Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Nikki - GoodreadsInteresting book. I liked the writing style. I was looking for more character development of Ming. She was so interesting-- I would have liked to hear her thoughts 1st person. Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - annie - GoodreadsNice descriptive details throughout the short stories. It has characters that appear across stories. Canadian writer Lam focuses on the experiences doctors go through in various settings. A different read for me, but enjoyable and learned a bit along the way. Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Kate - GoodreadsLoved this. I think I really enjoy it because I'm a science nerd. If your thinking about going to med school I'd suggest this. It was nice to have an actual doctor (author Vincent Lam, when to med ... Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Nicole - GoodreadsAs a recent medical school graduate in Ontario (not Toronto, but close), I found much of this book unsettlingly familiar - from the competition that goes on before and during medical school, to the ... Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsThe first story was quite good, then it went downhill at a remarkably even and consistent rate. Evenness and consistency are important traits for a doctor. Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Somya - GoodreadsI read this book when it came out and I was moved by some of the characters. Although he failed to develop one of the most important female characters in the novel and that seemed like a huge ... Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Marg - GoodreadsA series of short stories that are independant of each other but woven together by the interaction of the characters. Intersting stucture to show their lives unfolding through the these almost chance meetings. Loved it! Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Donna - GoodreadsAn interesting and well-written collection of loosely connected short stories that explores the life and the work of Toronto doctors. Topics tackled include childbirth, SARS virus, emergency room ... Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Jeremy - GoodreadsI got this book from a patient who worked for the publishing company. It is a bunch of fictional short stories about a young medical student's life. The stories were well written and heartfelt however not as enriching as i would like. Read full review
Review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories
User Review - Marjanne - GoodreadsThis was an interesting novel about four doctors, told in stories. I felt like Ming was the least developed character and Fritz was the most developed character, with Sri and Chen falling in between somewhere. Overall a good read in a genre that I don't usually reach for (medical). Read full review
