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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I just couldn’t get into it and it took me over three weeks to read it. There were so many unexplained loose ends and unfinished plot lines. The ending made me mad because no one acts like that after a huge betrayal. Forced romance when the characters had barely any interactions also threw me off.
Also weird that a character was commenting on a 10 year olds chest for no reason? Really took me out of the book.
Also weird that a character was commenting on a 10 year olds chest for no reason? Really took me out of the book.
adventurous
fast-paced
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Wow. This is the first book of Palmer's I've ever read and it was incredible. Great storyline, intense plot, and small chapters make you read the whole darn thing non-stop.
Synopsis:
Gabe, an old friend of the president of the US, is called on to treat the president's apparent developing insanity.
Review:
I enjoyed all of the plot twists, especially the end. The plot started out slow but was quick to develop. This was my first Michael Palmer, and I will look for more books by this author.
Quotes:
"the inherent danger of comparing your insides with everyone else's outsides"
Rating:
4 stars for plot and character development. Would not read it again.
*Found at Old Saybrook, CT book sale; donated.
Gabe, an old friend of the president of the US, is called on to treat the president's apparent developing insanity.
Review:
I enjoyed all of the plot twists, especially the end. The plot started out slow but was quick to develop. This was my first Michael Palmer, and I will look for more books by this author.
Quotes:
"the inherent danger of comparing your insides with everyone else's outsides"
Rating:
4 stars for plot and character development. Would not read it again.
*Found at Old Saybrook, CT book sale; donated.
mysterious
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not bad, medical mystery. In this one the First Patient is the President of the United States who has just had to replace his personal physician because the previous one has disappeared. He actually chooses a former classmate of his who finds that the President has not been altogether honest with him and had not told him of his mysterious illness which was undiagnosed by the former physician. Are the disappearance and the illness linked? That's what the new doc thinks.
It’s an easy read, fast paced. You read it from two perspectives, but mainly one, a doctor. This is where futuristic medicine and the White House come together. Not a must read, but a great holiday book.
There is a sentence that I especially like: “[...] before I go Emily Postal.”
Found this book in a hostel in Boquete, Panama.
There is a sentence that I especially like: “[...] before I go Emily Postal.”
Found this book in a hostel in Boquete, Panama.