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A Book Review IN Reading and Writing: Submitted By: Mordeno, Marl Loui Jade Q. Submitted To: Ms. Mary Jane Comelon

Toby Nelms is an 8-year-old boy who has a routine surgery but later begins experiencing nightmares where he relives every horrific detail of the operation. Neurosurgeon Zack Iverson investigates why Toby is re-experiencing the surgery and discovers a horrifying secret being hidden by the hospital. Iverson races to find the truth before another child is put at risk during surgery. The book is a page-turner that keeps readers engaged but could have been improved by developing characters beyond the protagonist more fully and reducing some clichéd elements.

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A Book Review IN Reading and Writing: Submitted By: Mordeno, Marl Loui Jade Q. Submitted To: Ms. Mary Jane Comelon

Toby Nelms is an 8-year-old boy who has a routine surgery but later begins experiencing nightmares where he relives every horrific detail of the operation. Neurosurgeon Zack Iverson investigates why Toby is re-experiencing the surgery and discovers a horrifying secret being hidden by the hospital. Iverson races to find the truth before another child is put at risk during surgery. The book is a page-turner that keeps readers engaged but could have been improved by developing characters beyond the protagonist more fully and reducing some clichéd elements.

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A BOOK REVIEW

IN
READING AND WRITING
Submitted by:

Mordeno, Marl Loui Jade Q.

Submitted to:

Ms. Mary Jane Comelon


Introduction

Michael Palmer, M.D., is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Sisterhood, Side
Effects, and Flashback. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Dr. Palmer Trained internal
medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General hospitals, an practices medicine as an
emergency room physician.

Flashback is about Toby Nelms a innocent, average eight-year-old boy. He has to have a
operation, but it was routine. He's gone home, to terror. He has nightmares of the
operation, while he's awake, recalling every horrifying detail. Slowly, he retreats into his
own world, not eating or speaking.

Michael Palmer, M.D’s inspiration in writing this book was from a newspaper article about
a woman who awoke from her surgery remembering very clearly the surgeon making
disparaging remarks about her weight as he operated on her.

Summary

Toby Nelms is an ordinary 8-year-old boy who needs a routine operation. Everything
seems to go well; the surgery is a success; Toby is sent home.Months later, terror begins to
take over Toby's life, and he keeps on bursting into tortured screaming. He has begun to
relive every moment of his operation - including the immense pain.Neurosurgeon Zack
Iverson must discover why the young boy is re-experiencing every detail of the operation.
And he must also uncover the horrifying secret that is being hidden by the hospital where
Toby was treated. For Toby is not the only one who is suffering this strange and horrific
effect after surgery. Iverson needs to find out the truth quickly, before an innocent child
dies - and before another patient is wheeled into the Operating Room, to experience every
slice of the scalpel's merciless blade.

Analysis

Strength

A definite page turner, the author has managed to keep readers hooked. Full marks to him
for keeping the readers engrossed. Not too much medical jargons used and the language is
easier to understand by laymen unlike some of the terms used in other books.

kept his reader in suspense throughout the entire book. His action scenes are not bloody,
but more real life situations, set in improbable places.

Weaknesses

The other characters fell flat, needs improvement.


Conclusion

I did enjoy "Flashback", largely because there was a very good idea and some very decent
medical writing here. I enjoyed it less than expected because neither was present for the
whole duration of the novel and much of the rest was padded out with clichés and lower
quality material. However, for a long journey or a holiday read, there are worse books to
try, but I wouldn't recommend it unreservedly and I wouldn't recommend it at all for a
hospital waiting room read.

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