The Second Opinion

I liked the story line and underlying theme. Great suspense and drama, integrated with interesting medical and technical backdrop. But the whole thing was spoiled because of the totally unnecessary, woefully predictable, and wholly gratuitous love affair, between the intellient and wealthy protagonist and bumbling "hunk type" security guard. The "Sappy" love affair sticks out, and distracts from the interest and intrigue otherwise generated by the otherwise intreguing substance underlying the story line.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The book was so good that the somewhat irritating voice and accents of the narrator failed to dim my enjoyment. I would have much preferred another "voice".

Very very very formulaic. But the premise of a detective hero with Aspergers is very interesting. Done much more effectively, however, in "The curious incident of the dog in the night." I kept hoping that the plot twists would be more than the inevitable, but alas they followed the googlemap route to a conclusion: Interstate whenever possible, no interesting diversions as that would add travel time and reduce gas mileage. The idea of the experience of sex from the point of view of Aspergers could have been particularly intriguing, but instead we get a blend of 50's sanitized romance and bodice-buster allegorical descriptions that was cartoonish.

Hearing the truth about the medical profession.

I really enjoyed the main Character... I found myself rooting for her!

Great job speaking for the different characters, varying speeds of speech, and accents brought this book to life!

The main character's refreshing honesty was wonderful, made me laugh and lifted my mood.

A very hard act to follow!

A plot that nudges you out of your world and lets you look into a window on another. I liked the twist on the lead character and thought the book built a steady tension around a truly sinister plot, whose finnish was unexpected and surprising in a good way. The story is a good one and worth listening to.

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't know until the end of the book what was going to happen. The only thing that annoyed me was all the accents. I don't think they were necessary.

This is one of those books which one completes, reluctantly, in the hope that it can't really remain as bad as it is - wrong. It can.

I wish Michael Palmer wrote more books! This is a great novel with much to do about life as well as murder. The characters truly come alive. This is my favorite book of the year and I loved the plot twists!

This is one of the three or four books I had to stop listening to because the narration was so bad. I can only comment on the first half, but the plot wasn't much better than the narration. It seems Asperger's is the new popular thing to feature in novels, and that's fine when done right. This wasn't.

One of the trademarks of Asperger's Syndrome is poor social skills. Palmer did such a good job demonstrating this in the main character, that I found myself wishing she would just go away. She was so irritating that the love story sub plot was also completely unbelievable. I can't leave a book unfinished, but the tied-in-a-neat-little-bow-ending made me want to break my own rule.

Her Boston accents made me cringe.