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Vector (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) |
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Vector (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)  Rating: Rating:  - Well before its time...It was quite odd and fascinating to read this book after this actual scare happened after 9/11 -- and it was written in 1999. Talk about foresight! I wasn't too impressed with the ending, though. I thought Cook could've gone another route and made it really terrifying. I've yet to find a Cook novel that I didn't like. He is definitely one of my favorite authors. I can only hope to have a fraction of the successful writing career he's had over four decades. ~Chad Clegg - Author: The DOMINO EFFECT Rating:  - Unbelievable, and Not in a Good SenseI never heard of this Cook character previously, but I heard there was a bioreactor in this novel, so I decided to check it out. I'm sorry I did. This book was totally unbelievable, not to mention poorly edited, if at all. If it weren't for what seemed to be dozens of so-called coincidences, the dots would never have been connected. The only memorable part of the book was when Jack flipped Curt the middle finger during his 'sanctioning' in the middle of rush hour traffic. What ever became of Paul Sutherland? Was he really the secret leader of the PAA? Rating: - unpleasant to readThe author managed to create villians more evil than real life. Right wing skinheads commit the crime of skinning their victims alive. As a medical doctor, Robin Cook, should realize such an act would be an incredible amount of work for the criminal. I felt the writer was marketing his political agenda. Most people disagree with the extremist political views of skin heads/neo nazi types. However, it is not necessary for the author to demonize the fictional criminal to the point of losing credibility. The book has many sterotypical characters and I was not able to finish reading it. I put the book down in disgust. I also found the image of someone being skinned alive very distasteful. I will not even start another book written by this author. Robin Cook has gone too far. Rating:  - OK science -- the rest was cheesyThis is supposed to be a gripping thriller about a medical examiner slowly uncovering a bioterrorism plot when a rug dealer turns up dead from inhalation anthrax. Cook's medical background means the scientific details are (mostly) accurate, so the book has that going for it. The plot has a neat twist at the end, but is still pretty cheesy. And the book was a quick read, which was good in this case, because the writing was so clunky, stilted, and inane that I could hardly believe it got published! Characters are cartoon cutouts whose traits are laid out for us so we don't have to figure it out for ourselves. Dialogue often has to serve to explain scientific and medical background, which means it doesn't sound real (a more skilled writer could have finessed it, I think). And weird levels of detail were inserted for no real reason. Finally, a bizarre little lecture as an author's note simply restates the obvious. This could have been a much better book if only Dr Cook had given his readers a little credit. |
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