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By: Noah Gordon
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
ISBN: 0751514748
ISBN-13: 9780751514742
Released: 16 Jan 1997
RRP: £8.99
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Dreadful - By: , 02 Jul 2001
Having recently borrowed & read the previous instalments of this trilogy, I was hoping for something that would add something to the story.

This however, is one of the weakest books I have read. Had it not been the final instalment of the trilogy, I would not have bothered to read more than 50 pages.

Because the first two were good fun, I did spend some time thinking about why this one was so bad. The principal problem is that the reader (this one anyway) actuallly disliked the main character, which would probably have been fine had that been the intention - which it probably wasn't...

Add to that, an entirely uninteresting storyline - many, many pages devoted to the appearance of leaves on trees, & this in a book far shorter than its predecessor...

Add to that, some of the most unsubtle political commenting I have ever seen in a novel - Bill Clinton is mentioned several times as the only man that can save the health of America...

Add to that, some truly awful dialogue - maybe the author's lack of ability to write dialogue mattered less when the scene was set in the past, but it grates on the nerves terribly when set in the (nearly) current.

In short, if you can bring yourself to pretend that there wasn't a third book, then the "whole is more than a sum of its parts" only if you don't bother with this part.

I loved it...........Couldn't put it down! - By: , 20 May 1999
This is the first time I have read Noah Gordon & I was reallly surprised to see some of the lesser reviews of this book. It grabbed me from the very beginning & wouldn't me go. If this book is not up to par with the first two of the trilogy, I can't wait to read them.
Pales in comparison to previous two in triology - By: , 12 Apr 1999
A serious let-down after reading the first two in this series. Before any of the characters could be developed or understood well, the book ends.
A VERY SAD END, FOR A TRILOGY - By: , 09 Nov 1998
I LOVED THE FIRST TWO BOOKS, BUT THIS THIRD ONE IS BORING, AND SENSELESS, IT DOESN'T SEEMS TO HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON WITH THE TWO OTHRS EXCEPT FOR LEADER CHARACTER NAME.
SHAME ON YOU MR GORDON!! - By: , 18 Aug 1997
having read & loved & admired THE PHYSICIAN i sat down in anticipation of a great read..a total disappointment..weak plot, boring characters..and alll the expected cliches...re: country doctors.abortion,trite friendships & love affairs.WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT... having expected oh!so much more..a 'phone it in ' book & a waste of money.."the gift" which played so well in the previous novels, was ill used ...and, i think only as a back cover ploy to get readers to buy this claptrap