Charlene

Terrifying parallels to current affairs

Revisado: 04-09-25

Absolutely couldn’t put it down. The character development and description of the geography and fictional histories of the United States and Canada in this book made the parallels absolutely impossible to miss. Highly recommended!

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Chilling

Revisado: 02-12-25

When I see where we are already in February 2025 following the Nov 2024 US election I am absolutely horrified. Honestly this book came along at a good time. I had always had an idea what fascism was but never fully understood what underpins it and the goals of it until now. I’m absolutely grieving for my country right now and scared for vulnerable populations already being impacted by Trump’s project 2025 directed hard fall off a cliff from a backsliding representative democracy to an authoritarian fascist power grab. I use the word representative very loosely as we have NEVER had a truly representative democracy because of the very long history of gerrymandering by the GOP and the many unfair practices written in to laws that heavily diluted black and other minority representation in our country starting with reconstruction and continuing to this day with refusal to admit territories or the District of Columbia as states because of the desire not to represent the minority voices and interests that predominate in these areas. We should all be equally concerned as I am at seeing all of the history websites for historical attractions in the US being “white” washed to minimize the telling of the truthful history of slavery in the US that ranges from the insulting and false assertion that slavery helped black people in the US because they learned skills to the lack of complexity of the historical tellings of the US revolution. This is horrible. I allowed myself to think that what happened in Germany during WWII could never happen here. I used to be a republican because I always watched Fox News and then after 2016 I couldn’t miss the our and proud bigotry and antisemitism of the GOP as MAGA took it over and all of the more moderate GOP congress people left politics because they were forced out as this movement steam rolled through the GOP. I never realized that fascism had always been here but has now accelerated following a long and patient effort on the right to fill long term govt and appointed positions in courts and local govts with MAGA loyalists who

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Absolutely beautifully written, fascinating, poignant, tragic and unforgettable.

Revisado: 09-27-24

I am an oncology nurse practitioner and the nerd in me adores a good biomedical documentary. This is more than that, it is an odyssey, and from the moment I started it, I could not put it down. The writing is also at a level that is understandable for people without backgrounds in science, nursing or medicine.

The history of the discovery of this particularly brutal heritable cancer syndrome is absolutely fascinating and Lawrence Engrassia skillfully weaves this together with stories from the initial families studied to ascertain the cause of the syndrome with stories of his own family. The details of these families repeated suffering as family member after family member is torn from them will forever be indelibly seared into my memory.

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Always entertaining.

Revisado: 07-29-23

I love Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels. Always a fun plot. Like the mix of adventure, humor, suspense and romance. Good recipe!

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Loved it!

Revisado: 07-01-23

Fun, exciting, romantic. What’s not to love. Love the recurring characters and start of character development.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 06-26-23

Great narrator. Fun story. All the good stuff: intrigue, adventure, action, romance and humor. Loved it!

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Loved it

Revisado: 06-25-23

The narrator reads a bit fast at times and it sounds awkward when she does but loved her accent.

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Wonderful!

Revisado: 03-13-23

This book is wonderful. I don’t know if there is a way to get it into the hands of the people who need it but I suspect we all need it at some point in our lives. It’s always nice not to be alone in a struggle. Simple or complex.

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Skillful and talented author

Revisado: 02-02-23

I have a love for biomedical science related books and Sidhartha Mukherjee has to be one of the most talented and riveting authors to read from. His skill of teaching through story telling is masterful and make learning and listening a joy for me. The Emperor of all Maladies is one of my favorite books about cancer and as an oncology nurse practitioner and someone who has worked in cancer care in one form or another since the mid-1990s, I anxiously await any updates Dr. Mukherjee might make to this book and any others he might write for I am ready to hungrily devour it!

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Talented author so enjoyable to read. Excellent narrator as well

Revisado: 01-17-23

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee is a talented and knowledgeable author. Well researched material that is organized well. His ability to write about history and science through relatable stories as though told by direct witnesses to the history make the material all the more relatable to a lay audience. It is always an immense pleasure to read his work. I absolutely adore his writing style and will always happily and hungrily scoop up any of his writings to devour as soon as I am aware of them. I am of course a science nerd but also am a practicing oncology nurse practitioner for the last 13 years but have worked in oncology settings in various roles since the mid 1990s. Even with my long time work in this field I always learn something new from Dr Mukherjee’s books. Keep them coming please!

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