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Review by jesdav16 -- The Prize by Geoffrey M Cooper
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3 out of 4 stars
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The Prize is a short story that narrates the contest between two notable medical scientists; Pamela Weller and Eric Prescott. They were both on a mission to discover a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, which would in turn lead to a Nobel Prize. The book starts by narrating the ambitions of the main characters and the things they were doing to achieve their ambitions. It then develops into crime, power-play and criminal investigation. This book is recommended for people who like intellectual literature. It is boring for people who read for pleasure or relaxation.
The short chapters in this book make it an easy book to read. It reveals the politics involved in scientific research. The author did a nice job to focus more on the conversations of the characters rather than giving detailed descriptions of their actions. There is an interesting issue I discovered that can be a good topic for discussion in a public forum; ‘when Holly discovered the compound that Pam had been looking for, was it right for her to even try to renegotiate her position on the follow-up paper even though the negotiation had been concluded a long time ago?’ The book also shows how competitors approach a Prize/Goal differently. Prescott was only ambitious, caring just about the size of his awards cabinet; while Pam was ambitious and also cared about the impact of her research on people.
The Prize is a cliche; it is just like any other good novel. Many pages in the book just contain few lines that do not even occupy up to a quarter of a page. It started out as boring, but got interesting along the line. The author has a way of making the antagonists look like total villains and the protagonists look totally upright. A little mixture in the behavior of the characters would have made the book fascinating. The author exposed how people try to save their own heads in times of crisis. This is seen in O’connor and DeSilva’s actions after the rumors came out, about the results of Pam’s discovery.
Page 200 had just three words; this is a total waste of page space. Nice change of the major plot in the book; from an academic plot to an investigative plot. This helps a lot, especially for readers who may have gotten tired of medical and scientific jargon and need something new to continue with the novel. Jake’s investigations, though essential to vindicate the innocent, were too easy to unravel. This is not realistic.
I give The Prize a 3 out of 4 stars rating. This is because the novel is good but lacks uniqueness. This novel cannot stand out. The waste of page spaces was not professional in any way. The book was well edited as I was only able to notice one grammatical error and one typographical error.
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3 out of 4 stars
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The Prize is a short story that narrates the contest between two notable medical scientists; Pamela Weller and Eric Prescott. They were both on a mission to discover a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, which would in turn lead to a Nobel Prize. The book starts by narrating the ambitions of the main characters and the things they were doing to achieve their ambitions. It then develops into crime, power-play and criminal investigation. This book is recommended for people who like intellectual literature. It is boring for people who read for pleasure or relaxation.
The short chapters in this book make it an easy book to read. It reveals the politics involved in scientific research. The author did a nice job to focus more on the conversations of the characters rather than giving detailed descriptions of their actions. There is an interesting issue I discovered that can be a good topic for discussion in a public forum; ‘when Holly discovered the compound that Pam had been looking for, was it right for her to even try to renegotiate her position on the follow-up paper even though the negotiation had been concluded a long time ago?’ The book also shows how competitors approach a Prize/Goal differently. Prescott was only ambitious, caring just about the size of his awards cabinet; while Pam was ambitious and also cared about the impact of her research on people.
The Prize is a cliche; it is just like any other good novel. Many pages in the book just contain few lines that do not even occupy up to a quarter of a page. It started out as boring, but got interesting along the line. The author has a way of making the antagonists look like total villains and the protagonists look totally upright. A little mixture in the behavior of the characters would have made the book fascinating. The author exposed how people try to save their own heads in times of crisis. This is seen in O’connor and DeSilva’s actions after the rumors came out, about the results of Pam’s discovery.
Page 200 had just three words; this is a total waste of page space. Nice change of the major plot in the book; from an academic plot to an investigative plot. This helps a lot, especially for readers who may have gotten tired of medical and scientific jargon and need something new to continue with the novel. Jake’s investigations, though essential to vindicate the innocent, were too easy to unravel. This is not realistic.
I give The Prize a 3 out of 4 stars rating. This is because the novel is good but lacks uniqueness. This novel cannot stand out. The waste of page spaces was not professional in any way. The book was well edited as I was only able to notice one grammatical error and one typographical error.
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