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3 books by New York Times bestseller, Robin Cook. all in good condition. Acceptable Risk, Mortal Fear, Vector. ... Read more

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A startling novel based on the latest fertility technology, it's "one of the most memorable of Robin Cook's medical thrillers." (The Associated Press)Amazon.com Review
Robin Cook, master of bestselling medical thrillers, answers the "What's the worst thing that could happen?" question in this plot-twisting novel in which villains with no sense of ethics or social responsibility get their greedy hands on the newest cloning technology. It starts when a couple of Harvard graduate students answer the Wingate Clinic's ad for egg donors. The women figure on financing a year in Venice and the down payment on a Boston condo with the extraordinary sum they're promised. But a year later, the heroines feel the emotional need to seek out the children they've made possible for infertile couples. So they disguise themselves and seek jobs at the clinic in order to access the identifying information. The clinic, as it turns out, has plenty of secrets to protect, so it's hard to believe that a pair of computer neophytes could bypass its security. But they do, and the author is an adept enough writer to finesse this detail.

As in past books, Cook is much better at the technical details of medical research than he is at characterization, but he definitely knows how to plot a thriller. This one keeps you turning the pages until the final denouement, though the last chapter ends abruptly, leaving the reader to wonder whether he ran out of steam or is just setting up a sequel in which he'll recycle the villains in a new scheme with a new pair of victims. --Jane Adams ... Read more

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Awful
Isn't this kind of claptrap against the (literary) law these days? Cook creates two Harvard PhD females that (for some reason...? Hm?) "have to" dress up like a hooker and a super-dowdy "librarian" in order to dither themselves into deep trouble -- and THEN are TOTALLY rescued by a PHONE CALL TO THE POLICE from the he's-just-not-that-into-you, cold-fish, med-school boyfriend. As bad as the whole book was -- and it was. So. BAD. -- nothing compares to how irritating the ending was. I can't stand a powerless-damsel-in-distress rescue anyway, but for them to be rescued by the doctor/boyfriend whom she'd basically (and unsuccessfully) begged to marry her...well, that's just awful!

A Must Read Book
Shock by Robin Cook was awesome. I love to read Robin Cook's work. Being a medical doctor himself, he has the ability to write about the medical profession in a fictional way that makes it more believable. In this particular novel, we have two young women who donate eggs to an infertility clinic, but then become curious as to whether or not children were ever born from those eggs. Using subterfuge, they gain access to the records, and let's just say, there was a lot more than meets the eye to that clinic! This is a definite page turner and I suggest this book highly to anyone who likes medical mystery/thriller/horror novels. My only regret about the book is that the women's status at the end of the book was unclear.

Not one of my favorites...
I am a huge fan of Robin Cook's books and have personally read many of them. This book was ok but it did start to drag on. I also had a hard time connecting with the characters. About 2/3's way through I read the last chapter. I was so disappointed by the ending that I never finished the book.

I'm planning to read his books from the first to the last over the summer so I will definitely try to give this one another chance. Shock

Worst book I've read...
I listened to this book on tape and was so disappointed I may not pick up another Robin Cook book for some time. It was a lightweight book whose ending, or lack thereof, was the biggest "shock". I can only imagine that it had to do with the stupid ending and how one felt at the finish. I wouldn't recommend this book if it was the last book on the shelf! Why would anyone write a book and then let the storyline just stop? I actually thought I was missing the final tape. I had to give it one star but it doesn't even rate that.

