The Children's Hospital
by:
Chris Adrian (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781932416602 (1932416609)
Publish date: August 22nd 2006
Publisher: McSweeney's
Pages no: 615
Edition language: English
From the reviews I read, it seems that people either love this book or hate it. I loved it - just great. My only criticism would be that it really could have been a little tighter.
From the reviews I read, it seems that people either love this book or hate it. I loved it - just great. My only criticism would be that it really could have been a little tighter.
This is a literary novel with science fictional, fantastical, and horrific elements. It’s a novel with overt religious themes that’s filled with black humor, curse words, sexual situations, bleakness, and just a sprinkle of hope. It is dark and funny. The writing is top notch. Some characters are ch...
Raging Biblioholism review: http://wp.me/pGVzJ-f8An interesting - and interestingly flawed - apocalypse novel. There's elements of just about everything thrown into this monster of a novel and Adrian's pacing is absolutely appalling. But there's an interesting meditation on the resilience of human...
Jemma is doing her residency at a children's hospital when the world is drowned in a flood. A preserving angel lifts up the hospital (with everyone in it) and they are the only survivors. The story tracks their progress as they try to care for the sick children, and after Jema develops the power to ...
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