Beat the Reaper: A Novel
by Josh Bazell
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Author: Josh BazellEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-07
ISBN: 0316032220
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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- ISBN13: 9780316032223
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Book Reviews of Beat the Reaper: A Novel
Book Review: Wow...what a ride....Sopranos.....Goodfellas...Scrubs....all in one book
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book in two days. It never slows down for a minute as the main character (Peter Brown - I'll let you find out what his REAL name was) works as an M.D. in a hospital where the staff is odd, the patients are interesting and where Peter Brown meets someone who knows his past (his hitman past). So, what is a doctor/hitman to do? Kill the guy? How?
The book is a wild ride from page one to the very end. I enjoyed the book though the shark tank scenario (if you've read the book you know what I mean) seemed absurd/silly/ridiculous. The characters in the book range from the stereotype of a mobster to a sexy girlfriend from Romania (and her odd family) to staff and a "family" that adopts him that allows him to become a hitman. The violence is rough as, for example, he and his closest friend decide to take out a family that is enslaving eastern European women. It's a wild scene and reminded me of something from a Sopranos show or Goodfellas scene.
The book is violent. The book is outright hilarious. The book is full of foul language and sex and the book is one that I could not put down. Sure, there were some silly scenes and implausible scenes (near the end while locked in a freezer is a scene I could not believe in a million years), but the book is worth the time to read. I cannot give it 5 stars only because it got too silly/outlandish at times, but I have to give it four stars (maybe 4.5 stars).
Summary of Beat the Reaper: A Novel
Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.Pietro "Bearclaw" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you want to see in your hospital room.
Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just might-be the same person ...
Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow beat the reaper.
Spattered in adrenaline-fueled action and bone-saw-sharp dialogue, BEAT THE REAPER is a debut thriller so utterly original you won't be able to guess what happens next, and so shockingly entertaining you won't be able to put it down.
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