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Title: Idiotic...
Review: This is the first Robin Cook book I've ever read (listened to, really). I know he's better known for his medical stories and based on this "science fiction" story, he should get back to his forte. This book is poor on every count. All the characters are idiots. If they weren't, the story couldn't have been written at all. Somehow the 5 main characters have made it through their lives with reading a single science fiction book, watching a single science fiction movie or TV show, or even knowing anyone who has. Otherwise they would have seen every trite plot point coming 50 pages away. There isn't a single original thought in the entire book. Really, I mean it. And then, in the middle of this amazingly juvenile book, he drops random polysyllabic words as though to say, "see, I haven't lost my perspicacity!"Based on his reputation, I'm sure some of his books are great. Too bad this isn't one of them.
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