Intervention by robin cook pdf

Apr 18, Leanne Hunt rated it liked it Shelves: crime. Featuring the discovery of a potentially divisive religious artefact - an ossuary containing what are thought to be the bones of the Virgin Mary and the gospel of Simon the magician - this book raises some interesting questions about ancient beliefs versus scientific evidence.

This theme is echoed in the sub-plot, in which the main character, Dr Jack Stapleton, weighs up the popularity of alternative medical treatments against their inherent dangers. While the story moves backwards and forwards Featuring the discovery of a potentially divisive religious artefact - an ossuary containing what are thought to be the bones of the Virgin Mary and the gospel of Simon the magician - this book raises some interesting questions about ancient beliefs versus scientific evidence.

While the story moves backwards and forwards between the religious and medical strands in the beginning, it comes together when Jack commits himself to following the scientific route in both cases, and so the action picks up. There follows an escalation of the drama with the introduction of a charming young monk with radical views on preserving the reputation and worship of the Mother of God, and the sequencing of the DNA found in one of the skeleton's teeth.

I found the juxtaposition of the two themes fascinating, and the resolution even more so. While the book does not earn itself high ratings as a typical Robin Cook medical thriller, it does pay attention to the placebo effect that alternative medicine and religious truth claims tend to rely upon.

I found this an interesting angle, and a satisfactory explanation of the title, "Intervention". Some interventions are helpful, others are harmful, and others are best avoided because of what they might stir up in terms of unwanted pain and anxiety.

Oct 19, Spider the Doof Warrior rated it it was ok Shelves: i-hate-this-book. This book annoyed me! First of all, you can tell Robin Cook hates alternative medicine as much as OSC hates gay marriage because he took over Jack and used him to rant about that through half of the book.

The other part of the book involves Shawn and his wife Sana and their marriage which is falling apart. Shawn discovers some fascinating scrolls and finds Mary's bones too easily. I don't think you can just go to St. Peter's and take an ossuary, after all. Then the pesky priest James comes along This book annoyed me! Then the pesky priest James comes along and tells Shawn, no, you cannot tell the world that these are the bones of Mary, Mother of Jesus even if it's super, mega interesting because the CHURCH won't like it.

I hate the Church. To make matters worse he sics some ridiculous fanatic on Shawn and Sana and instead of running off with Sana which would be sensible and he'd get to have a normal, healthy relationship he blows up their house with the lot in there to keep them from revealing the identity of the bones! And, Jack's son is sick too. Would the church really do such a thing?! Hide the fascinating truth?

View all 5 comments. Oct 01, Richard rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Nobody. Don't "they" still tell writers to write what they know? Robin Cook is excellent at plaques and sudden death from toxic creatures.

He is out of his element here. It could be a good story, or even a good movie, but it would need a serious rewrite. While I don't like his work, Dan Brown did it better. Although they have almost no contact for over 30 years, Cook spins a strange tale of one man finding the bones of someone he believes is the Virgin Mary.

The priest hopes not. The ME has to referee. While the tale gets somewhat tiresome, it seems our author doesn't know where to take it when suddenly a mysterious stranger appears and ends it with a bang. The unlikely ending comes out of nowhere and left me wondering what happened. Did the editor call and say "Time's up! Jan 28, Archana Amaragandhi rated it did not like it.

I am a big fan of Robin Cook for his medical thrillers. This book was an exception. It was no thriller, had multiple plots that went nowhere and the climax was downright pathetic. By far my biggest disappointment among Robin Cook's books. What has come over Cook, really! Aug 18, Paul Weiss rated it did not like it Shelves: medical-thriller. Clearly, Robin Cook is fresh out of ideas In particular, Robin Cook, as an MD, clearly has some serious issues with chiropractic medicine.

The story starts with some promise as his returning f Clearly, Robin Cook is fresh out of ideas The story starts with some promise as his returning favourite character, Jack Stapleton, New York City medical examiner, conducts a one man epidemiological study of vertebral artery dissections ostensibly caused by, shall we say, overly aggressive chiropractic cervical manipulations.

Whether or not Robin Cook's obvious rant against chiropractic medicine is fundamentally sound is not for me to judge but, I will say, that as the foundation for a medical thriller, it had definite bite to it and was coming up in roses at around the halfway point of the book. That is, it was until Stapleton or was it, in fact, Robin Cook decided that the public so wanted to believe in the efficacy of alternative therapies that they simply wouldn't accept any efforts to shut them down or bring them under more serious regulation.

