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"This book is about a woman who has taken a sleeping pill and sees a crime in the process of happening. She is then not sure if she really saw it and then when she finds out she needs an operation, but thinks there is something fishy about her doctor. She investigates the doctor, who is apparently a miracle worker because he makes women who were said to not be able to have a child, conceive. Katie, the main character has to find out if what the doctor is doing is moral, before she goes under the knife herself."
Allison, Resident Scholar
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"A woman gets in a car wreck and is placed in the hospital overnight. She hates being in hospitals and she can't sleep even though she is given sleeping pills. She thought she was just having a nightmare when she sees a woman's face through a sheet being put in a trunk of a vehicle. She is frightened by this to come to find out that this woman has been found dead the next day with the evidence of committing suicide. The main character Katie DeMaio, a crime investigator and lawyer, tries to find evidence that she didn't commit suicide. The investigators try to put the guilt on the husband's back, but he is not guilty. With two other people dying out of the ordinary they have come to the conclusion that something fishy is going on at the hospital. This "amazing" doctor has somehow been able to give babies to women who could never have babies but all of a sudden become pregnant. When Katie comes to find out she's going to have to have emergency surgery at this hospital she doesn't think anything of it until she gets a very weird feeling at the hospital that something weird is going on. Before long she finds out that the doctor is trying to kill her."
BB, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- wild experiments on people
- bad docs cutting corners
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
The antagonists are:
- big business leader(s)
- evil doctors
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Genius
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 3-4
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- impregnation/reproduction
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- biology/medical
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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