Arys's Reviews > Chromosome 6

This book has its pros and cons.

Pros: To anyone who loves the applications of biotechnology to medical fields, and its ethical implications, this book provides a good plot personally, I feel it leaves the reader with the idea that the ethics of such research and practical genetic applications are very real.

Cons: The plot. I mean, in the beginning, I liked how the plot builds in both storylines, and I liked how the story progressed. But the whole idea that a medical examiner from New York would make a trip across the world to Africa, and even inviting his friends outside of his jobscope, who were not even main players in the main plot (and they just happily tagged along), just sounds really juvenile and surreal to me. I didn't buy it. The whole trip of the 'New York team' to Africa and interactions with each other just didn't sit well with me. I think in this book Robin Cook attempted to write a story about real issues existing in our world today, but used unreal characters in the later part of the story. The prologue also ended abruptly.