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A review by devansbooklife
Critical by Robin Cook
3.0
Despite working in the medical field this is the first medical suspense book I have read. I liked it actually. I found the medical jargon refreshing. No doubt Dr Robin Cook knows his stuff.
I enjoyed how thoroughly Laurie did her job. I thought the plot was well written and executed. I think the main reason the rating is so low is because it was rather boring. The mystery is about a very virulent strain of MRSA killing multiple people after elective surgeries. All of the surgeries occur in the same hospital group, Angels Healthcare, a newly opened specialty hospital group in the area. The hospital group is trying to keep this information secret and out of the press. They had been losing money due to tge MRSA outbreak.Obviously there are multiple parties who want to keep this information as hush-hush as possible, so Laurie ends up in danger.
While I loved the science, I hated the politics. I read this quickly but with emotion. I also found Jack annoying and immature. So much that I would likely never read a book that had him as a character again. He completely ignored his wife's concerns and disrespected her knowledge. I found his disrespect distasteful.
I enjoyed how thoroughly Laurie did her job. I thought the plot was well written and executed. I think the main reason the rating is so low is because it was rather boring. The mystery is about a very virulent strain of MRSA killing multiple people after elective surgeries. All of the surgeries occur in the same hospital group, Angels Healthcare, a newly opened specialty hospital group in the area. The hospital group is trying to keep this information secret and out of the press. They had been losing money due to tge MRSA outbreak.Obviously there are multiple parties who want to keep this information as hush-hush as possible, so Laurie ends up in danger.
While I loved the science, I hated the politics. I read this quickly but with emotion. I also found Jack annoying and immature. So much that I would likely never read a book that had him as a character again. He completely ignored his wife's concerns and disrespected her knowledge. I found his disrespect distasteful.