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The name Michael Crichton always brings mixed responses to my mind. He was a brilliant medical student who received his MD from Harvard Medical School. I loved a few of his novels like The Andromeda Strain , Jurassic Park and Congo , while I hated some of his books like the State of Fear . His opinion Leggi tutto

1968. I was in college near Boston. One of my housemates, a girl I didn't know well, was pregnant. Her roommate learned that the ex-boyfriend and father, a pre-med student, was planning to perform an amateur abortion. This was 5 years before Roe v. Wade. My housemates, all urban people, were galvani Leggi tutto

Good Story I enjoyed this book however it was not one of my favorite novels by Michael Crichton. It seems to run on a bit in the beginning without really knowing where it was going. However, the last quarter of the book was fast paced and exciting. Recommend

This book was originally published in 1968. As a long-time member of the medical profession, I found the medical information fascinating. So much change in just a few short decades. I didn't need the footnotes, but to me, they came across as less informative and more arrogant. Instead of the foo

Got this free on kindle and can see why. Michael Chriton's first novel is a dated medical thriller dealing with the death of a young girl by an illegal abortion (the book was written in 1969). Thoroughly unlikable narrator, way too many characters and medical jargon, and a convoluted and confusing p Leggi tutto

Overall a very enjoyable read. For me it was a fantastic insight into the behaviours and attitudes of the time. The beginnings of black people emerging into a predominately white society, the role of women, views on coloured immigrants, the climate of the time, the attitudes towards abortion. A fant Leggi tutto