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Summary: Had potential to be a great book, then Cook left us hanging.
Review: Toxin was very exciting and at times made me totally sick at my stomach. I have made sure since reading this book that all my meat is completely cooked. I just wish Cook would have not left us hanging at the end.
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Summary: Great book with a terrible ending
Review: Toxin is the seventh Robin Cook book I read, and it is also one of the best. When I picked this book up I could not stop reading it until the horrible end. Toxin could have had at least two more chapters. It left me feeling like I picked up a incomplete book!
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Summary: I love this book it was the best book I have read in a while
Review: it was a great book and it deserves at least five stars
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Summary: The characters were quite one-dimensional
Review: This was the worst book written by Robin Cook. What mother [or father] wouldn't grieve more over the death of their child?? A person wouldn't be able to even think, let alone go after the bad guys [the meat industry]. If anyone wants to read about the meat industry, read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. Robin Cook should take some lessons from that classic.
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Summary: Annoying ending (or lack of)!
Review: The doctor was such an unlikeable person. I couldn't even imagine that a surgeon could be such an uncontrollable idiot. And, the ending....where is it? Where'd they go, what happened?? It was my first Robin Cook novel and last.
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Summary: an unlikeable protagonist.
Review: With such an uncontrolable temper and such poor judgement, I'm only glad that Kim Regis isn't my Thoracic Surgeon! (I can only shudder to imagine what might happen if something went wrong while I was under anesthesia and he held the scalpel!) No,I couldn't feel the slightest sympathy for the man or care whether or not he is successful in his quest for revenge for the death of his daughter (not son). He doesn't seem to care about the death of an innocent Dept. of Agriculture Inspector either. Of course she showed pretty poor judgement, too. I failed to become very caring about the quality of our meat processing procedures. Wildly improbable plot.
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Summary: Cook has my last buck!
Review: Robin Cook's latest was more of a soapbox from which to expound on the evils of big business and government than a novel. His doctor was totaly unbelievable. Very little story hidden between long orations about the USDA and the meat industry. It's sad because this man has written some real page turners in his time.
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Summary: expose of USDA inspection methods vs BEEF INDUSTRY
Review: wHO THE HECK WROTE THE PREVIOUS REVIEW? THE GOOD DOCTOR'S KID WAS A GIRL WITH A POTENTIAL FOR ICE SKATING NATIONALS, AND THE PIVITOL THEME WAS THE MANIPULATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MONEY-GRUBING RUTHLESS CORPORATIONS TRYING TO KEEP THEMSELVES LIVING HIGH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRUSTING PUBLIC.
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Summary: The characters were unbelievably stupid!
Review: I'm not sure which poses the greater risk to one's well-being -- eating tainted beef or reading the book.
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Summary: Great topic...Disappointing ending.
Review: Come on Robin...You can do better!!!I've been a long-time fan of Robin Cook and have always been pleased with his writing style. I was VERY disappointed with the way this book was written. The ending of this book was EXTREMELY disappointing...almost like he just wanted to finish the book to get it out of the way. Does this mean there will be a "Toxin-Part 2"? The only good thing that came out of this book is that I will never be able to enjoy a charbroiled cheeseburger again!
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