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Title: remember back when Cook wrote *good* books?
Review: I'm 3/4 of the way through this one and again rather disappointed. Cook ued to be on my must read list, and although I have fallen behind I don't feel like I'm missing much. Starting with Blindsight and continuing in Contagion his characters spout cliches like they were fresh and talk to each other with dialogue meant merely to propel the scene, or worse, they speak pure exposition. Whenever a line starts with "my problem is..." you know you are in trouble. The plot, as usual with Cook's medical thrillers is compelling and raises some justifyable issues in regards to hospital care, medical advertising and the easy availablity of dangerous bacteria, but the flat out bad dialogue sinks the book like German sub in a WWII movie.
