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Summary: It can happen today, maybe it has already
Review: One of Cook's best, this is a topic which is
quite real around.
Besides a few logical mistakes in the plot,
it's a pleasant reading.
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Summary: Entertaining, but sooooooo predictable
Review: One of the reasons I enjoy mysteries so much is that I absolutely suck at figuring them out. I am always surprised at the end. Not here; I knew what was going on and figured out the ending in every detail by page 60. I might retitle this book, "Robin Cook Has a Mortgage Payment to Make." I can't think of any other reason why he would besmirch his reputation by publishing this piece of trash. I'll admit it kept me entertained, but I kept feeling ripped off because I knew what was going to happen. If you are looking for a beach book it's fine, but don't expect literary genius here. In fact, don't expect much and you'll get it.
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Summary: A Must-Read for anyone interested in Medicine!
Review: Robin Cook is the author of many wonderful New York Times bestsellers. As with all his other books, I have fallen in love with the way Cook takes medicine and merges it in with horror fiction. When I first heard about Robin Cook's book, I was afraid that I would have insufficient medical knowledge to understand his writing. Fortunately I have read many of his books and I have found them to require very small background knowledge in science. Like all his books, Blindsight, is written in a way that all the complicated science-medicine terms and ideas are explained within the character's thoughts. One of the strengths of, Blindsight is the immense level of suspense found on every page that keeps the reader constantly hooked on the book. Just like the way movie viewers feel when they are watching a great movie and get interrupted with a commercial break, there is a desperate wait to find out what will happen next. The book is structured into multiple scenes. The multiple scenes allow Robin Cook will take the reader back and forth through different character's perspective and location, as the book continuously progresses through time. Robin Cook writes long novels that builds suspense up, and then blows the reader away at the end. His writing is unique, as with most mystery books, Robin Cook feeds the reader with information as the characters learns the details. But since the reader has perspective of different characters, they have multiple pieces of the mystery puzzle that they can use to foreshadow what may happen next. The reader will keep foreshadowing until they get to the end of the book, where every little detail comes together and explains the whole mystery. This is the most satisfying part of the book, after reading over three hundred pages, Robin Cook shocks the reader with the frightening detail about medicine that solves the mystery. The only weak point in Blindsight is the re-reading value. Once the book is read, and the frightening detail is reveled, there is no excitement in re-reading the book. This is a fact, not just on Blindsight, but it is true about all his other books as well. Besides that, I have not find any downside in Robin Cook's remarkable writing styles. His style is geared towards readers who are interested in public medical health. People with concerns for the medical health will be horrified to read about the possible loopholes that criminals can get away with if we are not careful. Although the story is actually fictional, Robin Cooks integrates true medical facts that he was either taught as part of his career or learned from someone currently in the particular medicine field. In writing Blindsight, Robin Cook has gathered information from actual medical examiners, forensic pathologists, psychology, and ophthalmologists. I learned many new medical facts from this book, very interesting facts. For example, I learned with the proper knowledge, we can determine how long ago the body has died. Facts like these are crucial to the solving of the mystery, but are also educationally interesting to the reader. The main characters in this book are very personalized. There are the good guys, whom the readers will learn to love, and the bad guys where the readers will sneer. There is even a bit of an unexpected romance that changes course during the storyline. The romance part alone is enough to make me want to read the book all over again; but I rather spend time reading other great masterpieces that Robin Cook has put together. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who interested in medicine and science.
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Summary: Medical thriller that keeps you reading on.
Review: Robin Cooks "Blindsight" is a thrilling novel filled with suspense and a in depht review of your medical exam terminalogy. If mafia murder style stories and medical investiagations for solving crimes is where its at then this if the right one for you. If this one yours than check out, cause its gots lots of non stop action that will keep you going and going to the end.
If you start reading this book, be carefull, it may indulge your imagination into being one of the characters in the book.
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Summary: and a 1/2 stars.
Review: The book's plot was extreme (but in this day and age, it didn't seem all THAT implausable.) The biggest fault I found was at the very end. I thought that the final pages of the book would have been better handled as some sort of "author's epilogue." To have the main characters sitting down and discussing the events in the manner that they did seemed completely strained and unnatural. They were having a conversation, but it seemed that they were reading from a transcript. It was a disappointing end to an otherwise good read.
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Summary: The suspense and excitment made this book harder to put down
Review: The fact that this book was suspensful throughout the story made it more exciting to read and harder to put down! Unanswered questions baffled the reader and let them feel as though they are the character themselves. Hovever, the book did have some drawbacks in that it started out a bit dull, and it took a while to get to the point. The author did not allow the reader to know the character's personality very well either. But other than that it was swell. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a bit of mystery every so often. It is suspensful, and questions of what will happen next seem to pop in the head of the reader. If you like suspense, this book is for you.
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Summary: First Of Many
Review: The first Robin Cook book I've read. It was fast paced and compelling and I found it hard to put down.
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Summary: Pooly done, even for this genre
Review: This book is a horrific let down. While admittedly no one expects to it be the next Lord of the Rings, I have rarely read a novel as poorly written and unbelievable as this. I found the entire book felt like it was written by a grade 9 student. Medically, it was accurate, but english wise, it was atrocious. While reading this, I felt like it was a glorified Nancy Drew books, you know, the ones we all loved when we were 6 or 7 years old. the characters are superficial and unbelieavle, the scenerios and plot are even more artificial. The character of Tony is one of the most unrealistic fictional characters I have ever come across. It was pretty obvious the author knew absolutely zip about organized crime when he wrote this book. Overal, a very poorly written and unbelievable book. No one is expecting Shakespeare, but we're at least hopeing for some entertainment. This was painful to read.
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Summary: Pooly done, even for this genre
Review: This book is a horrific let down. While admittedly no one expects to it be the next Lord of the Rings, I have rarely read a novel as poorly written and unbelievable as this. I found the entire book felt like it was written by a grade 9 student. Medically, it was accurate, but english wise, it was atrocious. While reading this, I felt like it was a glorified Nancy Drew books, you know, the ones we all loved when we were 6 or 7 years old. the characters are superficial and unbelieavle, the scenerios and plot are even more artificial. The character of Tony is one of the most unrealistic fictional characters I have ever come across. It was pretty obvious the author knew absolutely zip about organized crime when he wrote this book. Overal, a very poorly written and unbelievable book. No one is expecting Shakespeare, but we're at least hopeing for some entertainment. This was painful to read.
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Summary: Incredibly cliche ridden, ridiculous dialogue.
Review: This book is a terrific example of bad writing. It is a gold mine of cliches and dialogue that is so bad it actually makes you laugh. The author should be embarrassed.
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