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Summary: Best Piece of Science Fiction I've Read in Years
Review: I picked this book up, expecting another medical thriller by one of my favorite authors. Instead, I found myself gripping the arms of my chair, transported down through the ocean floor and through a volacanic vent. I literally could not put the book down. I started it late one afternoon, read until 10 PM, got up very early, and finished it before breakfast. I have loved every one of Robin Cooks's books, but this one was by far the MOST exciting I've read. I loved science fiction as a kid, but have been generally disappointed with many science fiction novels as an adult. Now that I've finished it, I literally can't stop thinking about it. This is a marvelous first novel breaking out of the medical thriller genre. It seems to me that most of the people who were disappointed with this book prefer the "realism" of a medical thriller--the enjoyment of this novel, while written very realistically, depends upon a "suspension of disbelief" as to the characters' circumstances. Lastly--the ending does not disappoint. It is reasonable, believable, and satisfying.
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Summary: Close But No Cigar
Review: This is a poor attempt by Robin Cook to stray away from his typical medical thriller and try his luck at a Michael Crichton wannabe book but falls short.
The subject has already been used before but nevertheless it is an easy read. But I think I might have read this book before I think it was called "The Abyss"
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Summary: Another Atlantis Story
Review: The abduction of the submarine Benthic Explorer by human beings living undersea, drive the explorers to a sophisticated civilization called Interterra where the abducted are surprised to find out their way of life, their incredible history, philosophy, etc. For those people seeking for another of Mr. Cook medical thrillers let me tell you that this is more a science fiction novel that you can enjoy it.
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Summary: A disappointment for Cook fans
Review: I thought that this book is the most disappointing of Cook's collection. It was so bad I couldn't finish it. The plot basically has a couple of people get captured by people who live in the Earth. They have the choice to go back to above ground or stay there. The values of these people are so messed up I couldn't stand it. I promptly returned the book to the library after reading only about two hundred pages. Cook could have done better!For people who have only read this book by Robin Cook,don't give up. His other books are much better.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I was glad to see Dr. Cook going beyond the medical thriller, but "Abduction" was a disappointing Michael Critian(?) clone. The premise was good, but the writing was not up to Dr. Cook's usual talent.
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Summary: Amateurish and one-dimensional S.F.
Review: I must say that I've never read a Robin Cook novel before this one, and I wasn't about to before I found that this was the only book at work one day when there was nothing to do.Robin Cook's credentials on the back cover were impressive, and I looked forward to a Michael Chrichton-esque novel thoroughly grounded in science fact. What I got was a poor imitation of a Jules Verne story with many loose ends and flismy characters (caricatures, really) that was agonizing to read. Once I start something, I must finish it, and Abduction was one of those times when I wished I didn't have that conviction. I know that I shouldn't expect much from pulp fiction, but this book was very poor. Cook makes a mild pass at research, familiarizing himself with a handful of oceanographic and nautical terms, and his vaunted medical knowledge makes two cameo appearences. Blink and you'll miss them, they have nothing to do with the overall story. The characters are so blandly one-dimensional that they become irritating. By page 150, I was cheering for the protagonists to meet a gruesome end. The dialogue is dreadfully repetitive, and there are so many loose ends that it would take another fifty pages to resolve them all. Thank god that there aren't any pages though. Cook's (or his editor's) mastery of english is also called into question, as there are several instances where Cook prints one word where he clearly needed to use a homonym (I can't recall a specific one now, but read the book and they'll slap you in the face). Big, big thumbs down from me.
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Summary: Very Predicatable and Dull
Review: I am an avid reader of Dr. Cook. I have read evert book he has written and was extreemly disappointed with this book. The plot was lame and the ending unsatisying. While I did finish the book, when I did I felt that I had wasted my time. I suggest that Dr. Cook stay with what he does best, medical plots and stories and leave the deep sea to better authors such as Jules Verne.
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Summary: An Unpleasant Surprise
Review: I usually pick up subsequent books by familiar authors, because I'm in the mood for a particular type of story. When I started this book, I thought this must be some other "Robin Cook." That's why I came to amazon.com to read a review. After 100 pages, I think I'll abandon it (which I rarely do to a book) & give it away. I have plenty more "real" Robin Cook books on my shelf to read. If I want GOOD sci-fi I have those, too.
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Summary: lots of macho male behavior and a let down ending
Review: After being given a stack of used books to read, the first one I pulled out of the box was Abduction. I'd never read a robin cook before, though being familiar with him, was expecting a medical mystery. Not this book. This one has nothing to do with medical genre, but is more related to the function of the earth's various crusts, mantles and plates, and the spaces between them...and the created world of interterra where some very bizarre "people" live. The story is about an undersea drilling team which gets swept into the land of interterra, which exists in pockets between various gaps in the crust of the earth. The society is a very sanitary, starchy, almost hospital like place to live, with incredible technology. Maybe this is where the medical part comes in because of the massively sterile type of environment. There is so much homophobia and blatant macho man attitude displayed by two of the main characters that it almost becomes distracting to the plot of the book. Speaking of plot, I'm not really sure what the point of the book was other than to introduce a possible civilization living beneath us, and how they have supposedly evolved technologically but repressed anything competitive or physically harmful from their lifestyle. Procreation is genetic engineering in a laboratory...nothing really new there compared to other sci-fi novels, other than in this case, memories and personalities of those who choose to die, move on to the next body they inhabit. Interesting commentary I suppose on being able to decide when your physical body dies, because you know you're going to just move on to another body. The ending left me sadly disappointed as a reader. There was little to no resolution of major plot lines in the book, it was almost as if we had so much to resolve or explain, let's just end it before anyone notices. One of the major open holes was the role of the "servant" race in the book, and the world they lived in. There were so many references to the under-under society, but then nothing about them. I have a stack of more Robin Cook, and I'm hoping that if I get back to the medical genre, I'll find them more enjoyable.
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Summary: A Thrilling Experience
Review: I thought that this book was very thrilling and without boring lectures. I also liked how Robin Cook used his knowledge and experience in the medical field, and brought it into his book. Even though this book is fiction, you get a sense that it maybe could happen. I usually am not into the scientific type of book, but this book pulled it off. Read this book!
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