Next (Harper Fiction)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B006L768RK
Publish date: November 22nd 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Mystery,
Biology,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Suspense,
Genetics
Aside from the obvious puns about how this was the Next book I was going to read, and that my wife was going to read it Next.... So this was one of the least enjoyable Michael Crichton books out there. All about genetics, genetically modifying organisms, gene editing, gene therapy, etcetera. ...
It was a. ok book. I received it as a present and it was light reading. I thought the plot was not very complex.
1.5Next is a very well-researched book. And that’s the only good thing I can say about it.The characters were too many and too unmemorable; I forgot nearly all of them as soon as they were mentioned. The stuff on stem-cells and genes and biotechnology was excruciatingly boring. The story was over-ex...
DNFAbandon ship! A case of too many characters, scene changes and my growing boredom led to this sad state of affairs.
Most of the characters in this story were not very likable, so for that I would have given it a 2. However, Crichton's newspaper excerpts (oh, the wit!) and engaging subject matter were enough to raise it to maybe a 3.5. Most people, it seems, would probably not enjoy this book much, but I thought i...
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