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Summary: The thrill faded
Review: "Silent Treatment" is a really good read. The first 80% of it was top notch, quite fascinating. Then it became rather tortuous, tedious, and disjointed. Thus, the ending was rather empty, and a disappointment.
Rating:
Summary: The thrill faded
Review: "Silent Treatment" is a really good read. The first 80% of it was top notch, quite fascinating. Then it became rather tortuous, tedious, and disjointed. Thus, the ending was rather empty, and a disappointment.
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Summary: Like stopping at the peak of a huge roller coaster hump ...
Review: Aaaaarrggh! How aggravating! I really felt it for Harry (the protagonist), really identified with his "I-didn't-do-it" plight, and I really felt his desperation for justification! The intrigue was good, the chases were great, and the villains were malignantly phenomenal ... but for heaven's sake where's the rest of the book! Dr. Palmer, DUDE, you don't just kill the bad guy and then hang up your scrubs for the day!!! You have to break it to the family (i.e. your lawyal readers), and take the time to do some cleaning up! After all that excitement, after all that preparation for such a risky vengeance, after all that build-up for giving it to the bad guys ... you just stopped! (My girlfriend would probably kill me if I tried something like that, if you know what I mean!). Sigh, but overall, it was quite a thrill ride, comparable indeed to the heart-stopping adrenaline trauma left behind by such other renounders as Cook and Grisham. And I appreciate the (incomplete) 430 pages that I got! So the book gets four stars. But can I get one star worth of my money back please?
Rating: 
Summary: Superb!
Review: An excellent medical drama. My first Michael Palmer book, but certainly not my last. I was very impressed with the characters and how Mr. Palmer portrays them.
A word of warning: It is unbelievably hard to put this book down once you've started reading it!
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Summary: Good book but female characters are Barbie dolls
Review: I enjoyed this book as well as Michael Palmer's other books. He does a great job of effectively creating an intricate plot and introducing new characters throughout. What I am tired of, with this and Palmer's other books, are how most (not all, but disproportionately most) of the female characters are described as "tall, slender, attractive, beautiful, etc." Geez, give me a break! I suppose this is a male fantasy, but it ain't real life. I would like to see Palmer include female main characters who are more "normal" looking.
Rating:
Summary: A thrilling masterpiece
Review: I have just finished reading Michael Palmer's Silent Treatment and there's all but one word to say: Wow! A well-knit plot, engaging characters, action, suspense, all these ingredients make this novel a captivating book. It was hard to put down and a real pleasure to read night after night.
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Summary: A medical thriller!
Review: I loved this book. Harry was a "human" character. I liked him. My goodness he went through alot. but he prevailed. The book was a fair balance of good and evil. I found the medical details very interesting. "The Doctor" was a totally scarry formidable foe!
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Summary: Good book, but too similar to "The Sisterhood"
Review: I made the mistake of reading one of Michael Palmer's previous books, "The Sisterhood", right after reading this book. While both books are excellent, many parts of the stories were interchangable. A doctor wrongly charged with murder. A high power group trying to frame him. A fight over alcohol abuse. Mr. Palmer builds his stories well. He gets you in the middle of five or six story lines, and brings them all together by the end of the book.
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Summary: So far, it's the best...
Review: I started the book a few days ago and I never want to put it down. It is extremely well written with superb character development. It is also extremely interesting and involving. I still have a lot to read, but I won't rush because I want to savour every page. Bravo Dr Palmer!!! So far, this is my BOOK OF THE YEAR.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read!!!!!!
Review: I was on the edge while reading Silent Treatment!I recomend Silent Treatment to anyone who wants to go on a adventure into another reality.Michael Palmer brings you into the story with his detail,Your heart pounds as he reveals more of the plot/adventure-The characters are so realistic you soon realize you are becoming fond of them or hating them.If you truly want to go on the adventure yourself, I STRONGLY!!! suggest Silent Treatment.
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