Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 8/28/2009 + 1189 more book reviews

This book reminded me a lot of one of Robin Cook's medical "Outbreak" novels with maybe some Michael Crichton thrown in. While I liked the overall premise of the story about expedited evolution and I also liked the main characters Kaye and Mitch, I thought the novel contained too much scientific jargon and could have been edited quite a bit. Some of the story seemed to be very repetitive and it sometimes lost my interest. I also thought the NIH and CDC characters were somewhat clichéd and uninteresting. But the book did throw out some very interesting ideas and was very thought-provoking. The reaction of society to SHEVA and it's possible consequences also seemed to be sadly on the money. I'm not sure how accurate the science in the book is so I can't really comment on that. I also thought the ending was rather abrupt and left a lot hanging. I know there is a sequel to this book, but I'm not sure I would want to continue the story. I did recently read Greg Bear's "Blood Music" which I thought was much more compelling and interesting. I would still give "Darwin's Radio" a mild recommendation mainly for the interesting concept.

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