Helpful Score: 3
Stilted dialog. Wooden characters. Jagged dialog written with the agenda of sending a specific message, rather than building an entertaining novel. A 430 page lecture.
Stylistically unlike the other Robin Cook medical mysteries I've read.
Stylistically unlike the other Robin Cook medical mysteries I've read.
Helpful Score: 2
Robin Cook has raised some interesting questions about Mary, the mother of Jesus in Intervention. The story delves into the story of an archaeologist who thinks he may have found the remains of the Virgin Mary and the revealing of this find will shake the world of Christianity in possibly bad or good ways. Anyone who enjoyed The DaVinci Code or Angels or Demons should enjoy this read. The ending may or may not surprize you. The story also brings into focus the importance of friendships & trust, family and healing.
Helpful Score: 2
Had I realized this book centered around the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, I would have skipped it. I expected a typical Robin Cook medical mystery which this most certainly was not. If you are a religious person, you might enjoy this pseudo-thriller. But I could barely stomach it.
The book involves three old college friends: Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner; Shawn Daughtry, an archeologist; and James O'Rourke, a catholic priest who haven't seen or spoken to each other in many years. Most of the book detailed Jack Stapleton's day to day work in the morgue interspersed with his infant son's cancer treatments. None of which have anything to do with the ultimate story and in hind sight were strictly filler. Shawn Daughtry has an incredible find in Egypt that translates into a disaster for the catholic church and Father O'Rourke is terrified of what this will do to Catholics around the world.
The book involves three old college friends: Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner; Shawn Daughtry, an archeologist; and James O'Rourke, a catholic priest who haven't seen or spoken to each other in many years. Most of the book detailed Jack Stapleton's day to day work in the morgue interspersed with his infant son's cancer treatments. None of which have anything to do with the ultimate story and in hind sight were strictly filler. Shawn Daughtry has an incredible find in Egypt that translates into a disaster for the catholic church and Father O'Rourke is terrified of what this will do to Catholics around the world.
I have read almost all of Robin Cook's books and I didn't really enjoy this one. He had an agenda which is an author's privilege, but in my opinion, he should have written a non-fiction book about alternative medicine instead of writing a novel. The plot was lack luster at best.
Helpful Score: 1
A combination of CSI, Dan Brown, and Elizabeth Peters, definitely a good read.
