The Silent Cradle

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Summary: Great for a first time Author
Review: I was very impressed with this book. I don't usually buy a book without reading or hearing something about it prior to purchase. It was intriguing and thrilling. I can't wait for "And Down Will Come Baby" to hit the shelf.

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Summary: Predictable and poorly written.
Review: If ever there was an example of a woman professional (doctor) who should stick to her specialty (OB/GYN) it is Dr. Margaret Cuthbert. She may be attractive (her cover picture sure is) and a great physician but she has neither the writing talent nor the imagination required to produce an edge-of-your-seat thriller. I was bored through most of this book - but kept hoping it would get better as I read on. It didn't and I was both bored and annoyed when I finally reached the end.

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Summary: WOW -- and double WOW
Review: If you like medical thrillers, you will love Margaret Cuthbert's first book, The Silent Cradle. It is full of twists and turns.

I only hope Margaret's next book comes out soon!

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Summary: awful awful awful
Review: It blows my mind that anyone would think this book is anything other than complete garbage. The writing is insipid and laden with clichés: "The first tear had been for Nola's baby. This one was for her mother, almost twenty-five years late." The characters are largely one dimensional (the Bad Guy, the Mean Guy, the Doctor Who Just Wants To Help People, Gosh Darn It!, and so on) and far from appealing, not to mention graced with a ridiculous menagerie of names: Rae, Bo, Mack The Doorman. The medical jargon, such as it is, is intrusively explained with introductory phrases of laughably bad quality: " 'She has a pulmonary embolus.' Rae didn't have to remind herself that a pulmonary embolus was very serious indeed."

Unfortunately, there isn't even a decent plot to resuce such a literary abortion. The perpetrator is identifiable by any vaguely perceptive reader within pages of his/her introduction, thus making completing the novel completely unnecessary.

If you like medical thrillers, for the love of God stick with Robin Cook and Michael Crichton. Neither of them is likely to win a Pulitzer anytime soon, but their writing is phenomenal compared to the embarrassment that is The Silent Cradle.

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Summary: Pretty Boring!!!!!
Review: It wasn't the worst book I've ever read, but this book was pretty boring. I didn't really care for any of these characters. And it's too bad, because I think it had a good plot, just no excitement to it!!! I don't recommend it.

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Summary: GOOD START FOR FIRST NOVEL! HELD MY INTEREST!
Review: just remember back many, many years and many, many books ago to when robin cook started writing....pretty amateur...remember? well, this is definitely a lot better than any of robin's earlier books....also, she's a local author, just across the bay....i realllly liked the characters and would definitely like to see them in future books...i learned a great deal and have made notes for future reference when my daughter becomes pregnant!!!! while the book sorta slowed midspan, it still kept me reading....and i never suspected the culprit! hopefully, dr. margaret will keep on writing!!!!

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Summary: An amateurish, sophmoric, two-dimensional, waste of time.
Review: Let's hope she is better at practicing medicine than she is at writing novels. If not, I'd be very concerned for her patients.

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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: Margaret Cuthbert should stick to ob/gyn. This was an amater effort at best. Waste of time and money.

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Summary: EXCELLENT!! A must read for Medical Thriller/Mystery lovers
Review: Margaret Cuthbert's first novel is an excellent, on-the-edge of your seat medical thriller! I am an avid medical thriller and mystery reader and I can't believe the harshly negative reviews about this book (and no, I am not a friend of the author). If you find this book boring, I guess medical thrillers aren't for you. I am not a doctor, but I have a science background, an interest in medicine and lots of experience as a woman and patient. The story line is anything but boring and I actually felt that I was part of the story. Unfortunately things can go wrong with pregancy and delivery, certainly not this frequently at one hospital or for the reason Cuthbert uses (I hope not!), but this is a work of fiction and Cuthbert is an OB/GYN so the medical information is believable. Not only that, but Cuthbert's writing keeps you interested and hanging on to find out what's next. I loved this book! I can't wait for her next one and I'm disappointed that it's not released yet. I highly recommend this book to any medical thriller/mystery readers, especially if you're interested in women's medicine and the implications of managed care. If you like Robin Cook or enjoy watching ER, you'll love Margaret Cuthbert.

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Summary: Finally a story focused on the main entity-the patient
Review: Margaret Cuthbert's imagery kept me focused on the way the medical field should be, for the interest of the patient and not towards the money aspect. The characters interacted within the story well enough to throw me completely off guard as to who the real culprit was. The book is a good example of how a doctor should treat their patients in order to achieve a lasting,healthy relationship during their time of medical intervention.I am ecstatically awaiting in line for the arrival of "And Down Will Come Baby".For those of you who are Chrichton and Cook enthusiasists, maybe you should open your minds to a different style of writing that mainly focuses on doctor-patient relationships