Medical Ethics vs BlatantGreed
The essence of a good story about modern medicine and opportunities for it to go in the wrong direction.One too many mishaps for these supposedly well educated women as they delve further and further into medical corruption, deceit, and greed.Pushes one to explore the moral dilemma's created by technological advances in medicine. ... Read more

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From the undisputed master of the medical thriller comes a trio of terrifying tales, filled with Dr. Robin Cook's signature cutting-edge suspense and bold strokes of reality. The consequences of managed health care in an age when even the wariest consumer may be at risk is the catalyst for Contagion, while a sinister cabal involved with unacceptable medical ethics provides the nerve-jangling backdrop for Chromosome 6. Invasion, published in hardcover for the first time, preys on our deepest fears as it explores a sudden outbreak of a disease unlike anything humankind has ever seen. ... Read more

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Reads like a lead brick!
All three novels are wonderful.They are real page turners, and I would definitely recommend reading them all.However, combining three novels into one hardback book is a BAD idea, despite the great price.The bookweighs a ton, and it is cumbersome to read and carry around with you. ... Read more

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A startling novel based on the latest fertility technology, it's "one of the most memorable of Robin Cook's medical thrillers." (The Associated Press) ... Read more

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Dumb story, poorly written, waste of time.
I listened to this book on my mp3 player.I kept laughing over the ridiculously stilted dialogue, ludicrously stupid characters (Harvard grad students?), and dumb plot.And what was with the ending?I guess the author got sick of his stupid story and just tacked on a last minute "let's finish this crap up."So, other than laughing at how terrible it was, there was no entertainment value whatsoever.Now I'm just hoping not to meet any children with eyes of two colors and black hair with a white forlock! As many times as I heard it, it should have been called, "The Women."

Waste of time
I had hopes for this book when I started it.The first chapter was promising, unfortunately it went downhill from there.I continued to read hoping that it would improve but it didn't.

I won't go into a synopsis of the plot because it has been stated in many of the reviews.I will say that I felt like Cook must have gotten tired of the story because the last chapter and the epilogue were even more thrown together than the rest of the book.The epilogue left entirely too many questions unanswered and left me wanting to utter profanities at having wasted away the hours it took to read it.

I'll Never Get Those Hours Back
What a poorly written book.I actually felt embarrassed for Cook (I'm not a fan per se, but I have read 3 or 4 of his books).And he should feel embarrassed, too.The book cost me only a buck at a church rummage sale; I'm giving it one star because I have to and because I got it cheap.But reading the blasted thing took several hours I'll never get back.Ugh.

My word! Cook's unnatural dialogue never bothers me...
In both Marker and Shock, the female protagonists say, "My word," often enough to start a drinking game. You could also have a drinking game everytime one character uses full names and titles to speak about a person to another character that they both know - but since the reader doesn't, our girls have to become Cook's version of the Greek Chorus. They also function as the Interlocutor, especially when the girls use their own "Cookspeak", a language used to educate the reader and each other, repeatedly and most times redundantly, which is uh...stilted, formal English.
But I am used to his dialogue now, unlike most people complaining about the effect being new, I found it in almost every book I read by him over the years, so I was just resigned to it. And it does make for a good drinking game.
Enough about the unrealistic chatter, the point is to get the storymoving along and learn a little something painlessly in the process. It may not be as much fun as a Chrichton novel, but once you can get past your dislike for cardboard cutout dolls there is a story there and it is a nice timewaster, plot holes and all. Throw in some suspenseful action and some good imagery,and you may enjoy learning a little something along the way.
Some teachers are very dull and dry and detached and it is hard to care about the subject matter, but Cook at least tries to make his points with characters who almost try to sound like real people he may have once overheard talking. Hey, it's a Robin Cook book, you should know what to expect. I am a skimmer reader anyway, so that may explain why I don't get myself bogged down in too many extraneous details or formal dialogues.
This is edutainment, even Dan Brown can have his characters start talking on stilts now and then, but it doesn't mean I won't listen to what they say. Maybe most of these medical/theological mystery writers need to take a crash course from Jeffrey Deaver, if he were to offer a class in, oh, how about Basic Character Speech Patterns 101, with emphasis on current cultural language development. Anyway I give this 3 stars because it was a good waste of my time, and am going to start reading Seizure now to see if that will add anything to the drinking game. My word, I hope it shall! ... Read more

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When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who works continuously in the service of others, he endured grueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his office door open, he now provides the kind of medical care he is trained to do, lavishing twenty-four-hour availability and personalized attention on his handpicked patients. And at last, he is earning a significant income, no longer burdened by falling reimbursements from insurance companies.But this idyllic practice comes to a grinding halt one sunny afternoon-and gets much, much worse.

