Review: Misuse of common words, too many characters, unbelievable scenarios
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
I generally enjoy a good medical horror so I looked forward to reading this book. The first thing that turned me off was the frequent misuse of common words. One can excuse a few typos, but it disturbs me when an author doesn’t grasp the meaning of the words she chooses to use. I am not a fan of the semi colon to begin with, but this author uses semi colons improperly over and over. There are so many characters, named with first and last name, I couldn’t keep them straight in my mind. And too many with similar names (that start with M.) I am not a doctor or a nurse, but I’ve spent plenty of time in hospitals as a patient. Some of the medical procedures described in this book are probably accurate and the author no doubt did some research. But there were things that struck me as unbelievable. All of these issues combined were distracting enough that the book was hard to finish.