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deschatjes's review against another edition
3.0
Some good ethical questions on human drug experiments
aug11992's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
bukslav's review against another edition
2.0
I generally enjoy Robin Cook's books, but this time I found that in this book, Host, the character Michael seemed made up, not real, not believable. I found his language to be extremely distracting and off putting and did not add a thing to the story. As a black person myself, I don't know a single person who speaks like that. Oh, I'm sure they're some out there, but it was just too much for me...and from the comments above, for some other readers too. But besides all of that, the rest of the book was ok.
aaadkins27's review against another edition
4.0
This was definitely a page turner, even more so than the last book I read by him, Cell. The only complaint I would have would be the author's constant mention of a main character's race. You can tell the author attempted to paint the character in a positive light, but the stereotypical descriptions outweighed this attempt. Every time the character was mentioned, so was his race, which was unnecessary, didn't add to the storyline at all and was actually pretty offensive. Any time the character defied a stereotype in a good way, the author made it seem as though it was a shocking surprise that "his type" could actually be smart and literate. Other than that, decent read.
janetk242's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
lexidubbs's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Really great plot. So fun to read, especially being in the medical field myself. Some of the dialogue choices by Robin Cook were interesting…. And threw me off which is why this book didn’t get higher.
royalbri's review against another edition
2.0
Sadly, I liked this book better when it was called Coma ;)