Customer Reviews

Miracle Cure

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4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Be prepared to kiss the weekend good-bye when you tackle a Palmer book. This one is no exception, however I must say that the formula is getting a bit long in the tooth. We all know the hmo-drug corporate establishment is bad, and that everyone associated with the main character is potentially bad. And as we read more and more of Dr. Palmers books we ultimately become less fulfilled upon the completion of each succeeding one! This one was no exception...the plot was somewhat predictable, the scenario somewhat claustrophobic, the cast of characters somewhat limited..he probably wrote this thing in one weekend too!! Oh, by the way, as with all his books..LOVED IT.

Yes - his books seem to following the typical formula/recipe for medical mystery thriller - BUT, each of the eight paperbacks of his books I finished in record time and couldn't get enough of them! After reading the first one "Silent Treatment" I ordered the other seven to read too! Yes, I too am fairly good at guessing the next "thing" that will occur in mystery books that I read - but I am pretty good at doing so with mystery movies and TV series too - so this is nothing new to me. I have to say that I have also passed on his books to friends and family to read and they are just as captivated by his writing ability and plots as I have been! They are a good, exciting, fast read and if that is what you are after you won't be disappointed - give his books a shot - I certainly did - and I'm not in the least bit disappointed that I did.

I don't know if it was the mood I was in when I started reading this book, but I had a hard time getting involved in the first 50 pages or so. I almost put the book down, but I'm glad I didn't. The book really picked up the pace & suspense after that. Things started really coming together in the last half of the book. Great story, it's my first by Palmer, and won't be my last. Only criticism- characters left a little to be desired.

This is the second time that I read this book and will read it again. It is full of suspense and intrigue. A definite read for anyone who enjoys medical thrillers.

A good story, well told. Excellent characterizations and fast-paced action combine for an entertaining read. The premise was somewhat exaggerated but still believable. The only thing I found unbelievable in this story was that the senator from Massachusetts was a republican.

i don't know if the matter that i have read a lot of books of agatha christie has left a side effect on me and now i can see some things predictables in suspense books, or it's just that this IS one predictable book.

is an amusing reading but if you want to read a real master of medicine writing you have to read robin cook's ( just the ones related with medicine, the others are not that good ).

there's one thing for sure : is an easy reading book and there are just a few of characters, so you couldn't be lost in the plot.

anyway this was my first palmer's... now i bougth "the patient" and i hope it wouldn't be predictable too.

thanks for reading my review. from the Argentine lands, Bertran Saragusti.

As all these kind of books you will think twice before you go to a MD. Albeit everybody think that a doctor must have some human thoughts the reality is very different and many of them just don't care about healing or harming someone.
The book's story will keep you reading but the surgeries are a little bit boring and the end of the book is very predictable but that doesn't mean that is a bad end.

my opinion may be a bit biased seeing as how im a 17 year old male and... want all action. but i just thought that all of the technical medicine talk made this book a bit hard to follow, it was needed to set up the ending which does happen to be very good. so it was a good book by a good author, but i think i could have done better with the same general story, but less medical talk.

Michael Palmer has written a great suspense novel weaving the interpersonal turmoil of the main character beautifully with a captivating suspense thriller that will have you guessing at every turn. In the great style of Catherine Coulter and Robert Ludlum, Michael Palmer has written a terrific novel that ranks with the best of them. This is one you won't be able to put down until the end !

This book, the author himself an actual doctor, centers around a medical breakthrough that everyone is hoping will cure heart disease. Especially hoping for a miracle cure is cardiologist Brian Holbrook whose dad is suffering from devastating heart problems. After rushing his dad to a Boston hospital, Brian hears about this new drug and hopes to get his dad into the testing group as he refuses surgery. But alas, like all things that sound too good to be true, so it is with this miracle drug. Brian manages to get himself on staff at the Boston Heart Institute after proving he is a brilliant doctor, even though he has an addiction to pain killers stemming from a football injury years ago. After taking this new drug, his dad doesn't improve as Brian had hoped and ends up dying. Suddenly, things begin to look suspicious and patients that appeared to have been cured by this heart medication are being killed. The good doctor begins to figure out the whole plot behind the rush to get FDA approval and as a result, finds his life in jeopardy. Unsure who can be trusted, he is pretty much on his own against some very determined people. The story is fast paced and quite interesting, especially coming from a doctor's point of view. The ending has a couple of good twists and I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. This is the first book I have read by Michael Palmer, but am anxious to get my hands on the rest!