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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
This was the firs Crichton novel I ever read; it made sure it was not the last.
Meh. I loved the details and the dialogue but there wasn't any real development of characters for me to really be interested. Free to read from Amazon Prime.
A dated, but still engaging thriller involving the death of doctor's teen daughter due to an illegal abortion.
I know it was written in the 60’s, but it was so sexist and cringey. Initially I forgave it (from a different era), but by 80% in I no longer cared about the plot and did not like the characters.
I like this book. One of Michael Crichtons very first ones. Full of great medical facts but still a mystery intwined in it. Some of the abortion stuff has changed. But still really good.
I really enjoyed this book. Perhaps because I am new to medical genre and not a fan of medical TV-series (apart from occasional episode or two every now and then), I found it fascinating and well-written. I also appreciated footnotes because many terms were unknown to me, so it was an additional interesting read to me (and where I deemed them unnecessary, just skipped).
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I still voice type my reviews so if this feels long it’s just me rambling into my phone at 9:14 PM.
The beginning of this book was way better than the second half which is weird because I feel like it’s usually the opposite. Because this was written in like the 70s every character just felt like a white man and it made it very confusing when they all had names like James and Lee and Arthur and Conaway.
this is not a bad book at all I feel like it’s not as controversial now as it may have been back in the day just because abortion is a lot more talked about but it was back then, but also I’m very pro-choice so I can see why this is a lot for someone who is pro life.
I think that this book did a good job making it not so political and more of like a mystery like a who done it?
I did feel like I was pushing through the second half and the ending did not shock me nor surprise me and it felt a little underwhelming for the tone of the rest of the book. if Goodreads gave half stars this would be 3 1/2 so I need that feature really soon.
The beginning of this book was way better than the second half which is weird because I feel like it’s usually the opposite. Because this was written in like the 70s every character just felt like a white man and it made it very confusing when they all had names like James and Lee and Arthur and Conaway.
this is not a bad book at all I feel like it’s not as controversial now as it may have been back in the day just because abortion is a lot more talked about but it was back then, but also I’m very pro-choice so I can see why this is a lot for someone who is pro life.
I think that this book did a good job making it not so political and more of like a mystery like a who done it?
I did feel like I was pushing through the second half and the ending did not shock me nor surprise me and it felt a little underwhelming for the tone of the rest of the book. if Goodreads gave half stars this would be 3 1/2 so I need that feature really soon.
A blend of murder mystery who-dunnit and medical drama, A Case of Need is a compelling read. This page turner introduces twists, new suspects,and evolving theories in a gripping manner and keeps the reader guessing.
The book is set in a time when doctors (almost) exclusively men. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll are erasing the prim and proper world of the 50s & 60. Racism is we rigueur. Crichton plays with threads of these underlying issues in a subtle manner that is still thought provoking and relevant today. In the foreground is the taboo topic of abortion; Crichton explores it through ethical, moral, and legal lenses of his-century America. Echoes of past conflicts and struggles over abortion continue to ring true through the decades and same points of contention exist today.
The book is set in a time when doctors (almost) exclusively men. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll are erasing the prim and proper world of the 50s & 60. Racism is we rigueur. Crichton plays with threads of these underlying issues in a subtle manner that is still thought provoking and relevant today. In the foreground is the taboo topic of abortion; Crichton explores it through ethical, moral, and legal lenses of his-century America. Echoes of past conflicts and struggles over abortion continue to ring true through the decades and same points of contention exist today.