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Summary: Among us
Review: Artie Banks is part of a private club whose members get together periodically to share information about their respective fields. When one of his friends is mysteriously killed and the guy's wife and children disappear the same night, Artie can't help but get involved in trying to figure out what's happening. His murdered friend performed an autopsy on a body which he claimed wasn't totally human, and as the evidence mounts, Artie begins to believe too that there are beings among us that look human, but are not. And whom can he trust? His friends of twenty-odd years? The boy who's in love with his son? The police investigator with ties to Artie's own past? As the danger mounts, Artie must do all he can to find and protect his family from threats he never would have considered. Weaving in potent social and political commentary, Robinson has written a fascinating thriller that shows us a glimpse of a horrific future. It's not often that one finds an intelligent horror novel!
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Summary: Waiting...yeah I kept waiting for an interesting plot !
Review: "Waiting" is another example of a book that has a great "hook" (ancient race of humanoids living underground lie in wait until mankind extinquishes itself) but never quite catches the fish! I kept "waiting" for this book to pick up the steam that I thought it would, but it just never materialized. On top of all that, this was one of the most depressing books I've read in recent memory. The main character, Artie, may make my all-time top 10 "most pathetic losers" list. He and other members of "The Suicide Club" should have done that dirty deed about 50 pages into the book and saved me having to read the last 300 pages.I'm sorry, because this could have made a great story. I kept thinking that Preston & Child or James Rollins could have taken this premise and really done something with it. Unfortunately, Frank Robinson could not. So, my advice is, don't be fooled by the back cover. What sounds like a great story is mostly dribble and depressingly boring. Stick to the aformentioned Preston & Child, Rollins and John Darton for some terrific books along this storyline. NOT RECOMMENDED
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Summary: The Power, Part 2
Review: Fans of Robinson's classic The Power won't be disappointed by this pretty good thriller, which for all practical intents and purposes could be taken as a sequel to that novel. The Power dealt with a superhuman psychically empowered mutant, who baited others with similar potential out into the open in order to eliminate the competition. Waiting has pretty much the same plot, only the superhumans are an entire underground offshoot cousin of homo sapiens, out to eliminate more ordinary terrestrial man from the gene pool. Like The Power, Waiting is written more or less as a paranormal murder mystery/suspense novel, and is mostly successful as such. It is more contrived than its predecessor, but no less enjoyable. Its science is perhaps a little under-researched, though not sufficiently to ruin the premise, and most readers probably won't notice or care, anyway. What works best in this novel is the feel of underground guerilla warfare that is prevalent throughout. Not all of the superhumans are in favor of eradicating mankind, some preferring to continue peaceful cohabitation and perhaps achieve eventual integration with them. That conflict creates for interesting subplots within the plot, spicing things up considerably. It also creates a strong aura of menace and paranoia that are quite effective. Waiting has been rumored to be the inspiration for the short-lived T.V. series Prey, which was probably better overall than this book, but not by much.
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Summary: Still waiting for a good book.
Review: The main character discovers the existence of Old People, a 35,000-year-old cousin species to man with the ability to share racial memories and control the thoughts and actions of others, living among us and waging a secret war against us, with some of his closest friends numbered among them. An interesting storyline, but a muddy, ill-developed plot and such thinly drawn characters that it's difficult to remember who's who make this novel substandard.
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Summary: A Pyschological Thriller
Review: The journey Robinson takes us on is an endless flight. Some how the tale seems very farfetched, but somewhere, somehow it starts to contain a disconcerting logic. The truth of how a high school character will change no matter how beautiful, talented, or smart is shocking. For a person of seventeen it makes me question what my future will be when I'm forty. Waiting does keep you "waiting" for the next twist and turn towards the line of reality and non-reality.
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Summary: Just take a look at the cover
Review: Wanting to start a new book, I picked up "Waiting" at an airport gift shop on my last vacation. The cover is what caught my eye, and after reading the back, I was intrigued. When out in public (be it shopping or just walking down the street) it really makes you wonder if the person standing next to you is human or of another species! Normally, because I work fulltime and go to school, it can take me anywhere from three to six months to read a novel. I finished this one in three weeks -- it's a page-turner with lots of plot twists. I learned a new term for this type of book in the author's forward: "didactic" novel (one in which you learn while being entertained.) If you like Michael Crichton's style of writing, you will enjoy this novel.
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Summary: a plural of "The Power"
Review: I first saw the movie "The Power" with George Hamilton. Then I read the book ISBN: 0312866542. This just geared me up for "Waiting." What I found was one-third sex, one-third ecology, and one-third plot real similar to the power. However I still enjoyed reading the book and thinking of the possibilities that could have been in it. I was not bogged down with this could never happen or how did the leap of faith take place to determine that the bad (guy) s had to be part of the club from the beginning. Actually I took an anthropology class in which the instructor said if you thingk that the Neanderthal has disappeared, just walk down in the city and look at some of the people. Really though I enjoyed the book and if there is a sequel, I will buy it. If for some reason you were less than thrilled with this book try "The Power"
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Summary: Slow and implausible
Review: Someone who picks up a horror novel must, of course, be willing to suspend disbelief, but the concept of another race living among us and maintaining some level of cohesion as a society for 35,000 years without discovery is just a little too far-fetched. Worse than that, it's boring. Toward the end of the story, there were some twists in the plot that I didn't see coming, but by that time I didn't care anymore.
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Summary: Great Premise, Lame Ending...
Review: This is my first Frank Robinson novel, so I wasn't sure quite what to expect. The premise however, of another species of human beings co-existing on Earth and now trying to take over, really hooked me. Unfortunately, while the story starts off great and rolls right along, the rather lame-o ending was a big letdown for me. It's fun trying to guess, "who's who" and "are they human or not?" but I wish the ending had been a little less predictable. A fun beach book, but don't expect too much at the end.
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Summary: Very good but not spellbinding.
Review: Throughly enjoyed this well written and engrossing story. Enough intrigue and suspense to hold me but not enough to stop me from putting the book down. Doomsday book that has an interesting twist without leaving you wanting cancel your life insurance and spend you retirement. Great vacation or weekend read.
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