And, that was all she wrote I guess that one didn't work out so it was onto plot line 2 and we'll see how that goes! In this part, Robin Cook attempts an excursion deep into science vs religion territory in which he works with an archaeologist friend who claims to have discovered the bones of the Virgin Mary in a crypt underneath the Vatican.

The story ends on a ridiculous, completely ambiguous note surrounding the miraculous cure of his son's neuroblastoma but, like the first half of the book, no real plot resolution is ever reached. So what did these two ideas have to do with one another and how were the two threads united into a single story?

Good question indeed! So far as I could see the answer is, "Nothing at all! So what we really have here is two exceptionally poorly executed vast ideas butted together to form dare I say it? Hang up those spurs, Mr Cook, and retire with dignity. I can't imagine you need the money! Not recommended. Paul Weiss Listened to on CD.

Michael Crichton meets Dan Brown in this novel! Probably the best or 2nd best Cook novel I've listened to! It was nice not having the stand-by misadventures of 20 something medical students getting into trouble. Really enjoyed and highly recommend! May 26, Mona Belle rated it it was ok. Reading this book has left me virtually speechless. I didn't know what to say. It was so horrible. This is the first book of Robin Cook that I've read which I totally did not like.

It is actually dabbling on the religious with some medical undertones. The first few chapters of the book seemed to be without any direction at all. There are lots of bits and pieces too difficult to Reading this book has left me virtually speechless. There are lots of bits and pieces too difficult to sort out to put some order to. It seemed the writer will start to write something but halfway through would forget what he was writing about and then go on a tangent and totally forgot about the bit he started writing about and then finish with something else.

A lot of the first few chapters, therefore, I deem irrelevant to the whole book. Irrelevant and totally irritating. There I was thinking that it was finally the whole mystery the book is all about, only to find out that it was just a bit written on the side with no relevance at all to the whole plot. True, the writer might have wanted to build up the story. But at least, it should be something relevant to build on. It seems a lot of bits and pieces were just written to comply with the number of words and pages the book should have.

There are also a lot of irritating characters and scenes. So irritating I ended up putting the book down and reading something else to ease up on my irritation. Jack is so irritating. Like for 10 years, he really has not grown up and developed into something else. Ten years into the story and Robin Cook has not even let Jack develop. He still has the same angst, the same depression, the same everything. Frankly, it is too much. It gets tiring after these many years that he has remained the same.

Like the author has deliberately stunted his growth as a person. It gets old after a while, even if I do still love Jack. The author should also remember that most readers and followers of the Jack and Laurie series are also growing older as the years go by.

And some won't appreciate that Jack seems to be left behind as the world goes older and wiser. Both Shawn and Sana were also very irritating. At first, I was doubtful if they were the relevant characters of the story.

There were too many bits and pieces while the author was building up their characters that I was too confused to recognize their importance in the story. And the author used very leading sentences to build up to some highlights and peak moments. However, sad to say, the author was not able to deliver. He would write some lines to make you think something momentous is going to happen. But sadly, I don't even recognize the momentous event when it was upon me.

Or, did the author also forgot that he wrote something leading like that? Take the case of the night when Shawn and Sana went back to dig up the ossuary underneath the Basilica. I was so hyped up in the chapter leading to the actual dig and waiting for that momentous event that the author hinted at that would make Sana wish she has not agreed to accompany Shawn for the dig.

But alas, the moment came and passed and it did not even rate a three on a scale of ten. Too much words but failed to make me empathize with Sana. Something definitely missing. Lack the words were lacking the heart, if you know what I mean. Failed to move me. Frankly, I only finished the book to find out what the ending was. I was contemplating on reading the Epilogue portion just to finish it once and for all. But when the ending came, it was so unexpected and so disappointing.

I expected something more momentous or more jaw-dropping from the author. This book totally sucks. Aug 21, Elizabeth Noah Astle rated it liked it.

As I started to read this book, it quickly reminded me his book Sphinx. Only this book had a nephew as the owner as the previous owner his uncle was killed which was in the Sphinx book. I was not sure if I would sit and read this but, I gave it a shot hoping it would not be like the other book.

