Review: Entertaining, but not great
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2013
I will update this review after I finish the book, but I wanted to get something off my chest right away.If a person is in a coma in the hospital following a horrific accident with special treatment to reduce swelling in the brain, he/she would be hooked up to a number of machines and monitors.  In addition, there is no way a hospital would leave a tray of a regular lunch for a comatose patient by their bed because a visitor told them that "she'll be hungry when she wakes up."  There would be no tray of food.  And, a doctor would have to see the patient before they were allowed to eat or drink anything. A nurse might give them ice chips or a small sponge in water, but that would be it until the doctor came in.  As soon as the person woke up hospital personnel would be all over the room.  They would also not be allowed to leave the hospital, no matter how pushy they were, until everything was up and running body-wise.I loved the Death by Chocolate books, but this series is getting off to a so-so start.  The hospital section was not researched and is completely unrealistic.  Well, yes, a ghost is, too, but usually the ghost in a story is the only unrealistic thing. The vibe from the book, the mood, is also kind of strange.  It doesn't snap, crackle and pop like the Death by Chocolate series, but perhaps I'm not being fair in comparisons.Although the vibe was a little strange, the book turned out to be more entertaining once the ghost was more developed.  It was interesting to see the dynamics between the characters and the book turned to be better than I expected.  I just wish the author had done a little more research into medical issues.