook
Review: I thought Dennis Miller ranted! Ha! I truly expected more from Cook. In the end I concluded that I could have written this book. The outline for TOXIN must have filled almost an entire cocktail napkin! The end of TOXIN was not only a complete let-down but unexpected from a writer of Cook's stature. I would recommend avoiding TOXIN and finding something better, an old newspaper perhaps. BTW, the second star was for Cook's other works.
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Summary: Well researched and informative but clearly rushed to print.
Review: Well researched and informative subject matter. However, the fiction surrounding the technical and graphic descriptions of the e coli bacteria and the meat industry is forced and predictable. Good for a quick read on a rainy weekend but not much more.
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Summary: Stilted dialogue -- preachy throughout
Review: I think Robin Cook got impassioned by the subject of food poisoning and decided to make a statement. Good message. Poorly delivered. The dialogue was forced and stilted. His dialogue usually flows better than that. Not his best work.
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