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Shock
Shock
Author: Robin Cook
Deborah Cochrane and Joanna Meissner, graduate science students and close friends, spot a campus newspaper ad that promises to solve their financial problems: an exclusive, highly profitable fertility clinic on Boston's North Shore is looking for egg donors. Deborah and Joanna figure they can do a good deed--help infertile couples--and earn mone...  more »
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780425182864
ISBN-10: 042518286X
Publication Date: 9/3/2002
Pages: 352
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3.5 stars, based on 103 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Overall, the book was interesting, and it kept my attention more than some of Cook's other novels. I thought that the ending was a bit disappointing, though...
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i liked this book but it is a continuation from his book seizure
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Not one of his better works. The protagonists are not particularly likeable. The ending is weak.

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  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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Cook can write about the medical profession in a fictional way that makes what he writes believable. This book was a good read.
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I'm still not quite sure how I feel about Robin Cook. This one was intriquing and the ideas are scary because they seem so plausible. The end wasn't great, but all in all I thought it was a good read.


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