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Cargando... Pandemic (2018 original; edición 2018)por Robin Cook (Autor)
Información de la obraPandemic por Robin Cook (2018)
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   ) buckeywe74 | Dec 8, 2023 |  You can write a good thriller but they are quite formulaic by now. My writing editor would nag me about repetitive phrases (everyone retraces people’s steps, we have to hear that Jack doesn’t like bad language several times, we hear about how he tosses his coat, “not taking the time to hang it up”). I suspect padding. Moreover, I think Dr. Cook has an alter ego in Jack. He seems unreasonably fond of him and for depth of character he has only verbal clumsiness and rudeness, plus a bit of absentee parenting (they have a nanny, so..). But he is brilliant, Jack. Except that he isn’t. The solution to this thriller is immediately obvious and even the ultimate reveal is unexciting. If this book had been written in the 80’s even, the idea might be surprising, but it’s a 2018 book, and dated. Would have been an interesting shorter book, even- I skipped the entire middle section because it was so tiresome reading about the malignant in-laws (cliche alert), the nagging wife (who is reduced to a shouting harpie, bellowing “why aren’t you home?”). Cook has never been good at writing women (the only helpful one is the gal who plays basketball, which Jack goes out to play every night as soon as he gets home late and pats his autistic child) (cliche alert- everyone has an autistic child these days, but even this is given scant time- the occasional back pat and observation - I’d say response to neglect was more likely than autism at this point). Way back, when we were travelling across the country, we played the audiobook PREY by Cook to help pass the miles. We all started a game about how often Cook wrote: it felt like a sandstorm. It’s still a running joke in the family. Of course, as a doctor, Cook is probably resistant to editing advice. Still, I think someone should speak to him. All those trees. If you must read this, borrow the ebook from the library. You’ll be glad you did. Oh, and this book isn’t about a pandemic. It’s about transplantation. (  ) Dabble58 | Nov 11, 2023 | ) daaft | Aug 13, 2022 | And although the circumstances in this story differ greatly from the current pandemic, Robin Cook, once again writes so convincingly of a horrifying scenario. Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are back in action in an intricate web involving Communist China, Biotech and Genetic Engineering. My heart was racing until the very end. (  ) Windyone1 | May 10, 2022 | ) nab6215 | Jan 18, 2022 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesJack Stapleton (11)
Fiction.
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HTML: El maestro del thriller mdico vuelve con una explosiva novela sobre un virus mortal y sus oscuros orgenes. Cuando una joven aparentemente sana se desploma de repente en el metro de Nueva York y muere al llegar al hospital, su caso es atribuido a una agresiva variante de la gripe. Hasta que acaba sobre la mesa de autopsias del veterano mdico forense Jack Stapleton, quien descubre unas sorprendentes anomalas: la joven haba sufrido un trasplante de corazn y, adems, su ADN coincide con el del rgano recibido. Despus de que otras dos vctimas fallezcan de forma igualmente fulminante, Jack comienza a temer que la ciudad se enfrente a una pandemia sin precedentes. Y, cuando nuevos casos son descubiertos en Los ngeles, Londres y Roma, Jack debe emprender una carrera contrarreloj para averiguar qu clase de virus puede causar estos estragos. Su investigacin le conduce a un fascinante nuevo tipo de ingeniera gentica que est haciendo soar a la comunidad cientfica... y atrayendo la atencin de sus miembros con menos escrpulos. Reseas: Patlogos forenses y mdicos convertidos en detectives combaten contra epidemias, enfermedades letales y muertes relacionados con medicamentos cuyas causas distan mucho de ser naturales... Te quedars completamente enganchado. Hroes carismticos, un fascinante misterio mdico y un suspense creciente: el resultado es una lectura enormemente entretenida. La ficcin comercial, en su mejor versin, es puro entretenimiento. Pero Cook, como Michael Crichton, adems ofrece a los lectores una inteligente diseccin de temas actuales que nos afectan a todos. Atrapante... Aterradora. Cuando se produce un decisivo avance cientfico, Robin Cook no se limita a levantarse para aplaudir. Usa su frtil imaginacin y escribe una novela sobre sus posibles riesgos, y en este libro el autor lanza una muy pertinente advertencia sobre la tecnologa de edicin del genoma. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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