Science Fiction Book Essay, Critical by Robin Cook

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Critical By Robin Cook Within the course of a week spanning March and April 2007, three health events occurred in the lives of three complete strangers. The events would eventually impact the lives of thousands in a complicated web of casualties. The book was written from the point of view of many different characters. One of the main ones was Dr. Laurie Montgomery. Dr. Laurie Montgomery and her husband Dr. Jack Stapleton worked as forensic pathologists at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York. They had met there when they started working and eventually dated and got married. The book starts out with Dr. Jack Stapleton playing basket ball with his friends. Dr. Jack Stapleton had the ball and was about to shoot so he faked a turn to the left to try to get the other player to open up the court for him. When he quickly turned he put all his weight on one leg while twisting to the right. The book explains in detail how he tore both edges of the menisci in his knee while playing. It goes into all the bones and muscles involved and even the physics behind why his collagen/ ligament was unable to keep the femur from dislocating backward from the tibia. This event will be an important one later on in the plot. Dr. Jack Stapleton enjoyed sports and was anxious to get his knee repaired so he could go back to playing the sports he loved. The usual wait period was six months for a knee surgery to make sure the knee was not inflamed and so that there would be less of a chance of infection. Dr. Jack Stapleton didn’t want to wait six months so instead he scheduled his surgery on the Thursday after his injury. Dr. Jack Stapleton was telling his wife Dr. Laurie Montgomery about how excited he was that he had been able to get an appointment with one of the best doctors in New York. He was going to have his surgery at Angel’s orthopedic hospital. Angel’s

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