Taken

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Summary: Okay as a novelization, definitely not a real novel
Review: This novelization of the TV miniseries works well for the purpose for which I wanted it: to keep my memory of the miniseries alive until I can buy it on DVD, and for use as a refresher course if there should be a TV continuation before then. It certainly has no great literary merit. There are no descriptive passages; since it was clearly written before casting, characters can't be decribed even as to race. That omission is so glaring as to be distracting. And on the last page, the story does not so much end as simply stop. The miniseries brought it to a better conclusion.

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Summary: 'TAKEN' by the best - Thomas Cook
Review: Thomas Cook has always been a favorite of mine. He has done a great job "writing a book based on a series" versus "series based on a book". Superb !!!! Could not wait to turn the page - but did not want it to end.

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Summary: 'TAKEN' by the best - Thomas Cook
Review: Thomas Cook has always been a favorite of mine. He has done a great job "writing a book based on a series" versus "series based on a book". Superb !![.]Could not wait to turn the page - but did not want it to end.

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Summary: Why?
Review: When I found out that Thomas H. Cook had written the book version of a soon to be released SF miniseries I was intrigued and couldn't wait to read it. Thomas H. Cook is the author of fifteen novels, including The Chatham School Affair, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel; Instruments of Night; Breakheart Hill; Mortal Memory, among others. Those have been some of the most interesting mysteries I have ever read. However, this book reads just like a TV miniseries, the characters are wooden without any real emotion and the events very predictable. So my question is why Cook even bothered doing this project???

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Summary: Kansas Guy Says This Is a Cliff's Notes to the TV series
Review: While this book may not be high or wide enough for some readers, it is the perfect synopsis of the SCIFI mini series. You have to think of it as a "Cliff's Notes" to Mr. Spielberg's most truthful work. This book is something a reader absorbs after watching this terrific film. It's not a sneak peek before the movie is shown on television. As Vonnegut would say: "So it goes."