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Summary: A science fiction thriller - not bad, if that's your bag!
Review: This is a well-written tale about Atlantis by a professional wordsmith, with flying saucers, and ancient civilizations--all of the elements to maintain your interest, while not enthralling you with their plausibility. In other words, it is pure entertainment and obviously not intended to create emotional investment. While drilling into a sea mount near the Azores, exploring for an oil field, two of the ship Benthic Explorer's divers and the two man one woman crew of their deep diving submarine are sucked into a submarine canyon and into a world under the sea, populated by beautiful people with vastly superior technology and, of course, vastly superior social moirés. Of course they don't believe in violence, and the two roughneck divers live and breath for violence. It is more or less of a typical pot-boiler in the SF area. Joseph H. Pierre
Author of The Road to Damascus: Our Journey Through Eternity
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Summary: My first Robin Cook book that I have read
Review: Abduction, by Robin Cook, was very fun, in my opinion. I have not read any of his other books (yet)but reading these other reviews, if people think this was a poor example, I can't wait! Going on an undersea adventure and meeting another "humankind" was very exciting. He shows us that it may not be "perfect" to live in a "perfect" world. I recommend this book.
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Summary: Robin Cook book but reads like Michael Crichton
Review: Well, I thought it was an excellent book but after reading nearly 10 of his books, it was very strange for me to read his book that's not related to something medical. Although, it's not a surprise that he ventured out to write something other than medicine because we all know how great of a writer he is and how intelligent he is. After the initial shock, it was just like his other books, just couldn't stop reading it.
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Summary: Skip this one, please....
Review: Like most of the reviewers, I bought this one largely because of Robin Cook's name (I really enjoyed "Chromosome 6", for example). Apparently, this is the first time this book has been in print; after reading it, I can see why.
The book starts off with a great premise, and has some good action scenes. But almost immediately it begins falling apart at the seams: the Interterra culture is wildly implausible; many of the events seem contrived and dictated by the plot (e.g., a rather abrupt change in motives in one of the 'lost' characters); there is no character development whatsoever; and, to quote another reviewer, there is rampant--and seemingly unnecessary--homophobia. Worst of all, the final "surprise" event of the novel--to say that this novel has an actual ending is giving it far too much credit--is telegraphed long before it comes (à la Michael Crichton's ~Timeline~). If you want to read it, save your money and borrow it. Better still, save your time too, and don't bother. [Find one of Cook's more recent, and significantly better, efforts.]
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Summary: Wowsa...
Review: You probably already know the Atlantis style plot line. Many reviewers have said "Is this really Cook?" and virtually all reviewers slammed the book. Why? Because it's awful, that's why. This book is a perfect example that proves the Clancy's, the Cook's, the King's and the Grisham's can put pen to paper and sell *anything*. There is NO WAY this book gets published with any name other than a "super author". The dialog is elementary schoolish, the plot telegraphed miles ahead, character development is weak to non-existant. If this is the first Robin Cook book you'd ever read, you'd probably never read another (a mistake, in my opinion). An interesting experiment? I don't know about that. A "statement" about today's society? Nope, it's not even close to being that "deep". It's just plain bad writing. A worthy experiment in proving that an author with a name like Robin Cook could sell blank pages, and that's about it. To tell you the truth, I think I'd rather read a blank book than endure "Abduction" again. Buy it, read it, you won't believe just how bad it is, nor how many copies it sells.
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Summary: Utterly forgettable
Review: The first third of the book is the best portion of the book, although it's a copy of the numerous meaningless thrillers that throng the market. The rest is an exercise for the reader's patience and perseverance. I completed it because I was travelling on train and had nothing to do for twenty two hours. The plot idea is good (two stars are given for that, eventhough the idea of immortal life is a take from Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosomes), but the execution is very juvenile and for the last third of the book the author simply lost interest, how do you expect the reader to sustain it?
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Summary: This can't be Robin Cook!
Review: The first few chapters of this book piqued my interest, until the crew of the submersible end up in Interterra. The inhabitants of this world are not believable at all. The last few chapters grew very tiresome, a chore to finish. Stick to medical thrillers, Mr. Cook!
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Summary: "A Pretty Decent Undersea Adventure"
Review: Cook takes a departure from medical thrillers and tells the story of a group of undersea explorers who get sucked into the world of Interterra. Stories of undersea civilizations are nothing new, but I thought Cook did an OK job handling this one. Really liked how he presented Interterra, its culture, its technology, its beliefs when it comes to reproduction (which are pretty wild). Bascially, this civilization, which is millions upon millions of years old, has created a virtual utopia. But the more time the explorers spend in Interterra, they wonder if utopia is really worth living in, especially when it's not clear whether they will be allowed to return to the surface world. No real clear distinction is made on who is absolutely right or wrong about the fate of the explorers. Still, I thought Cook handled the story well.
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Summary: What was this?
Review: I am a Robin Cook fan, so when I bought his latest I was expecting a medical thriller. What I got was a science fiction book that was confusing and hard to follow. The only reason I finished it was to find out if the "second generation humans" were able to escape or used for some other purpose. I hope this was only an experiement for Mr Cook and he will go back to his usual forte for his next novel.
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Summary: Someone else wrote this.
Review: The story is totally unbelieveable. The characters have absolutely no depth and the story line is non-existent. I did not even finish listening to this unabridged audio of this book. I have enjoyed Cook's books in the past but I don't think he wrote this one.
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