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Title: Medical Thriller or Classic Killer?
Review: Robin Cook's 'Mutation' offers little or no intellectual substance. In this so called "Medical thriller," we are introduced to several characters so unbelievable that in no way could we relate our live's to their's. The only thing connecting them with the rest of human kind is their physical make-up, which is described in too much detail. These as well as several other long uninteresting details are distributed so imensely throughout the novel that one is forced to wonder if they are mere space fillers or are just completely inane. Whatever the case, there is actually little importance contained in such deatils. Finally, though, and most imporatntly, mutation is no more than a modernized version of Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein' which not only degrades but disrespects the classic novel's ideology by portraying it as simple and unrealistic. You may find better reading on the side of a passing bus.
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