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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Robin Cook, 2009, audiobook read by George Guidall, Recorded Books, Frederick, MD<\/p>\n
This is possibly one of the worst books I have ever experienced.\u00c2\u00a0 My wife and I listened to it on our trip from Florida to Rhode Island and we were both very happy when it ended.<\/p>\n
First of all, the author went on a rant about alternative medicine in the early stages of the book.\u00c2\u00a0 I am in agreement with a lot of what he said, but he just kept hammering it over and over again.\u00c2\u00a0 It got to the point where I wanted to fast forward as it got to the point where it was extremely tedious.<\/p>\n
In the second part of the book, the main character (a medical examiner) just dropped his crusade against alternative medicine and suddenly turned to another project, seemingly to take his mind off his situation at home, a baby with a lethal brain tumor.\u00c2\u00a0 He then gets involved with a plot to extricate the Virgin Mary’s ossuary from under St. Peter’s tomb.\u00c2\u00a0 The implication of this extrication is that, if it turns out that they validate that it does contain Mary’s bones, it will invalidate the doctrine of papal infallibility and the Catholic Church will be totally discredited.\u00c2\u00a0The author again pounds the religious argument over and over, making it just as tedious and pedantic as the alternative medicine tirade.<\/p>\n
Because of the split between the focus on alternative medicine in the first part of the book and on the religious aspect in the second part, the author attempts to tie it all together with a supposed miracle in the last chapter.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a nice try, but it just doesn’t seem to cut it.<\/p>\n
Compounding the issues above are some of the characters which are, quite frankly, repugnant.\u00c2\u00a0 There\u00c2\u00a0are the archaeologist and his geneticist wife who argue with each other like five year olds.\u00c2\u00a0 Their back and forth digs are ridiculous.\u00c2\u00a0 The archbishop of New York, who is complicit in the plot, is so rigid in his views that I couldn’t empathize with him at all.<\/p>\n
Finally, the end of the book didn’t seem to bring it together.\u00c2\u00a0 The best thing about it was that it was over.\u00c2\u00a0 The reader, George Guidall, did his usual good job.\u00c2\u00a0 The reason I have rated this book at 1 1\/2 stars versus only 1 star is because of the reader.\u00c2\u00a0 He saved us from having to read it ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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