Nano (A Medical Thriller) by Robin Cook (Epub)

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A lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology institute in the foothills of the Rockies, Nano is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nanorobots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria.

But when Pia Grazdani takes a job there, she’s shocked by the secretive corporate culture. She’s warned by her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the gigantic facility, nor to ask questions about the source of the seemingly endless capital that funds the institute’s research. And when Pia encounters a fellow employee on a corporate jogging path suffering the effects of a seizure, she soon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon Nano’s human guinea pigs. Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of the twenty-first century—a treatment option for millions—or have they already sold out to the highest bidder?

User’s Reviews

From Booklist Pia Grazdani, the heroine of Cook’s previous thriller, Death Benefit (2011), has relocated from New York to Colorado, where she’s taken a job at Nano, a cutting-edge nanotechnology company. Though Pia thinks she’s found a safe haven there, she begins to suspect that Nano might not be as transparent as the charismatic CEO, Zachary Berman, makes it out to be. While jogging on her lunch break, Pia stumbles across a Chinese man in cardiac arrest. She revives him and rushes him to the hospital only to have Zachary and Nano security guards spirit him right out of the ER. Wondering what the company could be hiding, Pia resolves to gain access to a secure building at Nano, even if it means having to get close to Zachary, whose infatuation with her borders on obsession. As in any Cook novel, the scientific details are fascinating, but here the characters are underdeveloped, and the constant objectification of Pia by almost every man who crosses her path wears thin. –Kristine Huntley –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Review Praise for NANO“Excellent…a perfect protagonist for a thriller — gutsy, tenacious, expert in the martial arts and willing to take risks to get to the bottom of a mystery. NANO is one of Cook’s best.”—Associated Press“The scientific details are fascinating.” —Booklist “Accomplished…”—Publishers Weekly –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ The book was intriguing, well written, but come the end of the story it was as if they just ran out of material, it ended very abruptly, and I felt quite cheated of the time and money I invested in Nano. I felt like they dropped the reader on their head, giving a partial close on one character, with an assumption of the fate of the other main character but not a full closing, leaving you to guess how the ending was carried out, very abrupt for the woman, but a full disclosure of the fate of the first main character. I did like the implications of the medical aspects possible in the near future, but Robin Cook just didn’t come through with a satisfying end with more details where needed to satisfy me, hope others enjoyed it more than I, I felt cheated of a clean end to a good storyline.

⭐ Despite the “Red Flag Issue” of the many negative reviews, I purchased this book in the hopes that Dr. Cook would have an interesting take on nanotechnology. At the time I bought it, I was reading Marker (One of his Jack Stapleton NYC medical examiner novels) and really enjoying it. I guess that made me think that I would be able to push through the bad parts.The problem is, the bad parts are Really Boring because of repetition and just bad writing. The plot is hard to buy. First you meet Pia, another anti-social knock out, a character that is becoming a cliche in Dr. Cook’s novel. She apparently had some psychiatric disorder from her abusive childhood which renders her so rude and self absorbed that when an old friend comes to visit, she ignores him to the point that he has to insist she accompany him to buy some food so that he can eat – but in protest she refuses to get dressed and sits in the car in her robe. Really??The plot just gets more ridiculous with the writing becoming equally as bad. I quote “she saw a male figure laying face down, legs straight and arms stuck out to the side, as if he had been crucified and tipped off the cross and onto the ground. He didn’t seem to be moving. . . Her intuition told her the man was in trouble.” Really? Her Intuition told her? A Columbia Medical School graduate needs to rely on intuition to know that a person laying face down and not moving is in trouble? Lassie would have known and she only went to Obedience School.Her first reaction is that she doesn’t possibly know enough to help this man because she has forgone her medical residency for research. We then spend the next 20 pages with her insisting to anyone that will listen, that the man was in full cardiac arrest when she found him.It just gets more absurd as the ER doctor allows her to perform an exam on this man and take blood. (Doctors don’t take blood!) The Hospital administrator accepts thousands of dollars in cash for his bill – from the representative of the Evil Corporation- and ‘Pia-the-anti-social’ says more to the ER doctor in 15 minutes than she does to her friend in a long weekend. And we are graced with more wonderful writing when Pia discovers she is acting normal and “A red flag went up in Pia’s brain” (about the ER doc she has just met) “because he was a man, a good-looking man.” On the next page we are reminded that Pia is “undeniably gorgeous with exotic features and lovely skin. . . he was enthralled with her.” Of course he was enthralled with her, apparently the ER is filled with people in soiled scrubs and hair suggesting they arrived to work in a convertible. Who wouldn’t fall for an exotic hottie in running togs and a doctor’s coat.The dialog is terrible, the main plot is repeated ad nauseum and I found myself wondering if Dr. Cook’s editor was on vacation. If I didn’t know that publishing was all digital now, I would swear the editor threw the manuscript up in the air and then just worked on the pages that landed on the desk.After 150 pages, I don’t think I can read anymore.

