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Summary: When will be your next check-up?
Review: As many books of Dr. Cook, you won't be able to understand many parts of the book unless you are a doctor, but this book is a complete medical thriller, I am agree that at the end of the book the story is a little bit boring and predictable, but as always with these kind of books, you will think twice before going to a doctor or hospital.
The book is really easy and fast to read, maybe you will stop doing things just to finish it.
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Summary: DEATH RATTLES
Review: Cook once again serves us up a hero who decides to become a private investigator and research things he should leave to the police. At least in this one, the police are one step behind him. Cook gives us his standard sciene gone wrong plot, although fascinating at times and extremely readable. Cook is no great writer, but he manages to hook his audience, and enable us to root for the good guy even though most of the time they act like juveniles.
Readable.
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Summary: DEATH RATTLES
Review: Cook once again serves us up a hero who decides to become a private investigator and research things he should leave to the police. At least in this one, the police are one step behind him. Cook gives us his standard sciene gone wrong plot, although fascinating at times and extremely readable. Cook is no great writer, but he manages to hook his audience, and enable us to root for the good guy even though most of the time they act like juveniles.
Readable.
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Summary: Some suspense...but more disappointment
Review: I enjoyed reading parts of this book because of the way that Robin Cook has the ability to intertwine medical research with suspense but ,about halfway through the book, you start to grow weary of the back and forth method that Cook uses to display the eagerness of Dr. Howard to solve the mystery before him. I must admit that the ending somewhat shocked me but overall I have to say that this was one of Cook's more cliche and simple novels.
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Summary: Have no fear of "Mortal Fear"
Review: I suppose that when a person picks up a book like "Mortal Fear" to read, certain expectations shouldn't come to mind. Just like when we go to the movies to see "Nightmare on Elm Street," we will not find that when the movie is over, we are thinking: "That was the feel-good-movie-of-the-year!" Cook's stories are always on the same level of respect.Having read a few of Cook's creations, I can only surmise that he seems to have it in for researchers and drug companies. His books continually bash one or both in each and every story. Could this be a Freudian crisis that indicates he is unhappy being a physician/novelist and would rather be a researcher? Hhhhhmmmmm... This story bashes not only research, but also HMO's, but we all know that isn't tough to do. A major health maintenance organization finds that all of these executives who seem to lead horribly unhealthy lifestyles are dropping like flies a few weeks after an executive physical at the clinic pronounces them healthier than a dog with a cold, wet nose. The mortality rate for a certain young physician at this clinic is astounding. He is grappling with the distress that he can't seem to keep his patients alive. They all seem to age and expire right before his eyes! Well here we go again, folks. Since Cook only knows one way to tell a story.... young doctor turns into "007," solves the mystery and gets the girl. Never saw that coming, did ya? If such is the case, then I bet that you thought Freddie Krueger also knew his final days of scaring teenagers while they try to sleep, too. This certainly wasn't one of those feel-good books that I mentioned earlier, but just like "Nightmare," it sure got my attention for a little while. Give it a look, dear reader and enjoy it for what it is worth.
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Summary: Have no fear of "Mortal Fear"
Review: I suppose that when a person picks up a book like "Mortal Fear" to read, certain expectations shouldn't come to mind. Just like when we go to the movies to see "Nightmare on Elm Street," we will not find that when the movie is over, we are thinking: "That was the feel-good-movie-of-the-year!" Cook's stories are always on the same level of respect. Having read a few of Cook's creations, I can only surmise that he seems to have it in for researchers and drug companies. His books continually bash one or both in each and every story. Could this be a Freudian crisis that indicates he is unhappy being a physician/novelist and would rather be a researcher? Hhhhhmmmmm... This story bashes not only research, but also HMO's, but we all know that isn't tough to do. A major health maintenance organization finds that all of these executives who seem to lead horribly unhealthy lifestyles are dropping like flies a few weeks after an executive physical at the clinic pronounces them healthier than a dog with a cold, wet nose. The mortality rate for a certain young physician at this clinic is astounding. He is grappling with the distress that he can't seem to keep his patients alive. They all seem to age and expire right before his eyes! Well here we go again, folks. Since Cook only knows one way to tell a story.... young doctor turns into "007," solves the mystery and gets the girl. Never saw that coming, did ya? If such is the case, then I bet that you thought Freddie Krueger also knew his final days of scaring teenagers while they try to sleep, too. This certainly wasn't one of those feel-good books that I mentioned earlier, but just like "Nightmare," it sure got my attention for a little while. Give it a look, dear reader and enjoy it for what it is worth.
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Summary: IF YOUR ONLY GONNA READ ONE BOOK IN YOUR LIFETIME...
Review: I'm not exactly a huge fan of Robin Cook. I actually never heard of him until I read this. I read a lot of books, and I think this is the best I've ever read. I'm not even into the whole medicine thing but I found this book most interesting on many levels. He slowly builds up the suspence until you just can't take it anymore! I finished reading this book in less than a day. I couldn't put it down! That's never happened to me before!!! I definatley recommend this book to anybody, even if you don't like reading! It's guaranteed to hold your interest. Someone should make a movie out of this! WOW!
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Summary: IF YOUR ONLY GONNA READ ONE BOOK IN YOUR LIFETIME...
Review: I'm not exactly a huge fan of Robin Cook. I actually never heard of him until I read this. I read a lot of books, and I think this is the best I've ever read. I'm not even into the whole medicine thing but I found this book most interesting on many levels. He slowly builds up the suspence until you just can't take it anymore! I finished reading this book in less than a day. I couldn't put it down! That's never happened to me before!!! I definatley recommend this book to anybody, even if you don't like reading! It's guaranteed to hold your interest. Someone should make a movie out of this! WOW!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: In 'Mortal Fear' Robin Cook introduces another frightening idea , as in his previous books, -- Killing older patients who will probably require prolonged treatment to make way for younger patients with a better chance of recovery. A scary thought indeed. He introduced a similar line of thought in his previous book - Godplayer, and readers who have read that book can see the similarity, and will probably find this one boring, as I did. Not one of his better books, Mortal Fear, lacks the suspense one looks for in his books. GHP is struck by a psychopath who introduces a Death Hormone releasing factor into old patients causing them to age fast and die within three weeks. I rate this book only average, Cook is capable of better books.
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Summary: Good moments, but predictable!
Review: In this Robin Cook novel, the reader once again is faced with a predictable plot, easy-to-spot villains, and a medical ethics message. In this case, a widowed doctor and a part-time stripper (who of course is also a ph.d candidate) team up to unravel a mystery surrounding patients who were given a clean bill of health, yet soon after, prematurely age and die. The one key is that the dead all had bad habits like smoking, yet in the initial medical exam showed no signs of immediate physical collapse. On a coast-to-coast journey, our hero discovers that a dead colleague, in search of youth, discovered death. I will say that parts of the novel are riveting, with some truly scary moments and a clever ending; unfortunately, I picked out the villain immediately. Maybe I've just been reading too much Robin Cook lately!
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