A Case Of Needing: Serious Revisions
Beginning of paper
Michael Crichton has penned some of the most engaging, timely, and
thoroughly accessible tales to be published in the last twenty-five years.
What his novels lack in literary merit and distinctive style they make up
for in crisp plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses to
regene ....
Middle of paper
.... be legal, not on whether
or not doctors are currently breaking the law by performing them.
The antiquated plot line is not the story's main flaw. The biggest
drawback here is a one-two punch of highly technical prose employed to
relate a thoroughly dull story. Karen Randall, the daughter of an eminent
physician, dies as the result of a botched abortion. Art Lee, a Chinese
obstetrician, is accused of performing the D & C that has resulted in her
death. Though Lee is known to be an abortionis ....
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Word count: 1996
Page count: 8 (approximately 250 words per page)
