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Title: Life Support by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 0-671-55304-6 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28 (46 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Gerritsen is fast becoming my new favorite pop novelist
Comment: I believe I'm actually going backwards as far as the chronology of her titles are concerned. The first book of hers that I read was "GRAVITY", which I thought was perfect. "LIFE SUPPORT" didn't disappoint either. What makes Gerritsen's medical thrillers work is her utter believability. Although a lot of the medical jargon went right over my head (I'm sure I'm not the only one) it certainly comes across that she knows what she's talking about. So far, both books that I've read have centered around an intelligent heroine, who beat the odds of having their reputations tarnished, and yet end up victorious. I would, however, have preferred to know a little bit more about the fate of the heroine's love interest in the book, maybe by Gerritsen explaining a bit more in detail as to the curability of the illness and so on.
Overall, I preferred GRAVITY to LIFE SUPPORT because the heroine in the former was not only a doctor, but a flight surgeon on a NASA shuttle. Makes for a great plot! If you haven't tried that one yet, you certainly should. I'm looking forward to checking out her latest novel THE SURGEON... just waiting to find a copy at a nice price. :)
Rating: 4
Summary: Gripping read
Comment: Life Support is the first book I have read by this author, but it definitely won't be the last! The story is well paced and gripping with good characterization. The plot revolves around an upscale retirement community whose doctors have discovered a way to prolong an individual's natural lifespan; unfortunately, the procedure can also create horrific consequences. Dr. Toby Harper, a doctor working in a local ER, admits two of these retirees and is baffled by their symptoms. Her determination to get to the bottom of the case ultimately threatens her very life. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys medical thrillers.
Rating: 4
Summary: Held my attention from beginning to end
Comment: I am reviewing this book in its ABRIDGED format of only two tapes.
This abridged recording begins when an underage prostitute is delivered to her client. She's immediately put off by the sleazy location but plays along entering a white walled room filled only with a bright light and what appears to be a doctor's examination table. She hops up on the table as instructed but is soon sucking in noxious fumes and knocked unconscious . . .
Next we meet Dr. Toby Harper who works the graveyard shift in the emergency room. One night an old man appears in the ER with no apparent illness besides a penchant for stripping off his clothes in public and a bit of disorientation. As Toby goes about examining him his leg starts to twitch. She's called out on another call and when she returns he has disappeared and Toby is held responsible. Soon another old man arrives (who was, coincidentally, living in the same fancy retirement community as the first mystery man) with similar symptoms but this man dies. Toby is suspicious, orders an autopsy and does some snooping around on her own when she is met with unreasonable resistance to her questions. It seems that some experimentation with prolonging life has been going on at the retirement home with frightening side effects. When Toby eventually discovers a bit of what has been going on her own life becomes endangered.
This was an interesting medical thriller with an engaging protagonist but once Tape 2 begins the abridgement becomes very apparent. Events begin to happen fast and furiously and characterization is minimal. For the most part, the cuts necessary for this abridgement are smooth but I did find myself left a bit confused on more than one occasion and would've loved to have gotten to know all of the players a bit better. If I stumble across an uncut version of "Life Support" I'll definitely check it out to read all that I missed.
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Title: Harvest by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 067155302X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Bloodstream by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 0671016768 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Gravity by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 0671016776 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 0345447840 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Keeper of the Bride by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 1551669358 Publisher: Harlequin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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