download it and strap on that seatbelt
– it’s a thriller!!
Matt c. – Audible review
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Download it and strap on that seatbelt – it’s a thriller!!
As a diabetic, I’m in doctor’s offices more often than most and in the waiting rooms, there always seems to be pharmaceutical reps who skip the line. So when I saw the title & cover of this book, I thought I’d check it out and I’m so happy I did.
Now in general, I don’t listen to fictional books but I was scheduled to be on the road for work and wanted something light and entertaining to listen to. What I got was 8 hours of thrilling entertainment that left me wanting more each time I had to stop / start the book. I found the story to be unpredictable which kept my interest in what was going to happen next.
The characters, and there are many, were well developed with interesting backstories. I think this book is going to be on the big screen at some point… It sounds and unfolds like a movie and is relative to our current money hungry world. You have the good, the bad and the Mrs. Peters in this thriller.
Download it and strap on that seatbelt. You are going to be on a crazy and thrilling ride! Highly recommended. *****
matt c.
-audible review
Amazing Thriller!
This story may seem to start up a bit slow, but don’t be fooled. Once the action starts, well, there is no stopping.
The story is amazing and depicts very well the inner workings of the phama industry and marketing. It’s scary, because most of it can actually be true. The best part is when one of the characters tries to justify the kind of immoral behavior depicted, as a good thing. There is a bit of love-hate for almost all the characters, even the main one, and that made me like the book even more.
I can totally see this story going up on the big screen or small screen (or both). It was just that good to me.
PS: at one point one character tries to pin the blame on the common folk that get eluded by pharma marketing campaigns and demands for specific products ignoring medical advice. Though that may be right sometimes. I do know that phama companies in US have big enough lobbies to push for bills that take freedom of choice from people. For example: children with cancer have to go with quimio treatments even against their parents wishes (and even when doctors agree it’s not working), or “normal” values for analises get changed so that people are forced to go under pill treatment earlier for all kinds of problems. There are a lot of documentaries out there about all of this and more. I just wanted to leave that though as it was not apart of the story.
sd
-audible review
I think most of us still go into the doctor’s office wanting to reinforce our childhood image of the doctor as the self sacrificing servant of mankind. Shows like ER and Chicago Hope add protagonists and emotion to that image, but for the most part reinforce it. They fail to illustrate the true diversity of motivations to become a doctor that are enumerated in Jacobs’ book. They fail also to illustrate the conflicts of interest that are the moral crisis shaping the doctor’s decision landscape, so ever-present in this story.
In addition to being a fresh angle on the subject, the story itself is exquisitely crafted. I am reminded of “The Art of War” as the two opposing sides each execute clever strategies that exhibit a deft control of human nature. It will have you pondering the backstabbing that goes on at your workplace with a much more aloof perspective. You might even borrow some of the manipulative techniques for your own devilish agenda. In that sense, it is like a handbook for evil!
-amazon review