The story quickly moved from Egypt where that was the only similarity to Rome. Shawn and Sana find a codex that ha As I started to read this book, it quickly reminded me his book Sphinx. Shawn and Sana find a codex that has a secret letter in it that tells where the bones of the Virgin Mary are buried.

They dig up the ossuary with the bones and ship it back to NY. The ossuary was buried at st. Peter burial site but, noone had ever found it with all the excavation that had been going on. The other part of the story starts with Dr. Jack Stapelton who I have enjoyed reading in other stories and Dr. Laurie Montgomery also enjoyed in other stories , who have apparently gotton married and had a child. This child approx 4 mo. They have told noone about what is wrong with the child.

Jack and Shawn went to college together with James who is the Archibishop. After James finds out that Shawn illegally shiped the ossuary back under James name to avoid being looked at, he enlist the help of Jack to stop Shawn from publishing a paper about the bones of the Virgin that he find along with the gospel of Simon that were in the ossuary.

James feels this will destroy most people faith in the church knowing that her bones are still here on earth and did not descend into heaven. The story mainly focuses on the ossuary and how it would destory the Catholic faith if the bones were indeed of the Virgin. Sprinkle in a few autopies that Jack does that are not really related to the story except while he was on a crusade for a bit on the horrors of mainly chiropratic.

The ending I have to admit is a bit far fetched. James has a plan to have a Virgin Mary fanatic, Luke, stay with Shawn and Sana to try to convince them not to publish their paper about their find. Luke kills himself and Shawn and Sana in order to save the church the knowledge that the Virgin's bones are still here on earth. James and Jack, along with the baby and Laurie, fly to Rome, rebury the ossuary where it was originally 'borrowed' from.

And that was the end of the story. View all 4 comments. Aug 03, Casey rated it did not like it Shelves: i-hate-this-book. Robin Cook was always a great standby. I could count on him to write an awesome read. I have not read all his books, nor have I read them in order, so I hope this was just one bad example, and not a trend.

The man can write fabulously, so why didn't he? Jack was on a cru Robin Cook was always a great standby. Jack was on a crusade against alternate medicine, which didn't even ring true for him.

His character has always been the one to find things other pathologists missed. For someone of his knowledge, working in the ME's office, one would think he would understand that many people are killed by traditional medicine as well, it is just under-reported, if reported at all just like his claim about alternative medicine.

This book was like reading a bad high school freshman essay, where the student can't stick to the topic at hand. What is wrong with Patterson, and now apparently Cook????? Feb 11, Tony Primm rated it it was ok. I started reading quite a few Robin Cook books last year and really enjoyed them, especially the series that included Dr. Jack Stapleton. Unfortunately, this book did not live up to my expectations and I only finished it to see if Cook was ever going to go back and finish the first part of the story.

Early on, Jack has a case that implies a Chiropractor was negligent and caused the death of a young girl. Jack was on a crusade, visiting and confronting the Chiropractor, which ultimately led to a I started reading quite a few Robin Cook books last year and really enjoyed them, especially the series that included Dr.

Jack was on a crusade, visiting and confronting the Chiropractor, which ultimately led to a lawsuit against him and a terse meeting with his supervisor. Jack then went on to research Chiropractic medicine. Suddenly, the story turns a different direction, and new characters are introduced and Cook never goes back to the original story. In my opinion, all lose ends should be tied up in a novel, especially when the story starts out.

That being said, I think Cook was on a witch hunt and wanted to throw his personal feelings out there about the Chiropractic industry and other alternative medicine. Needless to say, I was not happy with the religious overtones in the rest of the plot. Sep 01, judy rated it did not like it Shelves: mystery-thriller. I'm a fan of Robin Cook but this was beyond the pale. The writing was ghastly and the plots absurd.

I can't imagine what happened to the Dr. Cook I loved. Clearly he wanted to rant using Jack against alternative medicine and he did a stellar. Sort of amusing that Jack kept running into intelligent, powerful people who use and love various kinds of alternative treatment.

Perhaps the book should have been titled "Vendetta". Therefore, Jack decides he really can't wi Pathetic! Therefore, Jack decides he really can't win this one.

Wow, the ability to quit before you start is how I like my heroes--or not. Cook's attempt at playing Dan Brown was just lame. Suspending disbelief even for a second was impossible.

