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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
ENTERTAINING BUT TOO UNREAL,
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This review is from: Threshold (Paperback)
I enjoyed reading the book. It was fast-paced & full of action -- too full in fact, it is more apt for a movie. I am not saying the story is unreal. The genetic engineering side is plausible -- what with all the developments & advancements around us. What is quite impossible is the survival of our lead characters. It was something like "you & me against the world" concept & despite the deadly combination of killers, CIA, well reknowned scientists, etc. the protagonists conquered them all with merely "scratch on the shoulder". The writer built suspense as the story progressed but I somehow got lost in connecting the 3rd phase with the previous 2 test stages. The first 2 seemed deadly while the 3rd deemed to be otherwise. On a general note, it was okay. If you're looking for a real reading stuff, you may be a little disappointed as this material proved to be more like Chricton's movie books. If you're on a more sober reading, try Hot Zone & Cobra.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been very good...,
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This review is from: Threshold (Paperback)
Unfortunately, a reasonably good plot was ruined by characters that are wishy-washy at best and scenarios that are just simply stupid. Without going to much into it, I'll never understand why the bad guy with gun pointed at good guy has to talk about how clever the good guy has been to get this far, but ultimately its all futile because I (the bad guy) am going to shoot you. But then good guy gets the opening to disarm/kill bad guy and win the day? Here's some advice to writers who want to have bad guy get the drop on good guy - shoot him, and shoot him again!
Scenes like this, and Threshold is full of them, are stupid and only enjoyable when parodied in a film like Austin Powers II. If you're thinking about buying this book, stop there and go no further. This book is so bad that it doesn't deserve a rating, but I'm forced to give it at least one star.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
It Had Promise, Then Fizzled,
By A Customer
This review is from: Threshold (Paperback)
This book starts out with a bang. A wonderfully descriptive scene in the emergency room of a big city hospital. But then it turns into a Robin Cook novel. A young medical professional must save the world from the shenanigans of a mad scientist and a corrupt government official. The names and places change but the stories are all pretty much the same. Ho Hum
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