Blindsight

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This is an excellent book. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. It was pretty obvious what was going on. In any case, this book kept me on my toes.

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Summary: Bone-chilling suspense that doesn't let up!
Review: This is Robin Cook at his best, crafting a brilliant page-turning story about one lady against an entire system of gangland murders and treachory. Cook crafts wonderful suspense and action along with a great story! A sure fire Cook classic not to be missed by any medical thriller fan! You won't be disappointed!

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Summary: A good story but... predictable
Review: This story is not like others RC's medical thrillers in which some doctors are involved with something wrong about the practice of medicine, here is the mob who is using a doctor whom doesn't know what was happening. The story will keep you reading but many times you will know what will be written in the next page, many things of the plot can't be true as for example that anybody can go inside the back door of the morgue just like that, or in NY anybody could say to you that has to go to your home and you'll take him with you in your car and let him in, nevertheless is a good story to read.

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Summary: What happened to the real Robin Cook?
Review: This was the beginning of the end. Cook has always written engaging plots, even when retreading on similar territory, but with this book what little ability he had for writing believable dialogue was thrown out the window. His prose is filled with cliche, but what is worse is he puts them in the mouths of his charaters. The 2 mobsters sound as if Cook learned Italian mobster slang from watching the the Godfather translated into Chinese and then dubbed back into English. None of the characters dialogue has any subtext. They all say exactly what they think at any given moment, none of which sounds natural at all. Unfortunately, this trend seems to have continued with his later books. One must wonder if he is even writing them himself anymore.

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Summary: Still good
Review: Yeah, I am a Robin Cook fan so I guess I am biased. However I find it amusing when a book critic simply overanalyzes what is essentially just entertainment. Yes the characters are cliched and the plots similar to the other plots and so on.. All of that is irrelavent. Cook's books simply flow well. I am still reading this one and admittedly somehat amused by the formula but at the same time I find his prose simply flows off the page and time passes while reading. These books are like watching the friday night mystery thriller, no expects a work of art, just to be entertained and this book entertains.