Enter Dr. Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner in New York City and Bowman's brother-in-law: Jack's sister Alexis-now Craig's estranged wife-tearfully begs for his help as her husband's trial drags on. Jack agrees to travel to Boston to offer his forensic services and expert witness experience to Craig's beleaguered defense attorney. But when Jack's irreverent suggestion to exhume the corpse to disprove the alleged malpractice is taken seriously, he opens a Pandora's box of trouble. As Craig Bowman's life and career are put on the line, Jack is on the verge of making a most unwelcome discovery of tremendous legal and medical significance-and there are people who will do anything to keep him from learning the truth. ... Read more

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Un thriller cousu de fil blanc
La seule qualité de ce livre est de mettre en évidence le laxisme dans la préparation et l'inspection des aliments et les risques des infections au E. Coli.La psychologie des personnages est superficielle et l'intrigue cousue de fil blanc.Le Dr. Kim Reggis qui veut dénoncer les responsables de la mort de sa fille est d'une naiveté déconcertante en plus d'avoir un caractère impulsif et n'ayant aucun contrôle sur ces émotions. Il est supposé être un chirurgien cardiaque émérite, le peu de contrôle sur ces émotions le rend un personnage peu vraisemblable.Il fonce tête baissée sans prendre les précautions les plus élémentaires, résultat on peut prédire 20 pages à l'avance dans quel bourbier il va s'enfoncer.La fin du livre nous laisse une patte en l'air.Bref je trouve que ce bouquin est mal écrit, que la trame est simpliste.C'est le premier Robin Cook que je lis et probablement le dernier. ... Read more

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Adam, a third-year medical student, fights to save his wife Jennifer and their unborn child from the overwhelming evil he uncovers at Arolen Pharmaceuticals. Reissue. ... Read more

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Deborah y Joanna, dos estudiantes que están preparando su tesis doctoral, deciden ponerse en contacto con la clínica Wingate cuando leen su anuncio: ofrecen $45.000 a donantes de óvulos. Tanto dinero les atrae mucho. Cuando la clínica las acepta como donantes, deciden pagar la entrada de un apartamento y luego viajar a Venecia donde las dos acabarán su tesis doctoral.
La clínica se especializa en problemas de infertilidad y está situada en una enorme parcela de una aislada zona rural fuera de Boston. Había sido un hospital psiquiátrico con casas para los empleados e instalaciones diversas.
Se les hace la intervención, reciben sus talones y se marchan felices a Italia. Entonces, Joanna empieza a meditar sobre su donación. Quiere saber si su implantación ha tenido éxito y decide llamar a la clínica. Como es de esperar, se niegan a facilitarle esta información por ser confidencial. Pide ayuda a un amigo suyo, hacker experto, pero la base de datos de la clínica está muy bien protegida y le informa que solamente se podría ganar acceso desde dentro de la clínica.
Y aquí las dos amigas, muy lanzadas, inventan un plan de acción. Solicitarán trabajo en la clínica para conseguir los datos que buscan. Y así es, fácilmente consiguen trabajo y Joanna sigue las instrucciones de su amigo hacker. ... Read more

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Stinker
One-third of the way through this book, I was laughing at the juvenile dialogue between the two Harvard idiots who, after answering an ad and donating their eggs for $90,000, never once suspected the eggs might be used in sinister and nightmarish ways.

Two years later, the Harvard chicks, while still exchanging the same dimwitted dialogue with each other, decide to seek out the children they believe were produced from their eggs. They don ridiculous masquerade, sneak into the highly-guarded Wingate Infertility Clinic, get hired under phony names and fool everyone they meet into thinking they are just regular employees doing their jobs. When it becomes apparent that their lives are at risk, they continue to dig for facts and evidence - an action not plausible for these two immature characters.

