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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
I enjoyed this so much that I grabbed the sequel while still listening to this one. Dark, but dry and witty.
A fast-paced crime novel about a doctor in the witness protection program who is discovered by his former employers. With flashbacks to update the backstory, the book was written by a doctor, so it is especially graphic and gruesome in spots. (How truthful I can't speak to.) A fun, fast read.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
xfer’d from GR, so marking the whole thing as a spoiler just in case. In short: Don’t read this book. This wasn’t the worst book, but it definitely wasn’t great. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I will give him credit that the injection of medical information was humorous, but everything else wasn’t great. It seemed at first like he was trying to imitate the stream-of-consciousness style but he didn’t stay committed to it past the first few pages.
The plot itself was boring. It’s the kind of story that’s been told over and over again, but with nothing to give it an extra edge. It was also over the top at times, and I even wrote a note to myself saying “this feels like something from a Batman cartoon” and just a few pages later he actually mentioned Batman.
The best way I can describe this book is juvenile, and I mean that in the worst way. There was no whimsy to it. It was Bazell’s first book, and it absolutely showed. This read like self-insert fanfiction, and you could tell he really thought the main character was cool. God help us if he did. The MC of this book is completely unlikeable. Actually, there isn’t a single character in this entire book who is likable. The MC describes himself as ugly just about as soon as the book starts, and then somehow still has every single woman he comes across falling for him. By which I mean to say wanting to sleep with him, which is, to misogynists, incredibly more valuable.
Speaking of the way this author writes women, it’s shit. Women can be either hot or old, and if they’re old, they’re a bitch. If they’re hot, they want to fuck him. Every single woman is also described as frequently horny in general, and always wearing a tight skirt or something. Like I said before, this whole book just reads like a self-insert. Harkens to a time when I was younger and people would be like “here’s my OC, he’s really cool and has every superpower and three girlfriends.”
Another qualm I have with this character is he chose this path of being a doctor, and insists it’s important to him. Even in the penultimate moment of the book where he’s reckoning with the fact that he could be safe if only he’d turn away from the medical profession, he still chooses to stay. Even has his Dr. House moment (which of course he does, because he’s really super cool and not the least bit unique). And yet, he hates every single patient, and seemingly every single thing about his job. So what’s the point? Why stay? For those who might be thinking “well, that’s just how it is in the medical field”—I hope to God you’re never my doctor. I have a strong feeling that, other than insurance companies, you guys may be the biggest factor in why people are so burnt out on seeking medical help. There’s been a joke going around for a while that the mean girls from high school go on to become cruel nurses, and that’s all I could think about reading this.
All of the things I just mentioned I might be able to forgive if and ONLY if the story itself was fantastic. We make lots of exceptions as readers when we find a story compelling. But the ending of this book made me grateful it was gifted to me by someone who apparently didn’t like me very much, and I didn’t spend a dime on the thing. Because the ending happens “off screen”! It’s TOLD to us by a third party narrator who comes in at the VERY end of the story JUST for this purpose! How boring! The entire climax is something the reader only hears about after it’s happened, and then the book ends. The best thing about this book is the cover art. Just about everything else sucks.
The plot itself was boring. It’s the kind of story that’s been told over and over again, but with nothing to give it an extra edge. It was also over the top at times, and I even wrote a note to myself saying “this feels like something from a Batman cartoon” and just a few pages later he actually mentioned Batman.
The best way I can describe this book is juvenile, and I mean that in the worst way. There was no whimsy to it. It was Bazell’s first book, and it absolutely showed. This read like self-insert fanfiction, and you could tell he really thought the main character was cool. God help us if he did. The MC of this book is completely unlikeable. Actually, there isn’t a single character in this entire book who is likable. The MC describes himself as ugly just about as soon as the book starts, and then somehow still has every single woman he comes across falling for him. By which I mean to say wanting to sleep with him, which is, to misogynists, incredibly more valuable.
Speaking of the way this author writes women, it’s shit. Women can be either hot or old, and if they’re old, they’re a bitch. If they’re hot, they want to fuck him. Every single woman is also described as frequently horny in general, and always wearing a tight skirt or something. Like I said before, this whole book just reads like a self-insert. Harkens to a time when I was younger and people would be like “here’s my OC, he’s really cool and has every superpower and three girlfriends.”
Another qualm I have with this character is he chose this path of being a doctor, and insists it’s important to him. Even in the penultimate moment of the book where he’s reckoning with the fact that he could be safe if only he’d turn away from the medical profession, he still chooses to stay. Even has his Dr. House moment (which of course he does, because he’s really super cool and not the least bit unique). And yet, he hates every single patient, and seemingly every single thing about his job. So what’s the point? Why stay? For those who might be thinking “well, that’s just how it is in the medical field”—I hope to God you’re never my doctor. I have a strong feeling that, other than insurance companies, you guys may be the biggest factor in why people are so burnt out on seeking medical help. There’s been a joke going around for a while that the mean girls from high school go on to become cruel nurses, and that’s all I could think about reading this.
All of the things I just mentioned I might be able to forgive if and ONLY if the story itself was fantastic. We make lots of exceptions as readers when we find a story compelling. But the ending of this book made me grateful it was gifted to me by someone who apparently didn’t like me very much, and I didn’t spend a dime on the thing. Because the ending happens “off screen”! It’s TOLD to us by a third party narrator who comes in at the VERY end of the story JUST for this purpose! How boring! The entire climax is something the reader only hears about after it’s happened, and then the book ends. The best thing about this book is the cover art. Just about everything else sucks.
Entre un tono al que podríamos llamar irónico-festivo, y el bombardeo constante de situaciones inverosímiles pero muy entretenidas, se encuentra esta novela, con la que he disfrutado, pero que en el fondo no es mas que un divertimento un poquito absurdo.
El argumento: un antiguo asesino (muy letal) de la mafia, hoy en el programa de protección de testigos, ejerce de médico en un hospital algo cutre. Quiere la casualidad que uno de sus pacientes sea miembro de La Familia. Por supuesto le reconoce, y ya tenemos el lío montado.
Intercalando el presente (lo menos interesante), con trazos de su pasado (lo mas guay), se desarrolla la historia a dos bandas, sin mucha chicha, la verdad, pero entretenida y con ritmo endiablado.
Para pasar un buen rato sin buscarle mas, y desintoxicar el cerebro, preparando el terreno para cosas mas sesudas.
El argumento: un antiguo asesino (muy letal) de la mafia, hoy en el programa de protección de testigos, ejerce de médico en un hospital algo cutre. Quiere la casualidad que uno de sus pacientes sea miembro de La Familia. Por supuesto le reconoce, y ya tenemos el lío montado.
Intercalando el presente (lo menos interesante), con trazos de su pasado (lo mas guay), se desarrolla la historia a dos bandas, sin mucha chicha, la verdad, pero entretenida y con ritmo endiablado.
Para pasar un buen rato sin buscarle mas, y desintoxicar el cerebro, preparando el terreno para cosas mas sesudas.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Der Schreibstil war tatsächlich ziemlich gut und gefiel mir sehr. Allerdings hat sich das Finale sehr überschlagen und war mir auch etwas zu abgedreht, teilweise waren die Szenen echt cringy und wenn ich jetzt noch einmal irgendwo das Wort "Muschi" lese, flippe ich aus.
Ich denke, das Buch hätte wirklich gut sein können, aber hat viel von seinem Potenzial verschenkt, leider...
Ich denke, das Buch hätte wirklich gut sein können, aber hat viel von seinem Potenzial verschenkt, leider...
dark
funny
