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Vitals (Paperback)

by Greg Bear (Author)
2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition (1 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007129750
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007129751
  • Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 11.1 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 805,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Brilliantly playing on our fears about government conspiracies... combines extremely authoritative scholarship with impressive page-turning skills’

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‘A chilling air of highly infectious paranoia ... alarmingly proficient cross-genre thriller makes The X-Files feel curiously tame...'

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of interesting biology, but..., 23 Jul 2003
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After reading Blood Music (the novel) and Darwin's Radio, I bought Vitals and thought I was going to have a good time reading interesting things about biology.
The book started well, and I was looking forward to learning the secret about stopping the aging process in humans. The thriller aspect was there as well (who is "programming" humans, and who is trying to keep the secret from Hal Cousins, and why?), until the story goes over the top, so to say.
It seems to me that the author had to many ideas he wanted to stuff in the book with too few pages to do it on.

The fact that there are two "I" persons telling the story is not confusing.. but it isn't exactly helpful for the plot, in my opinion.

If you haven't read anything from Bear, don't start with this one. Save it until later.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadably awful, 4 Nov 2003
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I couldn't actually complete this book, giving up in disgust 2/3 of the way through. Possibly a clever plot idea hides within this book somewhere but the jerky plotline makes this very hard to find. What made the book hardest to read though were the poor characterisations, each character being indistinguishable from the next. I was left not knowing and, worse, not caring who each was and what they were up to. A very poor book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth reading, 10 Feb 2004
I agree with other reviewers though I struggled through to the end of the book. The basic premise could have been interesting, but the conspiracy stuff got a bit "X Files"/"Alias". The characters were cardboard cut outs, especially the women. The writing style was jarring. And the plot got itself so tangled up that it made no sense in the end. Perhaps Mr Bear knew what the story was but he didn't manage to communicate it. Give it a miss
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3.0 out of 5 stars Unbalanced
I've been a fan of Bear for a while, but Quantico failed to engage me, and unfortunately Vitals left me cold about half way through. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2007 by Mr. G. Battle

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book until the lazy ending
A epic of contemporary hopes and fears. Good build up with many twisting subpolts and then............. the author got bored and wanted to finish the book quickly. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting conspiracy plot
I must say I was gobsmacked to see negative reviews posted here. I read this book during a two-week holiday and it was easily the best book out of the five I read. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2004 by Gruff Davies

2.0 out of 5 stars A missed opportunity
I perservered and managed to finish it.

The idea is great (I won't spoil it), and he obviously did some research but Bear should have given this concept to an author able to... Read more

Published on 3 Dec 2003 by n_m

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This could have an exciting, gripping techno-thriller. This could have been a deep examination into the hows, whys, and moral correctness of immortality. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2003 by Patrick Shepherd

4.0 out of 5 stars A Vital Read
Greg Bear's Vitals is a science fiction thriller with just a hint of horror thrown in for good measure. Read more
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