The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian (ISBN:0679771476)

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		The Law of Similars
	
				(18 reviews)			
(565 Readers)

			Chris Bohjalian		
	
" The Law of Similars is fast-paced and absorbing. Few writers can manipulate a plot with Bohjalian's grace and power."-The New York Times Book...more
 " The Law of Similars is fast-paced and absorbing. Few writers can manipulate a plot with Bohjalian's grace and power."-The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the number one bestselling author of Midwives comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath, and a tragic death.  When one of homeopath Carissa Lake's patients falls into an allergy-induced coma, possibly due to her prescribed remedy, Leland Fowler's office starts investigating the case.  But Leland is also one of Carissa's patients, and he is begining to realize that he has fallen in love with her.  As love and legal obligations collide, Leland comes face-to-face with an ethical dilemma of enormous proportions.  Graceful, intelligent, and suspenseful, The Law of Similars is a powerful examination of the links between hope and hubris, love and deception.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I loved this book. It's actually quite a romance as well as being literary. Only disappointment was that I was expecting the numbers to have some greater meaning like the diary entries in Midwives did. But they didn't.

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							kelxing
						
							few weeks ago						
I started reading this book, and although Bohjalian is a fave author, I had trouble "getting into" this book. To be fair, I think the problem was that it was the 1st book I tried to read after completing the Twilight Saga, and the story line was sooo different, I just had trouble adjusting. This book remains in my library and I plan on re-starting it at some time in the near future.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I think that it's interesting that the author, a man, is much better at writing in the voice of a woman than he is a man. I've read Midwives and The Double Bind, both of which are written from a woman's perspective. The Law of Similars is written in a male voice, and somehow, I just didn't feel that he was all that convincing.

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							Kristi
						
							few weeks ago						
Loved this book

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Fantastic would read again!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This book was okay.  It was a very slow read for me.  Hard to get into it.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
good, but not as good as some of his other work... I miss the twist he always adds to the end, it wasn't there.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Not my cup of tea.  Overwrought prose and an implausible plot.  The tender father and daughter scenes save it from a one star book.
Overly dramatic and implausible.  The sincere relationship between the narrator and his daughter is the only redeeming factor.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Chris Bohjalian - I usually tend to like female authors more but really like his writing.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
In this story an attorney falls in love with a homeopathic doctor and finds himself in a bind when she is accused of impropriety in the death of a client.

I had a hard time getting into this book and I was not particularly engaged in the plot or the characters. It does get a bit better in the second half when Clarissa is questioned about her role in a death, but some of the decisions made by the...more
 In this story an attorney falls in love with a homeopathic doctor and finds himself in a bind when she is accused of impropriety in the death of a client.

I had a hard time getting into this book and I was not particularly engaged in the plot or the characters. It does get a bit better in the second half when Clarissa is questioned about her role in a death, but some of the decisions made by the main characters made me want to shout, "Are you crazy?" I realize it was a plot device, but I was irritated with some of their actions. Who in their right mind would steal arsenic and then pop the pills like candy without first checking the toxicity and symptoms of arsenic poisoning. Really!   hide

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