Reviews for Concise History of the American People, Vol. 2 - Robert F. Marcom - Paperback

The average rating for Concise History of the American People, Vol. 2 - Robert F. Marcom - Paperback based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-17 00:00:00 Tiffany Krone This book is terrible and there is not a likable character in the entire book (and there are tons of characters!). I feel as if the author was just trying too hard to write the perfect novel. For instance, take these few sentences... Slowly he opened the bedroom door. It creaked bass notes at first, moving to a C-sharp as it chromatically swung open. Vinegar white light from the bathroom poured into the darkened room. Huh? Also it was obvious that the author is a doctor as the text is too technical and offers way too much detail for procedure after procedure after procedure in the ER concerning irrelevant characters that never appear again in the story. He uses medical jargon (ex B.I.D.) and then in parentheses writes (by mouth) or a doctor will use an abbreviation for some disease and then again parentheses tell what it is in layman's terms. It reads like an episode of Grey's Anatomy (only not as exciting) and relentlessly unending. This is not an author I would read again.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-08-30 00:00:00 Jean Serrano Chris Bohjalian's great talent is to bring his readers into the lives of ordinary people at the moment that those lives begin to unravel. With great compassion and suspense, he demonstrates the struggles that ensue. You embrace every character in their very human nature. In THE LAW OF SIMILARS he introduces you to yet another moral dilemma; alternative medicine, specifically, homeopathy. How much are we responsible for our own decisions for our health? When things go wrong how far will we go to desperately protect someone we love?