Seizure

by Robin Cook

2004

Status

Available

Genres

All Topics

Fiction

Collection

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Publication

G.P. Putnam's Sons (2004), Edition: Reprint, 448 pages

Description

Chairing a subcommittee aimed at banning new cloning technology, Senator Ashley Butler clashes with scientist Daniel Lowell, until Butler develops Parkinson's disease and joins with Lowell to prematurely harness the new technology.

Media reviews

The Book of the Month Club

In this latest thriller from the master of the psychological suspense Robin Cook, Senator Ashley Butler develops Parkinson's disease. With the help of a radical geneticist, he seeks a cure using DNA found in the Shroud of Turin. The results are horrifying.

User reviews

LibraryThing member fleacircus

It's a very interesting book but the brazilian editor ruined it all with gazillion errors and typos in this translation. Really unbelievable how they were so amateurs in such a work like this, it's like they couldn't find a revisor before publishing. That's ridiculous because it's not a book from

an unknown author by the way. The story per se is very nice and Robin Cook mentioned some other materials and authors for the curious readers who may want to know a little bit more about the subject mentioned in the story. Good read.

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LibraryThing member melydia

(unabridged audiobook read by George Guidall): Dr. Daniel Lowell has discovered a new stem cell procedure to cure many currently terminal diseases. Senator Ashley Butler publicly opposes all such research but secretly offers to become Lowell's guinea pig to cure his Parkinson's Disease before his

illness is discovered by the public. The rest of the book is a tangle of intrigue involving the mafia, the Catholic Church, the Shroud of Turin, organ harvesting, and US politics. It's a great set-up, read by a truly talented voice actor, but about halfway through I realized that horrible truth: there's no way it could end satisfyingly. And it doesn't. Most of the issues raised are never resolved, and the so-called climax is very, well, anti-climatic. I could deal with it if it was just the social, ethical, and political questions that were left open-ended, but even much of the plot just sort of fizzles out. I've enjoyed the other books I've read by Robin Cook, but this one felt like it bit off more than it could chew.

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LibraryThing member Mrsbaty

I've been a big fan of Robin Cook for years but this is one book I could have done without. First, I didn't realize that I should have read "Shock" before I read this one so I'll just recommend that if you are going to read "Seizure", read "Shock" first.

If Robin Cook's mission is to convince us

that anyone doing research into cloning or infertility issues or genetic therapies is evil, he does a good job of it with this book. There are absolutely no good guys. There is no one to root for.

A researcher working on a new "therapeutic cloning" process is blackmailed into using a senator as a guinea pig of his process in order to keep a bill making his process illegal from being introduced into the Senate. From there the story involves the Boston Mafia and the Shroud of Turin. Sound ridiculous? It is. What's missing is the action. I'm use to Robin Cook heroes working against an evil enemy to expose truth and a lot of heart-pumping action is involved. Here, the characters just go about their business and then it ends.

Quite disappointing for a fan of "Coma".

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LibraryThing member dysmonia

I mistook Robin Cook for Michael Palmer and ended up grabbing this gem off the New Books cart at the library. The concept was promising, but the plot was poorly executed. In terms of the writing, here's a sample quote that pretty much says it all: "...Stephanie put her arms around Daniel. Her dark

eyes stared up into his blue orbs." From then on, my roommate no longer had blue eyes. He now has blue orbs. And that inside joke is about the best thing I got out of this book.

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LibraryThing member richardgarside

Easy holiday read

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