Lizzie's review
The Children's Hospital
by Chris Adrian
I was excited about the book. I read it six months ago so I've forgotten the finer points of why I was disappointed, but it basically didn't live up to my expectations and certainly not the praise lavished upon it by every critic. Interesting concept, creative storytelling with the angels. Some of the children were compelling. Way too long. Painfully long. Like a lot of novelists, Adrian's attempts at humor were heavy handed and clumsy. I had the book shipped to China and for that? I was happy when she turned to dust.
Lizzie's review
The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian
Lizzie's review
rating:
recommended for: Angels and nurses
I have never been very good at describing books to people.
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, so even the description would be rather lengthy.
But I will tell you to read it.
Because you should.
I don't even know if you will like it.
I have read some reviews of it that weren't too enthusiastic.
But I have also read some that were.
I am no good at critiquing what I read.
I read a book and fall into the story and when that happens I love it no matter what, so my opinions are useless.
So maybe you will hate it.
Maybe you won't even finish it.
But you should try it nonetheless.
It is the story of a modern-day Great Flood.
Instead of an ark, there is a children's hospital that floats atop seven miles of water, God's wrath laid out in H2O.
Instead of a Noah, there is a Jemma, a medical s...more
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, so even the description would be rather lengthy.
But I will tell you to read it.
Because you should.
I don't even know if you will like it.
I have read some reviews of it that weren't too enthusiastic.
But I have also read some that were.
I am no good at critiquing what I read.
I read a book and fall into the story and when that happens I love it no matter what, so my opinions are useless.
So maybe you will hate it.
Maybe you won't even finish it.
But you should try it nonetheless.
It is the story of a modern-day Great Flood.
Instead of an ark, there is a children's hospital that floats atop seven miles of water, God's wrath laid out in H2O.
Instead of a Noah, there is a Jemma, a medical s...more
I was excited about the book. I read it six months ago so I've forgotten the finer points of why I was disappointed, but it basically didn't live up to my expectations and certainly not the praise lavished upon it by every critic. Interesting concept, creative storytelling with the angels. Some of the children were compelling. Way too long. Painfully long. Like a lot of novelists, Adrian's attempts at humor were heavy handed and clumsy. I had the book shipped to China and for that? I was happy when she turned to dust.