Come to think of it--the Jack I read about in this book is not someone I would want to know. Cook needs to take a long break from writing and then restart the series with Laurie alone. Feb 25, Nick rated it really liked it. I read this Cook book years ago and I remember the protagonists stand point on alternative medicine such as chiropractic healing and other eastern health philosophies.

I remember a little of the religious theme brought into it and that's about it. Reading some of the good read comments to refresh my memory hasn't helped me remember a whole lot and I can see why. Reviews about a muddled plot are apparent.

You can just feel the muddiness. Also, reading the comments about the horrific ending is not something I want to reread a page book for. I'll leave my initial 4 star rating alone on this and won't reread this one to edit it. Although from the above and the other comments on Goodreads that I've read, I'm sure I meant 3. Oct 23, Laurel rated it did not like it. Spoiler alert I usually enjoy the science in Cook's books; this was awful.

Two parallel stories - one a rant against alternative medicine, chiropractic in particular; the other an "archeological disproves Catholic doctrine" Dan-Brown-wanna-be tale. After leading us up to what could have been an interesting ending, what does he do? Blows up the archeologist and his wife in their home, steals the ossuary's contents, and has the archbishop and medical examiner "sneak" them back into St. Peter's Spoiler alert Peter's tomb under the basilica in Rome, thus saving the archbishop, the Church itself, and the fans of Mary Jesus' mother significant grief.

Throw in a bit of faith healing for the baby of the nonbeliever, and you're good to go. What a sappy way to end a book. It's as if he couldn't think of an ending. Nov 14, Magnesus rated it did not like it. It's the worst book by Robin Cook I read.

Better stay away. It's stupid, it's antiscience and it looks like it was written by some other author. Nov 25, David rated it it was ok Shelves: books. Putnam's Sons Awards: none Popsugar Cat. Basic: A medical thriller Popsugar Cat.

A book by an author whose last name is one syllable Goodreads Cat. Robin Cook is considered THE creator of the medical thriller genre.

His debut novel was 'Coma'. I did not read the book, but loved the movie. It could give you nightmares. In , he published 'Pandemic' about a return of the flu epidemic. So, when I saw one of his books in a second hand shop, I bought it for this category. Jack Stapleton is a NYC medical examiner.

When his latest autopsy is that of a young woman who died as the result of a chiropractor visit, he goes full-bore ballistic, signs off on the death as 'homicide', tracks down the chiropractor and gets into a screaming session with him which results in a lawsuit against the city. Jack is forced to drop his vendetta against alternative medicine. Shawn Daughtry is an archeologist, think modern Indiana Jones, who just happens to discover a lost codex of Simon Magnus, a Gnostic, which reveals the exact location of an ossuary that contains the bones of the Virgin Mary.

These two storylines alternate chapters with no connection to each other what so ever, until literally! James doesn't want Shawn to publish his findings because the church teaches that Mary ascended into heaven body and all, and the church must remain infallible.

So James enlists Jack to talk Shawn out of publishing, because of course, a doctor is going to choose religious faith over scientific evidence. This is NOT a medical thriller. It's a diatribe that alternates between alternative medicine and Christian zealotry! Nor way I impressed with the writing or characterization or the dialogue. I won't be bothering to find any of his other novels.

May 31, Susan Beamon rated it it was amazing. Talk about a book wandering all over the place. This one did that in spades. So we have these three college friends. Jack is a medical examiner with a new baby who has cancer. Shawn is an archaeologist and biblical scholar. James is a cardinal and the bishop of the Archdiocese of New York. Shawn and James regularly meet for dinner and discussions about the Catholic Church and the Pope. Jack is busy with his new baby and his work.

One of Jack's cases involves a death caused by spinal manipulation Talk about a book wandering all over the place. One of Jack's cases involves a death caused by spinal manipulation by a chiropractor.

That gets Jack interested in alternative medicine, about which Jack knew nothing. His investigation is the most strident part of the book. You get the feeling that the author feels all alternative medicines are nothing more than a witch doctor dancing around waving pigeon feathers and singing. Shawn has found a letter from an early church leader that gives him the location of an ossuary that may contain the bones of the Virgin Mary.

