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Outbreak
Outbreak
Author: Robin Cook
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ISBN-13: 9780425106877
ISBN-10: 042510687X
Publication Date: 2/1/1988
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 141 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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MaiasGranny avatar reviewed Outbreak on + 103 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A typical fast-paced Cook thriller although I was often frustrated with the foolishness of the heroine's actions.
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Helpful Score: 2
Starts out great, but kinda burns out before the end. Interesting premise, though.
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Helpful Score: 2
I almost didn't read this book because I saw the movie, but this book has nothing to do with the movie. It was so good, I read it in two days. If you love Robin Cook, this is a must read.
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Helpful Score: 1
Quick and easy read.
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Helpful Score: 1
this is a must read! Very hard to put down!
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Helpful Score: 1
Fast paced and exciting. Surprise ending. I really enjoyed this book!
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Helpful Score: 1
A gripping medical drama that focuses on outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, a deadly virus. Dr. Melissa Blumenthal, a Centers for Disease Control investigator, is thrust into the center of each seemingly unrelated outbreak. She slowly unravels the mystery of the virus and the conspiracy of doctors behind the growing crisis.
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Helpful Score: 1
From front cover - "Cook's best since Coma!"
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Helpful Score: 1
Medical thriller of a plague sweeping the cpountry, and its diabolical origins.
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Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed reading this book.
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This was the first Robin Cook thriller I've read, but I blazed through it and was hunting for another one from my TBR piles. The book may have been written a couple of decades ago but the subject is still relevant, and Mr. Cook's writing style is descriptive but smooth and coherent. I was delighted to find (somewhere) I have about ten books to look forward to!
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I really liked this book. I think it is a little slow starting but wow once it starts you'll never want to put it down. This is the first Robin Cook book I've read and I can't wait to read another, it's that good.
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This is a medical horror and it is a great story. Couldn't put the book down
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loved it
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This book was very intense and frightening. I loved the main characters.
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Great book! Wild stuff!! There was a movie made from the book that was also very cool.
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You've seen the movie, now experience the real thing!
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as always, Robin Cook keeps you on the edge. i love it.
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"His most harrowing, most timely novel of medical horror since Coma".
excerpt from cover.
Bossmare avatar reviewed Outbreak on + 306 more book reviews
Typical Cook.
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Fascinating!! Easy to read and soooo believable.
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Different cover...same book.
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Murder and mystery reach epidemic proportions when a devastating plague sweeps the country, killing all in its path. Dr. Marissa Blumenthal of teh Atlanta Center for Disease Control investigates, and soon uncovers the medical world's deadliest secret.
-from back cover
charlie avatar reviewed Outbreak on
the cover looks different
redhatter avatar reviewed Outbreak on + 577 more book reviews
Murder and mystery reach epidemic proportions when a plague sweeps the country, killing all in its path.Dr. Blumenthal of the Atlanta Center for Disease Control soon uncovers the medicalworld'd deadliest secret.
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Medical thriller. Murder adn mysteryy reach epidemic proportions when a devastating plague sweeps the country, killing all in its path. Dr. Marissa Blumenthal of the Atlanta Center for Disease Control investigates - and soon uncovers the medical world's deadliest secret.
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From the back of the book:
Murder and mystery reach epidemic proportions when a devastating plague sweeps the country, killing all in its path. Dr. Marissa Blumenthal of the Atlanta Center for Disease Control investigates - and soon uncovers the medical world's deadliest secret.
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I had already read it.