false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg 53169 3 <div>A hospital is preserved, afloat, after the Earth is flooded beneath seven miles of water. Inside, assailed by mysterious forces, doctors and patients are left to remember the world they've lost and to imagine one to come. At the center, Jemma Claflin, a medical student, finds herself gifted with strange powers and a frightening destiny. Simultaneously epic and intimate, wildly imaginative and unexpectedly relevant, <i>The Children's Hospital</i> is a work of stunning scope, mesmerizing detail, and wrenching emotion.<br></div> 209645 22 8 2006 The Children's Hospital total:1045|5:285|4:346|3:242|2:110|1:62| 1045 3817 1972 338 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 7 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 21:54:31 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 20:08:37 -0700 2007 Mostly, I think, because the story has already been told in a way uniquely perfect to itself.
And how could I try to improve upon that?
So I will not describe this book to you, at least not in detail.
It is 615 pages long...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 3 3 true Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 11 22:25:34 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 10:42:19 -0700 2008
The premise of this book alone is one of the singlemost interesting premises to emerge from American fiction in recent years. However, I don't think the premise alone is enough to maintain the momentum for six hundred plus pages. To support t...more...]]> 457310 0802143334 9780802143334 87 33 3.65 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457310.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 3 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 27 18:28:59 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 13 01:25:02 -0700 2008
Now, first of all, I'll admit that there are a good 100-150 pages that could really be lobbed off the top. That being said, yo...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 2 3 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 21:52:56 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 21:10:07 -0800 2007
Hmm, I just read all the ...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 3 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 14 23:32:26 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 06:57:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 457310 0802143334 9780802143334 87 33 3.65 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457310.The_Children_s_Hospital 3 2 false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 20 11:57:46 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 12:02:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 4 2 false Wed Aug 22 14:26:21 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 14:38:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 2 false Thu Jun 21 10:45:58 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 10:45:58 -0700 2007
I ...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 2 false Tue Jan 29 09:20:38 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 09:34:39 -0800 2008
The ending left me bewildered and want...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 2 2 false Wed Jul 11 11:27:38 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 17:11:00 -0700 2007
To be fair, parts of this novel were wonder...more...]]> 457310 0802143334 9780802143334 87 33 3.65 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457310.The_Children_s_Hospital 1 2 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 09:34:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 10:11:26 -0700 2009
The Boston Globe sez, “It’s like if David Lynch got to film his own Bruce Almighty delete...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 2 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 16 21:10:19 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 21:22:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 2 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 27 12:07:20 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 12:10:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 457310 0802143334 9780802143334 87 33 3.65 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457310.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 10:14:47 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 14:47:10 -0800 2007 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 1 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 09 15:18:52 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 14:25:29 -0700 2008
The first half of the book is smooth and quick reading. Not because its better than the second half-just because the author is very good at introducing his c...more...]]> 457310 0802143334 9780802143334 87 33 3.65 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457310.The_Children_s_Hospital 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 23:02:44 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 23:02:44 -0800 2008
From Publishers Weekly
Medicine, magic, the biblical story of Noah and sociological ruminations about Americans in the throes of the apocalypse come...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 1 2 false Wed Feb 11 12:44:26 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 02 15:29:28 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 12:44:26 -0800 2009 I am also thinking that had ...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 1 false Wed Oct 31 22:39:57 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 20:10:10 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 13:37:35 -0700 2007
update:
okay but now i did finish, and i was not disappointed. In a lot of ways, I was ...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 5 1 false Fri Sep 07 14:26:47 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 22 14:10:33 -0700 2008
"Children's Hospital" mercilessly pokes holes in whatever shield each of uses to ign...more...]]> 53169 1932416609 9781932416602 958 305 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458m/53169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53169.The_Children_s_Hospital 4 1 false Wed Jul 25 08:50:06 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 10:07:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=53169