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The tone is tongue in cheek and parts are hilarious. Dave is portrayed as being was well developed as a human child of the same age--- albeit with a few peculiar quirks. It also jabs the political conscience of anyone who wants rights to their own bod... Read More
I read straight through in one day it was so captivating.
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This novel suffers from many problems. It's a political book and i agree with chrichton's stance, but the story and character are simple. Maybe it is not such a coincidence that much of the story is placed in southern california revolving around the t... Read More
It is absurd to be able to patent a naturally occuring gene, for example. But the book is vague and muffly from start to finish.
The main characters are a chimp/boy and a transgenic parrot. Reviewer says there are too many characters with too little substance.
This book is pointless and completely unenjoyable. It is incredibly sloppy and/or disingenuous. These errors pollute the public's opinion of very important issues.
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34they are not just ripping of our money but our very essence34 very true
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- This product had a total of 2,265 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 12 2023.
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The whole plot was like a constant roller coaster of chaos
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Similar to mary shelleys frankenstein the lesson here is cautionary do not play god
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I dont agree with crichtons take on evolution or that the world is millions of years old but thankfully his focus was more on the upset of what can happen when we disregard nature in its original form and try to manipulate it according to our desires resembling a terrifying hitlereugenics world
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Wellwritten wellpaced but dissipointing climax and conclusion
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Im not sure id recommend this unless youre already a crichton fan
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If you havent read any book of his yet do not start here
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The opening disclaimer says much
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