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Mindbend

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3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(1)
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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.

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

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.

Yes I realize this story is far-fetched, but I enjoyed it anyway. The characters were interesting, the plot moves along swiftly and there's never a dull moment. My only disappointment with this book was that you're not told what ultimately happens to the men from Arolen. Other than that it's a great read.

Mindbend was really mindbending after all, like the title proclaims. The book is about a guy named Adam who discovers that the drug company taking care of his wife's pregnancy is part of a horrible conspiracy involving mind control. Naturally, he has to take action. Alone, of course. This was Cook's 5th book and was one of the ones that made him famous for his time. Over 20 years old, this book is still in print and read by millions.

It is not the best action book, but it keeps you reading, in the last chapter the description of the hospital, gardens, beach are too long but you will have to read it to know the finish.
The story is unreal almost all the time, is not like toxin that it could be real.

I LOVE Robin Cook's writings. This book though was by far my least favorite of his. I found it pretty predictable. Only a short way into the story, I could tell how it was going to end. I kept reading in hopes that some kind of plot twist would happen... but sadly, the story ended exactly like I thought it would.

Mindbend was good until about 3/4 of the way through the book. Once Adam gets on that ship, the story gets silly and predictable.
This is a good book to read if you have no other books in the house and want to read something. Or if you need to read something to pass the time.

This is a very good book, and I would recommend you read it because it has a lot of surprising twists to it, and is an overall interesting story. The main character, Adam Schonberg, and his wife, Jennifer, just found out they are going to have a baby. This book is narrated in the third person, which I think works really well with this story. I am personally having trouble relating to Adam, but hopefully a lot of you can. I haven't read any of Robert Cook's books before, but I really enjoyed this one.

In mindbend a young dr is going to med school and money is tight and his wife is going to have a baby. The dr (adam) is to proud to ask his dad for money, so he gets a job at a drug co that his owned by the clinic where his wife (jennifer) goes. It is a dream job, till one day something bizzare happenes to a dr at the clinic and effects his wife to. Fearing for his safety and that of his wife he takes matters into his hands. This book is really mindbending to read.