Typical of most Michael Palmer books, The First Patient contains twists and turns, some cutting-edge technology (well, cutting edge in 2008…), and less than a week after finishing it, I’m struggling to remember the salient plot points… Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard went to the Naval Academy together, until a fatal accident derailed Singleton’s career and life. Now he works as a doctor in a small town in Wyoming, while Stoddard has gone on to become president of the United States. Then Stoddard’s personal physician goes […]
You hear that? That’s the sound of thousands of shippers screaming their hearts out
I love these books. Rowling better keep churning them out because in addition to her fantastic plotting in each one, I am so emotionally invested in these characters that it’s ridiculous. “Strike knew how deeply ingrained was the belief that the evil conceal their dangerous predilections for violence and domination. When they wear them like bangles for all to see, the gullible populace laughs, calls it a pose, or finds it strangely attractive.” So first, the murder plot. Robin receives a severed leg one day — […]
Definite better at horror than romance
I’ve really liked most of what I’ve read by Richard Matheson (Hell House, I Am Legend, Stir of Echoes, etc) but two of his books have fallen pretty flat for me, and they’re both romances: What Dreams May Come, and now, Somewhere in Time. I wouldn’t call either book bad; they’re just not as good as I’d hoped, based of his others. “I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.” 36 year old […]
Fact: Twins are inherently creepy
This was on Goodreads list of finalists for horror of the year, but I was left rather unimpressed. Good premise, but poor delivery, in my opinion. “Everything you say is absolutely right — the death of those we love is so much worse than our own death, and yes all love is a form of suicide, you destroy yourself, you surrender yourself, you kill something in yourself, willingly, if you really love.” About 1 year after their 8 year old daughter Lydia died in an accident, […]