- School & Library Binding: 352 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval (January 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0613128990
- ISBN-13: 978-0613128995
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 10.5 x 2.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,103,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Like many of Cook's earlier novels ( Coma , Brain , Fever ), this overheated medical thriller covers a hokey, old-fashioned contrivancethe creation of a mad scientist runs amokwith a veneer of cutting-edge technology. The result resembles an ancient, none-too-scary horror movie played out on modern sets. The author's version of evil genius Dr. Frankenstein is Dr. Victor Frank, a bio-physicist who is driven by his wife Marsha's infertility to create a monster: a son whose genetic structure has been designed to preordain brilliance. Keeping the experiment a secret from his wife, he implants similar embryos in two other women as well. ("When I did it, it seemed like a good idea," he claims, in one of the novel's funnier lines.) A decade later, his work goes awry; the other children die mysteriously, and Marsha realizes that something about her smart son isn't quite normalhe has no emotions. (Readers may wonder why, as a child psychologist, she took 10 years to notice.) Cook's characterization is perfunctory even by genre standards, and his initially suspenseful story collapses under the weight of clumsy action scenes and twists that rupture the internal logic of an already shaky premise. Literary Guild main selection.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA-- Cook has created another chilling medical suspense story, this time using the perils of genetic engineering as the central theme. Readers will be captivated by this genius child, V. J. Frank. Dr. Victor Frank, a biomolecular researcher, has tampered with the genetic make-up of his son during his in vitro fertilization and implantation in a surrogate mother. To all appearances, V. J. is a physically perfect child with super intellectual capabilities. However, when his mother begins to suspect some changes and problems with V. J.'s behavior, the plot takes off, keeping readers always in suspense. This timely topic of genetic engineering is imaginatively explored.
- Susan Penny, St. Cecilia's School, Houston
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Susan Penny, St. Cecilia's School, Houston
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
ECHOES OF FRANKENSTEIN,
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This review is from: Mutation (Paperback)
MUTATION is what Cook does best----horror in the medical world, perpetrated by a doctor who "was only looking to advance mankind". Dr. Victor Frank (cute reference to Shelley's doc) has developed a process in which he can enhance the genius of embryos, and even does this with a surrogate mother in coming up with his own son, VJ (Victor Jr.). However, within five years, Frank's other son, David, dies mysteriously from a rare form of cancer, as does Janice Fay, David's governess. In the present day, VJ acts like a little Hitler and it's not long before his Mom suspects something pretty evil going on. The plot moves along at a steady if not frenetic pace and by the climax, the ending is obvious. Is there a sequel? I have to check.Better than many of Cook's other novels of this time, including the abominable CHROMOSOME 6.
5.0 out of 5 stars
nice book,
By Ting (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mutation (Mass Market Paperback)
Dr. Cook is very good, and as always, he has written another beautiful and page-turner book - Mutation. I recommend it to everyone!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Out in left-field but great!,
By S. K. Leggate "Sunni" (Fernley, NV United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mutation (Mass Market Paperback)
This was a chilling novel! The plot was a little out in left-field, but it was wonderfully written. Mr. Cook managed to take a topic that would normally be a hard one for a reader to believe, and he made it into a story that could quite possibly give you nightmares. At the very least you will think.
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