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highly recommended |
SCARY & STIMULATING 
This taut suspense novel brings together the worlds of medicine, boradcasting and religion - and behind the suspenseful plot, gives the reader plenty to think about in terms of the cynical world we live in. The pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, politicians, network programming executives, the Vatican - everybody gets a full-palmed "bitch slap" (to use the character Spider's colorful phrase) from the author. But beneath all the engaging cross currents lies a recognition that faith - when it's pure and unsullied - will win out.
INTERESTING BUT SLOW MOVING 
The characters are very interesting and the writer takes a lot of time building them so you can get a good sense of who each of them are. But, in my opinion, I find the author takes too much time building to the point the book moved slow for me. I am just at the last few chapters and I just can't bring myself to finish the book when it SHOULD be that I can't wait to finish. I will finish and I am looking forward to hearing the ending but it just hasn't left me dying to find out what happens. EDIT.....................................................................I have now finished the book and I didn't care for the ending at all. It really didn't make a lot of sense to me. There are so many loose ends that were never tied up in the ending. This "Battle Ultimo" buisness the writer kept talking about through the whole book had absolutely NOTHING to do with anything which I found highly annoying. Based on the ending, I am changing my star rating from 3 stars down to a 2 star even though Amazon won't officially let me change my original star rating. This writer has great potential. Perhaps with her next book, she will take the time to make sure her ending wraps up more of the loose ends and not leave it scattered all over the place like I found this book to be. Would I recommend this book? Maybe. Would I read another book from this author? Yes, I think for a first attempt, she did a fairly good job.
Awesome Read
Great read. This is an impressive work, especially for a first time author. Moves fast, keeps the reader engaged and is 'Michael Crichton' like. I highly recommend this book for those that like science thrillers.
Certain Cure: For those who want to a book they can't put down
I do not read too many books thinking I am too busy to get involved in a book so I read the paper and magazines. This book caught my eye, then my attention and then all of me where I couldn't set it down. When I did have to set it down, the short chapters and interesting characters made it easy to pick back up and get right back into it. I like it when you can't predict the end or who all the good and bad people are and keeps you on the edge until the end. This does great work in intertwining history, the Bible, religions, government, medical, corporations, and the media to take you on an adventurous journey and leaves you thinking at the end.
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How far will Claire Cummings go to save her life? How far will her daughter go to save her struggling TV talkshow? Written by Emmy Award winning television journalist Jennifer Valoppi, Certain Cure combines corporate greed and modern medical science into an ?end days? thriller where ancient Judeo-Christian prophecies intersect with modern quantum physics and nanotechnology, as the characters move through Manhattan - a world filled with signs and symbols, all warnings hidden in plain sight that must be deciphered and interpreted.
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