dajna's review against another edition
3.0
I was suffering a book hangover and could not decide what to read next, so I turned to my guilty pleasure: medical thrillers.
Once again the all-american family manages to save the day and reveal a medical conspiracy to the world. Once again the greedy, private health system is putting money and balance sheets before patients. Once again the bad guy is practically walking around with a neon sign saying "I'm the killer" which nobody (but the reader) seems able to see.
On interesting thing, though, straight from 1994: Cook writes also about sexual harassment on the workplace, and he made me think about how many progresses we've made/ haven't made so far and how the attitude towards it has changed in 20+ years. Sometimes even a novel with no particular ambitions could act as a social commentary.
Once again the all-american family manages to save the day and reveal a medical conspiracy to the world. Once again the greedy, private health system is putting money and balance sheets before patients. Once again the bad guy is practically walking around with a neon sign saying "I'm the killer" which nobody (but the reader) seems able to see.
On interesting thing, though, straight from 1994: Cook writes also about sexual harassment on the workplace, and he made me think about how many progresses we've made/ haven't made so far and how the attitude towards it has changed in 20+ years. Sometimes even a novel with no particular ambitions could act as a social commentary.
jrmma's review against another edition
4.0
Another classic.. A really long and good book to keep you coming back for more. The characters strike you as a little stupid because the conclusions and diagnosis is all out there. If I can figure it out, surely the doctor-couple could :). While you're waiting endlessly for this to happen, Cook has managed to unleash several nightmares, all leading up to a delicious, satisfying and a nail biting climax. Too many unwanted deaths but they start becoming predictable. You learn to grow unattached to that detail and focus on how such an overload of suspects could neatly tie up to that one guy.. or gal ;) Guaranteed 20 gasps of horror. :)
reginacattus's review against another edition
3.0
Fairly interesting plot, though they were so slow to put the pieces together. Interesting point to bring in about the role of money in healthcare, but often shoehorned in a rather jerky/unnatural way which brought me out of the story a bit. Still an interesting read though.
sean67's review against another edition
3.0
Well that is my 15th Robin Cook book (It would be great if Goodreads brought back Most Read Authors so we could check these things easily rather than live like it was 1942 but anyway that is the Goodreads way)
As for this book - well it follows the Cook formula and was a little overlong but it was an ok yarn.
As for this book - well it follows the Cook formula and was a little overlong but it was an ok yarn.
mag_da's review against another edition
3.0
It took me a while to finish this book. The plot is interesting and well build. What I didn't like about the book is that the story bored me at times. There were not many cliffhanging moments and the progress in undercovering the mysteries was slow. While you read the book you get to know the characters and in the end you get a little attached to them. Coming to the end the plot is getting more and more interesting and the book becomes unputdownable. In general I liked the book, but this is not one of the best books written by Robin Cook.
krystlekouture's review against another edition
3.0
Slightly predictable and annoyingly weak/2D female characters, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!
_max_well_'s review against another edition
1.0
DNF. The writing style really just didn't click with me. The little girl was written to speak like an adult and while I understand her maturing due to health conditions, 8-year-olds simply don't act like that and it really took me out of the immersion of the book. A lot of the drama seemed less focused on the medical mystery and more on the interpersonal, petty drama of who didn't like who and why.
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