A real disappointment
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I've read many of Robin Cook's books and looked forward to reading this one. But at times I almost gave up in sheer frustration at the terrible writing. I don't remember his previous books being this bad - were the plots so much better that I ignored the style, or has his writing gone so much downhill? There is no character difference discernable through the dialogue which, as one commentator has already pointed out, is leaden. With better writing the plot might hold water, but it drags along, with tedious descriptions that I'm sure the author could have managed better in the past. I finished the book, but with a sense of relief rather than satisfaction.
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how disappointing
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I have read with relish every page turner that Robin Cook has written so was absolutely dismayed with "critical " The first 4 pages were so promising then quite frankly it was a question of who died first, myself from boredom or one of the characters. Not one to give up I read 460 pages of a very tedious storyline.Such a shame from such a brilliant author.
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The opposite of boot1947
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I disagree with boot1947. Robin Cook's latest paperback Critical adds to his entertaining series of novels about New York pathologists Jack and Laurie. Robin Cook has written about these characters from their days in medical school, and this latest book is a welcome addition, further developing character whilst incorporating some of the latest medical techniques and opinions. It sounds like boot1947 has not read any of these previous novels as I think they would come to a different conclusion if they had.
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Why do I do it?
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I should know better. Same plot, same less than two-dimensional characters, same stilted dialogue. I suppose Mr Cook has written too many 'successful' books now for his editors to dare to ask him whether he's ever heard people speak the way his characters do. Try reading some of the conversations out loud and, if you can get your head round the way he constructs a sentence, try not to fall on the floor laughing. I'm constitutionally incapable of not finishing a book (apart from one by Robert Ludlum), but I wish I'd hurled this one some distance after the first chapter. I'm a slow learner, but I won't be buying another.
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