The Provider

Rating:
Summary: Interesting as a medical thriller, but..
Review: Although it's a horrible story as the neonates are the victims,
it's still possible when the managed care went too far.
As a foreigner, I hope the American managed care system is kept under far more close observation in reality.
I would rate this book 5, were it not for the unnecessary scuffle of the last 40 pages. Leave it in NYPD hands, doctors!!
I wonder why the medical or forensic thriller writers including P. Cornwell, K. Reichs, want to put unnecessary, unreal fighting scenes without probability.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing drivel
Review: David Shobin shows skill in some of his descriptive narrative; but the loose, unsuspenceful and chaotic plot of "THE PROVIDER" totally fails to engage this reader.

The main villains are unconvincing, and Brad ( the hero ) vacillates like the valves in a heart. Brad's heroine is interesting but never fleshed out. None of the main characters are believable or engaging; all of the characters are cardboard cutouts or chararactures, or both.

There was no resolution to the story, simply a fire that destroyed the scene of the final agony.

One suspects the manuscript ought to have been in that fire.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting
Review: I was recommended this book by a good friend, I am very glad I read it, I was very skeptical at first though because I thought medical thrillers would be diffucult for me to understand, but I found it easy to read.
The plot itself was unique and I did enjoy it, but it could have been written differently.There were a lot of different situations going on that were interesting to read. Morgan Robinson and Brad Hawkins have the same suspicions about the babies that are dying in the NICU unexpectantly and they dont know why. So they start looking to find answers, what they get, as usual, goes way beyond what they thought they were getting into.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing drivel
Review: This book is such a disappointment that it doesn't even deserve a review. The writing is amateurish, the plot ridiculous, the characters wooden and unbelievable. How this book was published is beyond me. Stay away!!!