As soon as the discussion of pigs came up I knew the plot's course and the reason for the dingbat eggs. I did not, however, guess the crippled ending of this failed novel. Could a sequel be in the wind? God, spare us the misery if it is.

It's one thing to suspend belief, but Robin Cook hanged belief by its neck and strangled it to death. Shock is a pitiful waste of one's time, and it's insulting to the author's fan base. I'm not convinced that Cook actually wrote this mess. If he did, he's slipping. Maybe it's time for him to retire thy pen, and don thy reading glasses instead.

SHOCK BY robin Cook
I cannot adequately review this book because IT WAS WRITTEN IN SPANISH AND I NEITHeR SPEAK NOR READ SPANISH.

Shock is sub-par Robin Cook
I've always enjoyed many of Robin Cook's books but Shock was a different story. The two main characters are Harvard doctoral students. These two wind up doing many implausible things throughout the book. Most high school graduates wouldn't do what these two do, much less a Harvard doctoral candidate. It's milding entertaining until the end when the book just plain stops. It's so obvious a sequal was planned. There is no other reason for the book to end with nothing resolved. I suspect poor reviews and poor sales ended the sequel plans.

The shock is that I actually finished the book...
...after wanting to throw it in the garbage so many times.

This book is about two stupid girls, who do something "iffy" for a bunch of money, then don't know how to leave well-enough alone and get into trouble. Did Cook write this just for the sake of writing. Mind-numbingly BAD!!!

It's in Spanish?
I am very unhappy with this purchase because I did not find anywhere in the listing that this novel was not an English language book. I love this author and many of his books, but for obvious reasons (i.e. I am not bilingual) I am unable to enjoy this novel. I think this should be prominently noted in the listing for people who are looking for English and also for anyone trying to find a Spanish language book-they need this information as well. ... Read more

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El doctor Daniel Lowell y su asistente (y amante) Stephanie son científicos queinvestigan en el campo de la biotecnología celular. Están desarrollando una posible cura para enfermedades como Alzeihmer, Parkinson o diabetes. La investigación se basa en transplantar células sanas para alterar el ADN de las células enfermas. Los experimentos que realizan con ratones dan muchas esperanzas de éxitoy el próximo paso es experimentar con humanos.
El trabajo de Lowell se ve totalmente paralizado y la empresa que lefinancia retirará todos los fondos sila ley se aprueba. Estará arruinado. Pero de repente, el senador Ashley le cita en secreto para confesarle que él sufre de Parkinson, lo cual implica el final de su carrera política. Quiere probar el nuevo tratamiento de Lowell y, si funciona,promete apoyar su investigación.Ashley también le hace una exigencia inesperada: las células que usen para el transplante han de proceder de la Sábana Santa. Conseguir unos fragmentos de hilo del sudario será toda una aventura yun fascinante argumento secundario. ... Read more

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Convulsion
This book was written in Spanish and I had no idea that it was until after I received it. I should have been informed when I ordered it!!Convulsion

Convulsion - Robin Cook
Author has generated another superb book.Had me on the edge of my seat until the very end.

Convulsion
When I got this copy, it was in Spanish.I don't recall reading that it was in Spanish when I ordered it so I'm not sure where the mistake lies.The Title I was looking at and ordered from on the site was in English so I was very surprised when it arrived and it was in Spanish.So, I just shook my head and tossed it!However, WAS IT SUPPOSED TO BE IN SPANISH???It would be nice to know that I need to be aware that you have books in Spanish and I need to make sure the one I am ordering is in English.

Convulsion by Robin Cook
I wanted this book by Robin Cook and didn,t know that it was written in Spanish.However, if I had scrolled down the page I would have realized it.I donated the book to our marina library since I personally was unable to read it.I feel Amazon should have noted somewhere that it was written in Spanish near the initial picture of the cover.

convulsion
It was not clear that this book was written in spainish and the return policy made it not worth returning ... Read more

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A medical student from Boston accepts a post at Miami's Forbes Clinic, the world's foremost cancer research hospital, and discovers that an evil plot lies behind its success. ... Read more

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Word count: 4670. ... Read more