Mindbend [Unknown Binding]

Robin Cook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2001

A gigantic drug firm has offered an aspiring young doctor a lucrative job that will help support his pregnant wife. It could make their dreams come true-or their nightmares...

Editorial Reviews

Review

A mind-boggling page-turner...Robin Cook has another sure bestseller. -- Grand Rapids Press

A storyteller of the most daring imagination...chillingly entertaining and thought-provoking. -- Associated Press

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 352 pages
• Publisher: Signet (April 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451141083
• ISBN-13: 978-0451141088
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 3.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,765,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Authors, A-Z > ( C ) > Cook, Robin

More About the Author

Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word 'medical' to the thriller genre, and over twenty years after the publication of his breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fantasy to produce a over twenty-seven international bestsellers, including Outbreak (1987), Terminal (1993), Contagion (1996), Chromosome 6 (1997) and Foreign Body (2008).

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good read, yet unrealistic, April 30, 2001

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"prestond" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mindbend

I use two words to describe Mindbend--BEACH BOOK. Although it's a pretty good book and a quick read, it's very unrealistic. Dr. Cook usually presents his moral controversies in a very realistic way. But this one seemed to stray far from the point. It's by no means a bad book and I recommend it but if you've never read a Cook book, start with something like Contagion, Chromosome six, or Acceptable Risk.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview via fiction novel of drug company excess, June 14, 2006

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Kelleigh Nelson "Kelleigh Nelson" (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mindbend

This was truly a frightening novel based on a lot of fact and not without some fear after reading it. A drug company gone mad using human experimentation to sell more product. The four books Dr. Cook recommends for research at the end are truly enlightening. This was a quick read

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing but not Cook's best, February 26, 2007

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Jennifer Lichtenfeld (Silver Spring, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mindbend (Hardcover)

Adam Schonberg is in medical school and trying to make ends meet without the support of either his or his wife, Jennifer's, parents. His family was not happy when he married outside the Jewish religion. Now he finds that their already struggling family of two is about to be a family of three and he doesn't know how to cope or manage financially. Jennifer will have to quit her job as a dancer and so Adam decides to take a leave of absence from medical school to go work for a drug company. But all is not what it seems with their fancy corporate headquarters and high dollar paychecks. Adam soon finds himself in the middle of a corporate plan to take over the field of medicine by drugging and mind controlling as many doctors as the company can get their hands on. All the while, Adam must deal with the conflict developing between Jennifer and himself because of his suspicions that her OBGYN is drugged as well.

Cook weaves an extremely interesting conspiracy theory about how the business world is beginning to affect medicine and it's treatment, or lack thereof, of patients. It confronts the idea that for-profit companies will continue to have an influence on the field of medicine that is not always as positive as these companies would lead you to believe. The unfortunate aspect of this book was that the story line jumped from idea to idea a bit and often portrays Jennifer in a overly simplistic and patronizing manner. Just when the adventure really heats up, the story ends abruptly and rather predictably. A story with a lot of potential ended flat and in disappointment. Still, one still finishes with the contemplation that Cook intended.