He goes there and finds the burial box, which he brings back to New York. If he can get the bones inside it dated to the correct time period, he believes he will have the proof to win his argument. All of this does sort of get together, especially if you remember one of the forms of alternative medicines is what's called faith healing or "the laying on of hands".

I was confused at the start of the book, but I stuck with it. All became clearer. I didn't really care for the strident tone during the alternative medicine study scenes. I find that, for me, Catholic Church rites and rituals are just like alternative medicine. I don't believe in them or in the Pope's pronouncements. I found the story as a total interesting but not quite up to what I expect from Robin Cook.

Dec 23, Richard Gullickson rated it really liked it. Jane and I listed to this as an audiobook which is always good for an extra star. Robin Cook clearly has Dan Brown envy. Robin combines the science of his normal medical mystery thrillers with the mysticism and religious symbolism of a Dan Brown book.

This begins with pathologist Jack Stapleton on a crusade to show the evils of chiropractic manipulation of the spine to heal disease.

Then Robin outdoes Dan by morphing into this entertaining thriller about an egocentric archaeologist who discovers Jane and I listed to this as an audiobook which is always good for an extra star. Then Robin outdoes Dan by morphing into this entertaining thriller about an egocentric archaeologist who discovers a codex with a reference to the bones of the Virgin Mary being buried in an ossuary placed near St.

Peters tomb under the cathedral in Rome. He enlists the aid of his scientific spouse who is an expert in mitochondrial DNA passed by the mother to her offspring to visit St. Peters where he has a long standing archeology site permit and find the ossuary. After a shocking and contrived climax to the dilemma about the potentially catastrophic theological impact of the discovery which includes a DNA analysis of the bones with shocking results , Jack Stapleton, the college roommate of the two other protagonists, returns the ossuary to its original location in St.

Peters and then is rewarded with a miraculous faith healing of his son. Robin Cook and Dan Brown together in one exciting book. To be honest, I'm a huge fan of Robin Cook. I've read some of his work throughout the years and all his books were awesome.

That's why, I decided to give this one a try Well, there are 3 mains things I struggled with in this book. The writing style was not very good. The descriptions were flat and the way Robin Cook developed the characters in this story was as if a rookie was writing this, not a renowned author like him.

The whole premise was interesting, b To be honest, I'm a huge fan of Robin Cook. The whole premise was interesting, but the way it was developed was Some parts of the story were there just to The ending was completely off. It was very strange and for me, it didn't make that much sense. I'm not going to go into detail here, but I was kind of shocked when I finished the book. I thought: "Is this it? It was. Of course, If another book by Robin cooks lands on my hands, I'll definitely read it, but I must admit this one was not my cup of tea.

I struggled a lot to finish this book. I wasn't into the story and I didn't care at all about the characters.

Not a bit. Nov 12, Nickie Sale rated it it was ok. To me not one of Robin Cooks better books. The story line is weak, with little to make it plausible or a medical thriller, with 3 separate threads. You find out that the archaeologist i To me not one of Robin Cooks better books. You find out that the archaeologist is an old school friend of Jack, and that The Archbishop of New York is also an old friend of the pair.

The plots' focus is then firmly on the ossuary, and the effect the bones contained in this ossuary would have on the church should they turn out to be those of Mary, mother of God which is who they are purportedly suppose to be. The book comes to a very weak and abrupt ending, with very little substance leading up to it. This is the first novel by Robin Cook that I seriously disliked. As an author of medical thrillers and science fiction, I was very disappointed to learn partway through the book that the plot centred around a religious conspiracy.

Between Jack and Laurie's baby having a serious medical condition which was ridiculously "cured" without knowing how at the end of the book , the really awful characters of Shawn and Sana, and the lack of follow-through with subplots, the book felt like a mish mash of This is the first novel by Robin Cook that I seriously disliked. Between Jack and Laurie's baby having a serious medical condition which was ridiculously "cured" without knowing how at the end of the book , the really awful characters of Shawn and Sana, and the lack of follow-through with subplots, the book felt like a mish mash of random topics that were all only half-heartedly written.

The most irritating part were the long history lectures by the character Shawn, which very few fans of medical thrillers are going to be interested in reading. Some of the techniques listed in Intervention may require a sound knowledge of Hypnosis, users are advised to either leave those sections or must have a basic understanding of the subject before practicing them.

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