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A review by tanyarobinson
Foreign Body by Robin Cook
2.0
Why do I keep reading Robin Cook's books? I enjoyed his early works, and I suppose I hope each time he'll have written something as interesting.
"Foreign Body," though, is a perfect example of a book dashed off without concern for its quality to satisfy a publisher's deadline. Cook knows his readers will buy and read (after all, I did), even if the book is sub-par.
What can I say? The storyline was predictable, the characters flat, and the plot implausible. Most irritating, though, was the artificial dialogue. It struck me as a script for a puppet show.
So why not give "Foreign Body" only one star? Because it was readable enough to get me from front to back cover in a few days. If nothing else, I enjoyed tallying my grievances as I read!
"Foreign Body," though, is a perfect example of a book dashed off without concern for its quality to satisfy a publisher's deadline. Cook knows his readers will buy and read (after all, I did), even if the book is sub-par.
What can I say? The storyline was predictable, the characters flat, and the plot implausible. Most irritating, though, was the artificial dialogue. It struck me as a script for a puppet show.
So why not give "Foreign Body" only one star? Because it was readable enough to get me from front to back cover in a few days. If nothing else, I enjoyed tallying my grievances as I read!