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Summary: An Underearthly Suprise
Review: With a bookshelf filled with Cook's previous efforts, and an equally large number of sci-fi, I was pleasantly surprised at his delving into the sci-fi genre. His thugs were properly Neanderthal, and his technical details were enjoyable as always. I look forward to future efforts in this direction, as well as his more traditional medical thrillers. Hey, how many series does Tom Clancy have going at this time? Go for it, Robin...
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Summary: Unexpected Pleasure
Review: I eagerly await Robin Cook's novels, although this one was not written in his usual style."Abduction" is more of a sci-fi thriller and I enjoyed it immensely.The ending was excellent.I do hope his next book "Shock" will be in tune with a medical thriller novel.
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Summary: Best described as Silly
Review: This book is nothing but a bundle of the writer's most outrageous "What ifs" with barely a sprinkling of a plot. We care nothing for the characters, and find ourselves wondering whatever happens to things the writer hints at at the start of the book, like a romance between Perry and Suzanne, or a deeper understanding of the worker-clones. Altogether bizarre and childish, with an extremely poor ending. Stick to the medical thrillers, Mr. Cook.
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Summary: Robin Cook? Are you absolutely sure?
Review: I guess I'll add another "I was very disappointed" to the group. I am a huge fan of Robin Cook and can hardly wait until his books come out. This book had me giggling in some places, though I don't think that was his intent. It seemed to be something a "budding sci-fi writer" might do as a first book, not a seasoned writer of medical thrillers. I did donate it to my High School library, as the kids might enjoy it if they don't know who Robin Cook is. When they check it out, I will tell them not to judge his writing on that book alone and recommend another to them.
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Summary: Not what I expected from Cook
Review: I am a Cook fan and have loved his medical thrillers, so I eagerly bought Abduction while waiting for a long flight. It was a big let-down. I thought the topic of an Atlantis type world might be interesting, but the story turned out to be weak and the writing definitely not up to Robin Cook's normal standard. In fact, it was as if someone else had written this book under his name. The accounts of continual orgies were in my opinion in bad taste, the characters not believable, and the whole effect rather disappointing.Don't let this put you off his other books though. They are usually well worth the read.
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Summary: Not really credible...
Review: Disappointing. The whole plot is unconvincing and the characters are weak...I would not recommend this book.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I am a big fan of Robin Cook, have read all his books. I feel his strongest books are those that portray possible real life scenarios, such as Toxin. Abduction reads as if it were thrown together during long plane trips or something. The characters are overly stylized and the story unbelievable and shallow. If you like Robin Cook's usual fare, you may well be disappointed with Abduction; and if you haven't read his books before, don't start with this one.
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Summary: Original Ideas
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I read quite a few books this summer, and I believe I enjoyed this the most. Some of the concepts seemed to come out of nowhere. It is interesting to read a division in some of the reviews I have read about "Abduction" - you either love it or hate it. There are some concepts similar to Crichton's "Timeline", regarding the transfer of a person's "essence" when he/she dies, which I found interesting. And the history of these people below the earth goes way, way, way back - what a concept! Not your usual sci-fi, I thought it was totaly fresh and original.
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Summary: Starts out good, goes downhill
Review: I like good Sci-Fi, but this book doesn't qualify. The book's beginning is good, the middle boring and trite, with an ending that is very weak. In some respects, this book is a take off on H.G. Wells "Time Machine" with obvious influence by Jules Verne. The story line had lots of potential that was just not met. Pass on this one, but if you have not read other works by Robin Cook do so. This book is not typical of his usual fine writing.
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Summary: Will the real Robbin Cook please stand up
Review: This book was such a disappointment and not at all like Robbin's previous books. The story starts out fairly interesting and keeps you guessing what they are going to find by drilling into the earths core. A team of people get into a submarine to explore the findings and find themselves suck into a hole. Not bad up to this point but then you discover they were captured by aliens and the whole story goes down hill. I almost put the book down right there an then. But I thought it might get better. Trust me it doesn't. I still wonder who really wrote this book because it was not even close to the quality of writing Robbin normally creates. So will the real Robbin Cook please stand up.
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