The Children's Hospital

from kirstiecat

I finished this finally last week but didn't have an internet connection for almost a week so I probably don't have as much to say about it now. I wasn't really impressed with the book overall and I was very disappointed with many aspects of it. First, you must know that it's over 600 pages long ...

from drewjameson

I can't bring myself to recommend a 600-page book that loses so much momentum after the first half. One day, God sends a second flood to destroy all life on earth, except for the inhabitants of a children's hospital full of a Catch-22-like cast of hyper-quirky adults and surreally ill children. A...

from Philotera

A book whose reach exceeds its grasp. So much about this book is wonderful, I commend Adrian for trying, really trying, to accomplish something marvelous. Although the book flounders, and eventually sinks upon the rocks of its authors triteness, the first half is so fantastic and beautifully imag...

from margaretplays

Beautifully imagined, well-written and very provocative. However, this book finally collapsed under its own weight. It's just too long and too busy. It could have accomplished more if it had been at least 100 pages shorter.

from cmwilson101

The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian has an interesting premise -- a hospital floats away a bit like Noah's Ark, preserving the occupants in a watery post-apocalyptic world. Unfortunately, though, I gave up after the first hundred pages. I found the plot too complicated and the writing too dense.