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Book Review By Nisheel Patel
Toxin by Robin Cook

Recently divorced Dr Kim Reggis is proud to have his precocious daughter Becky with him. Being a father to a single daughter, he obviously loved her like anything.
                         One day, Kim and his daughter went out to have a treat of burger and fries at Onion Ring( a fast food chain ). The next day, Becky complained to her father of abdominal cramps and diahorrea. Kim assumed it as a normal food-poisoning incidence, and treated her daughter with over-the-counter diahorrea drugs. But, Becky's condition grew worse day by day. Finally, she had to be taken to a specialist doctor, who told Kim and his ex-wife to admit Becky to the hospital. Becky had been poisoned by a very poisonous strain of E.coli which led to a slow detorioration of Becky's health. The strain of E.coli was so strong, that it led to multiple organ failure. This led to Becky's death.
                         The death of Becky came like a blow to Kim and his ex-wife. So, Kim decided to pay a visit to Onion Ring, and he found out that the ham-burger patty consumed by his daughter was heavily infected by E.coli. This infuriated him, and he found out the company which supplied the meat to Onion Ring. Under an alias, Kim started working in the meat company with the help of his ex-wife. Kim is not aware that the company has hired an hit-man in order to get rid of him, and to clear the chapter about the food-poisoning of Becky, because this will only affect them in the future. But, Kim fights his own life for the sake of his daughter and also other children, who may lose their lives by this E.coli strain.Battling against all odds and being a wanted fugitive, he finally manages to wage a strict action against the meat company.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - depressing/sad
Time/era of story:
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 50 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 0 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization

Setting
United States Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual forms of death - biohazard/virus
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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