⭐ A man is found on a street with cardiac arrest. But in spite of this, he awakens in the hospital emergency room and does not seem to have been harmed by this episode. Then a similar thing happens to another man. Is this related to the company Nano, which develops nano sized robots which are as small as blood cells and can be injected as a medical treatment?

⭐ I am not sure where to begin. I have read most, if not all, of Robin Cook’s books over the years. I have always enjoyed them. The book, Nano, is not any good. I read the first book that introduced, Pia, and I didn’t like her in that book. I thought, well maybe she will grow in the second bood. She didn’t. She was still the self absorbed, rude, egomaniac from the first book. She is supposed to have a disorder that explains her behavior. The problem is, she knows she has the disorder and makes no attempt whatsoever to get professional help. She is content to be rude, selfish and bitchy.As for the story line, this book drags on and on. It gets really boring. I only finished it because I paid good money for it. What I have said so far, is my opinion of the book. Now I want to give my opinion of, Dr. Robin Cook, for trying to force me to buy another book. I believe an author makes an unwritten contract with the reader. If the reader gives him money for what he has written, he will do his best to provide the reader with the advertised product. Unless I missed it, there was no mention that a second purchase would be required to find out what happened to the characters in this book. I wouldn’t have bought the next one anyway, because I really don’t like the characters and the story line is boring. But, just on principle I won’t buy a book when the author is trying to force me to buy his product again. He could have given this book a satisfactory ending and still written a third book in the series. If this book was good, people would buy the next book because they want another good read. But the trick won’t work, because I doubt that most people care what happens to, Pia. I sure don’t.

⭐ I have been a Robin Cook fan since Coma was first published. I have eagerly looked forward to each new book, but this one is by far the worst. The characters are not not well developed, just resurrected from the last book and left two dimensional. My greatest disappointment however was the ending. There wasn’t one! I thought my Kindle edition must have not downloaded properly because the book just ended with too much left hanging. It was as if Robin Cook had a deadline from his publisher and just turned in what he had done without ever finishing the book. My recommendation is don’t bother.

⭐ Clearly Cook thought he couldn’t be topical without writing a nanotechnology-based story as so many other popular fiction authors have done. This novel, however, makes me wonder if Cook has lost interest in writing. The characters are shallow and poorly introduced, the story seems recycled, and the plot and its twists are both predictable and improbable.Worst, the ending is so abrupt and leaves so many plot lines unresolved that one would guess that Cook just got tired of the story and quit writing! It’s a stretch to even call it an ending.For the first time, I actually regret buying a Robin Cook novel.

⭐ I have followed every book with the Robin Cook name on the cover, knowing it would be a wonderful diversion from daily life. I have always read each book expecting twists and turns, neatly summed up with a perfect ending. I feel cheated by the ending which looked to be something that was quickly typed to meet a deadline, not to give the reader a neat closing package. Oh well…I suppose all good authors have problems with closure on occasion. Let’s hope my next experience leaves me feeling that my hours were well spent.

⭐ I enjoyed Nano mostly because of the science, as we know Nano’s are in a number of our products and this book gives mystry to the science and cover up of what may really be somewhat really happening. I love to keep up with all the new medical things out there, especially when they end up with intrigue.I don’t feel this is Robin’s best book, but I wouldn’t hesitate buying it for both real info. and the mystery itself!!! I did enjoy it!!!!

⭐ Dialogue and contrived situations very juvenile… not worthy of author of this stature. Have enjoyed past books by Cook, primarily because of fascinating subject matter… I mean, who wouldn’t be interested in micro robots that can help cure most of our diseases. I only stayed with the book for about a third before giving up because I kept hoping to get a better glimpse of the really cool technology… finally HAD to give up. I really think Cook might be able to save his books by maybe teaming up with another author to write the dialogue and situations, while he concentrates on the technical and medical side of his fiction.

⭐ What was that? What has happened to the Robin Cook I’ve known and loved over the years? The storyline was interesting enough, but the ending……..THERE WASN’T ONE! This was a waste of money. IF…..I say IF there’s a sequel, buy it first or you’re going to be thoroughly disappointed! Two thumbs down on this one!

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