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Summary: stayed up untill 6am to finish it!!
Review: this new novel in my opinion was just as thrilling as her others but a little diffrent. I loved it, and stayed up untill 6am so i could finish it, although i had to be up at 9am. The only thing that makes me sad is the fact I now have to wait for her to write a new one ,so i can read it.I wish Tess would do a book signing in my area.
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Summary: Fast paced- l liked it.
Review: I enjoyed this novel for the most part. It reminded me a little of Stephen Kings "Needful Things" (another Maine resident) except in a medical genre instead of horror. Slightly implausable in places, I mean how did these people ever get a chance to sleep? Every page you turn sonmebody else was getting stabbed, hit, choked, shot, slapped....etc. I thought there was overkill with the violence. Tranquility, Maine needed to be under martial law, the violence was that bad. And I'll also have to say the ending was so short and empty that when I finished the last page, I searched the floor, thinking some pages had fallen out of the book. This novel could have used another twenty pages at the end devoted to some kind of taut crescendo. It was like Ms. Gerritsen was finishing up the book and decided to edit the conlcusion down to nothing because she had a hair appointment that morning.
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Summary: Too far out to believe
Review: Does not compare to the excellent Harvest. Although, I suppose, that it has medical credibility, the supposition that anything so far remotely possible as the "worm" infection that the story is based on in highly improbable. Bloodsteam reads like science fiction, although medical credence is given to the remote chance that such a thing could happen. Also it is very fragmented and scenes are not sequential adding to the confusion of the plot.
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Summary: Another great read from Tess Gerritsen
Review: Anyone with teenage children can relate to what Dr. Claire is going through. However, the children take it a step farther, and begin doing physical damnage to one another beyond that typically expected of teenagers. Combine that will a conspiracy with a biomedical company and you get a dilemma that only can be solved by some pretty serious investigating. Tess has done her homework (as always) on this one, and I expect it will be picked up by Hollywood and produced as a motion picture. Are you listening Jerry Bruckheimer?Steve Waterman
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Summary: Harvest was a super book
Review: I read Harvest and Life Support, they were both great books. I got really interested in reading her books. She is a super author. I am looking forward to reading Bloodstream.
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Summary: This is not a horror novel.
Review: At the heart of my thrillers is science, the wonders of medicine, and creepy biology. At first glance, BLOODSTREAM may appear to be a horror novel with supernatural elements but it is, in fact, a biological puzzle based on real science. The clues range from real-life infectious patterns of amoebic meningitis (which only affects children and teens) to the weird symbiosis between glowing bacteria and invertebrates. I hope I'm not giving too much away here, but I've always been fascinated by biolgy, and I want my readers to also enjoy the mystery and intrigue and, yes,terror that REAL science has to offer. There are nightmares galore in any textbook of parasitology -- things more frightening than anything a novelist could dream up. From time to time, it has been suggested to me that the science I write about may be too complex for the average reader, and that perhaps I should try "dumbing" down my books. I refuse to do this. I think most of my readers are intelligent enough to grasp my explanation of gas chromatography, for instance, or the truly creepy life cycle of the pork tapeworm. Yes, you have to pay attention. Yes, you may have to put two and two together without my holding your hand and leading you to the answer. But I've always loved solving puzzles, and my readers are a clever bunch -- they'll snap the biological Rubik's Cube into place. One last comment: Some readers have been puzzled by a plot twist that occurs toward the end of the book. May I refer you to the clue on page 298, and the significance of the churned-up snow...
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Summary: "Pelican Brief" written by a smartest internist.
Review: Although Dr. Clair Elliot is not happy as for her family conditions, her reasoning power(acuity) concerning clinical medicine is superb. She must stay in Tranquility for the local people! There is one thing that bothers me. What was the substance she had detected by the gas chromatography? Dr. Elliot's work will be to identify it by GC/MS and to prepare to take the witness stand in next volume!!
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Summary: Not Her Best
Review: Dr. Claire Elliot moves to a small town to rebuild her life after her husband dies and to help her son get away from his deliquient habits that he aquired in Baltimore. After several months there, the teenagers begin fighting and sometimes even killing people. Claire begins her own investigation after some of the children who committed these acts show signs of a medical abnormality. Interesting concept...but the ending is kind of hokey. Not as good as her first book, Harvest, but still a good read when the a paperback comes out. She has a nice touch with the little bit of romance she throws in.
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Summary: Another great medical thriller by the brilliant Ms.Gerritsen
Review: Dr. Claire Elliot and her son Noah have moved from Baltimore to the small resort town of Tranquility, Maine in the hope that she can halt her son's delinquent behavior. Claire envisions a quiet family practice even though she realizes that she faces much difficulty in gaining acceptance from the townsfolk. She never expected to find a town on the brink of irrational violence. However, the town's adolescents are attacking and sometimes killing friends, family, and teachers. Claire notices the abnormality in the scans of two her patients, who committed violent acts. She also learns that a similar destructive act occurred over a half of century ago. Claire is willing to do what it takes to stop a growing menace that threatens to destroy the town even if her neighbors refuse to accept what she has learned is the truth. Tess Gerritsen can do no wrong when writing her medical thrillers. Drawing from her own medical background, this extremely talented writer pens a thriller that is also a social commentery on the ills of toxic waste and a resort community's "hush and the problem will go away attitude." There is no doubt that BLOODSRTREAM will hit the New York Times bestseller list as it rivals anything that Palmer and Cook can do. This is Tess Gerritsen's best work yet. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Finally!
Review: As someone who's read all of Ms. Gerritsen's romantic mysteries and medical thrillers, "Bloodstream" was a true thrill. This is the book I've been waiting for her to write, to show mainstream readers what she's capable of. I actually bought it last September, but put off reading it because I was worried about being disappointed again. I shouldn't have worried. Unlike the painfully predictable "Harvest" (apparently my review was so negative Amazon refused to post it) or the relentlessly depressing "Life Support," "Bloodstream" is a tense, engrossing read that never reveals too much of its hand and always keeps you on the edge of your seat. It never fails to shock, and the hospital scenes and science at its core give it a solid grounding in reality that's impossible to ignore. Real characters and understandable dilemmas add extra dimension to the tale. My only concern was that the ending was awfully abrupt (was I the only one who wanted to know what would happen to the town, the reaction of the townspeople, etc. after everything?), and yes, the worms were a bit much (why do parasites always turn out to look like worms?). For anyone looking for truly spine-tingling, can't-put-it-down escapist entertainment, this is the one for you. Ms. Gerritsen, welcome back.
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