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A Case of Need by Michael Crichton, Jeffery Hudson

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manadabomb's review against another edition

2.0

I grabbed this old Michael Crichton book, A Case of Need, to take on vacation. It was published in 1968, and frankly, it didn't age well.

Abortion is illegal, and Dr. Berry's friend is arrested for performing an abortion on a rich girl who later died from it.

Besides the stereotypes on gender and race that are rampant, this really didn't make a ton of sense. Who is Dr. Berry? Why did he just walk out on his job as a pathologist to solve this case? Why did everyone open up to this strange man with anger issues?

Confusing. I enjoy medical thrillers but this didn't do it for me. It stayed behind in Florida.

marieeve1978's review against another edition

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3.0

I know this is an old novel, but still the sexism and racism is disturbing.

andiemags53's review against another edition

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3.0

It took me a few chapters to get into this one. But I'm glad I stuck with it. I'm almost done, and the suspense of "who did it" is killing me. I never figure things out like that. That's probably why I love suspense books. So this book really disappointed me in the end. He left a lot of holes and unanswered questions. It really bugged. But it was Michael Creighton's 1st book.

kandi_of_the_future's review against another edition

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3.0

I picked up this book because it has Michael Crichton's name on it. It's his first book, published in 1968, an important detail because abortion was still illegal then. This is a medical mystery centered on a botched abortion and one pathologist's attempt to prove his friend didn't do it.
The timeline is a bit compressed - sometimes it's hard to believe he could cover as much in one day as this story suggests. And, the ending doesn't clear up a couple of things as clearly as I'd like, you're left deducing a few things on your own. But all in all a good read, worth picking up.

suvata's review against another edition

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3.0

I haven’t read a Michael Crichton book and a very long time. This was a particularly good one that could be classified as a legal and medical thriller. It might be a little outdated but I don’t think that the main issues or conflicts were. I enjoyed it.