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Title: Brain by Robin Cook ISBN: 0-451-15797-4 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (15 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Average But Not His Best
Comment: From the back of the book "Martin Philips and Denise Sanger were Doctors, Lovers-and desperately afraid. Both of them suspected that something was wrong - terribly wrong - in the great medical research center where they worked." What is causing so many patients to die on the operating table? Why is it only females? Read this book to find out. However; don't be disappointed, as this is not one of the better works by Robin Cook.
Being an avid fan of Robin Cook, this book was definitely not his best work. Though enjoyable, I didn't find it as gripping as some of his other works and can only give this an average rating. Normally once I start a Cook novel I have a hard time putting it down but I didn't have that problem with this one. Not boring, but not as gripping and fast paced as some of his other works. In his usual manner, Mr. Cook is successful in describing the characters and setting the scenes with minimal words and doesn't drag it out as many authors do.
I found this book to be plausible yet was able to see through the plot from the very beginning. However, like most of his novels, this book will have you thinking hard about some of the goings on in the medical world today. When I hear or see something on the news regarding a medical breakthrough, I immediately begin thinking about the many Cook novels I have read.
For all of you Cook fans, like his many other novels, keep the dictionary handy for looking up those various medical terms. If you are new to Mr. Cook, I recommend starting with one of his other novels; but the same holds true for you as well about the dictionary. If I had to list one thing about the works of Robin Cook that drive me crazy, it would be that he has a tendency to forget that many of us are only lay people who are not familiar with much of the medical jargon he uses. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy his novels greatly.
My favorite novels and I have read many by Mr. Cook and the ones I would recommend for new comers to his works are:
Outbreak
Blind Sight
Contagion
Harmful Intent
The one I don't recommend for those new to Mr. Cook is:
Godplayer
Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyable
Comment: Well ... this is another medical thriller that Mr. Cook get used to the readers. Even though this story is not so intense as the others thrillers I read to the point of boredom in some segments of the story because of the extreme medical descriptions that make us think that we are reading a textbook chapter, the plot is intriguing and attract attention.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant - not brain dead at all!!!
Comment: Robin Cook is truly a classic writer of our age. His medical thrillers are surpassed by no one - except Michael Crichton, perhaps. I thought the pace of this particular novel was electrifying, and the romantic subplot one of the most emotionally gutwrenching that I have ever read.. Bravo!, Mr Cook - keep on writing !!!
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Title: Sphinx by Robin Cook ISBN: 0451159497 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mindbend by Robin Cook ISBN: 0451141083 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Fever by Robin Cook ISBN: 0425174204 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Year of the Intern by Robin Cook ISBN: 0451165551 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1973 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Godplayer by Robin Cook ISBN: 042517638X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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