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Harvest
by Tess Gerritsen
At the cross streets of capitalism and organ transplantation.
Dr. Abby DiMatteo, a surgery resident that seems to have it all, brilliant career prospects and a man she loves and trusts. She has everything to look forward to, that is until she takes an opportunity to make sure a dying young man receives a heart that was about to be redirected to a wealthy individual further down the transplant list. Her decision saves a life, but threatens to take away everything she's worked so hard for and holds dear.
I'm not typically not a big fan of thrillers, but this was well written and quite interesting. A fast paced page-turner that lends medical authenticity. The characters were fairly well developed and we were met constantly with conflicting emotions and believably human responses to difficult situations. I personally like the first two-thirds better than the later portion, I think it was the growing scope of the corruption that turned me off; I tend to be more inclined to enjoy a story when it remains more intimate. Sometimes the larger the issue becomes the more in danger it is of coming off as hokie. There were also sections that parallel the timeline of the primary plot, but centered around a young orphan from eastern Europe. These sections were weaker, seemingly not buoyed by the knowledge that lifts the medical-centric portions.
All-in-all I was pleasantly surprised and found myself needing to find out what the next chapter would bring and then the next and the next.
Dr. Abby DiMatteo, a surgery resident that seems to have it all, brilliant career prospects and a man she loves and trusts. She has everything to look forward to, that is until she takes an opportunity to make sure a dying young man receives a heart that was about to be redirected to a wealthy individual further down the transplant list. Her decision saves a life, but threatens to take away everything she's worked so hard for and holds dear.
I'm not typically not a big fan of thrillers, but this was well written and quite interesting. A fast paced page-turner that lends medical authenticity. The characters were fairly well developed and we were met constantly with conflicting emotions and believably human responses to difficult situations. I personally like the first two-thirds better than the later portion, I think it was the growing scope of the corruption that turned me off; I tend to be more inclined to enjoy a story when it remains more intimate. Sometimes the larger the issue becomes the more in danger it is of coming off as hokie. There were also sections that parallel the timeline of the primary plot, but centered around a young orphan from eastern Europe. These sections were weaker, seemingly not buoyed by the knowledge that lifts the medical-centric portions.
All-in-all I was pleasantly surprised and found myself needing to find out what the next chapter would bring and then the next and the next.