Bellevue
by Robin Cook
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From the bestselling author and "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, comes a new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident whose life-shattering visions reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine.Twenty-three-year-old Michael “Mitt” Fuller starts his surgical residency with great anticipation at the nearly three-hundred-year-old, iconic Bellevue Hospital, following in the footsteps of four previous, show more celebrated Fuller generations. The pressure is on for this newly minted doctor, and to his advantage he’s always had a secret sixth sense, a sensitivity to the nonphysical. But quickly one patient after another assigned to his care begin to die from mysterious causes. As he tries to juggle these inexplicable deaths with the demands of being a first-year resident, things rapidly spiral out of control.
Visions begin to plague Mitt—visions of a little girl in a bloodstained dress, bloodcurdling screams in the distance, and worse. As bodies mount and Mitt’s stress level rises, he finds himself drawn to the monumental, abandoned Bellevue Psychopathic Hospital building, which to his astonishment has somehow defied the wrecking-ball and still stands a few doors north of the modern Bellevue Hospital high-rise. Forcing an unauthorized entry into this storied but foreboding structure, Mitt discovers he’s more closely tied to the sins of the past than he ever thought possible. show less
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4 out of 5 stars!
Robin Cook’s "Bellevue" is a spine-tingling thriller that blends medical aspects with a touch of chilling horror, set against the backdrop of the legendary Bellevue Hospital—an iconic institution brimming with history!
As someone fascinated with the psychiatric side of medicine, especially when layered with history, I couldn't resist putting the audiobook version on my Libby waitlist when I stumbled on it. The eerie atmosphere is captivating! Coupled with the hospital's rich architectural descriptions, I was hooked.
Michael Fuller, a first-year surgical resident, steps into the hallowed halls of Bellevue, a path carved out by generations of his family. But his journey isn’t off to a promising start. From the show more beginning, he is plagued by terrifying visions. After all, who wouldn’t expect to encounter ghosts in an institution with such a murky past? To make matters worse, none of the patients he assists survive their surgeries. It's not a great start to his first-year residency!
Cook weaves an incredibly suspenseful blend of medical detail with a haunting narrative. The brisk pace kept me on my toes, and the eerie backdrop of Bellevue Hospital elevated the tension to new heights. While the premise may seem a bit out there, Cook’s medical background brings a refreshing authenticity to the story.
The characters are richly developed, especially Michael, whose struggle to make sense of the bizarre happenings around him is incredibly relatable. You can feel his desperation as he struggles with the visions haunting him. Cook's writing style shines. There is no complex medical jargon to overwhelm readers.
While the book's length felt just right, I craved a more detailed ending but less detail throughout other parts of the book. There are a few lingering questions I wish had been answered. The author notes at the end are a great touch, especially since Cook recommends a book on the history of Bellevue Hospital that I’m definitely excited to explore one of these days! show less
Robin Cook’s "Bellevue" is a spine-tingling thriller that blends medical aspects with a touch of chilling horror, set against the backdrop of the legendary Bellevue Hospital—an iconic institution brimming with history!
As someone fascinated with the psychiatric side of medicine, especially when layered with history, I couldn't resist putting the audiobook version on my Libby waitlist when I stumbled on it. The eerie atmosphere is captivating! Coupled with the hospital's rich architectural descriptions, I was hooked.
Michael Fuller, a first-year surgical resident, steps into the hallowed halls of Bellevue, a path carved out by generations of his family. But his journey isn’t off to a promising start. From the show more beginning, he is plagued by terrifying visions. After all, who wouldn’t expect to encounter ghosts in an institution with such a murky past? To make matters worse, none of the patients he assists survive their surgeries. It's not a great start to his first-year residency!
Cook weaves an incredibly suspenseful blend of medical detail with a haunting narrative. The brisk pace kept me on my toes, and the eerie backdrop of Bellevue Hospital elevated the tension to new heights. While the premise may seem a bit out there, Cook’s medical background brings a refreshing authenticity to the story.
The characters are richly developed, especially Michael, whose struggle to make sense of the bizarre happenings around him is incredibly relatable. You can feel his desperation as he struggles with the visions haunting him. Cook's writing style shines. There is no complex medical jargon to overwhelm readers.
While the book's length felt just right, I craved a more detailed ending but less detail throughout other parts of the book. There are a few lingering questions I wish had been answered. The author notes at the end are a great touch, especially since Cook recommends a book on the history of Bellevue Hospital that I’m definitely excited to explore one of these days! show less
4 out of 5 stars!
Robin Cook’s "Bellevue" is a spine-tingling thriller that blends medical aspects with a touch of chilling horror, set against the backdrop of the legendary Bellevue Hospital—an iconic institution brimming with history!
As someone fascinated with the psychiatric side of medicine, especially when layered with history, I couldn't resist putting the audiobook version on my Libby waitlist when I stumbled on it. The eerie atmosphere is captivating! Coupled with the hospital's rich architectural descriptions, I was hooked.
Michael Fuller, a first-year surgical resident, steps into the hallowed halls of Bellevue, a path carved out by generations of his family. But his journey isn’t off to a promising start. From the show more beginning, he is plagued by terrifying visions. After all, who wouldn’t expect to encounter ghosts in an institution with such a murky past? To make matters worse, none of the patients he assists survive their surgeries. It's not a great start to his first-year residency!
Cook weaves an incredibly suspenseful blend of medical detail with a haunting narrative. The brisk pace kept me on my toes, and the eerie backdrop of Bellevue Hospital elevated the tension to new heights. While the premise may seem a bit out there, Cook’s medical background brings a refreshing authenticity to the story.
The characters are richly developed, especially Michael, whose struggle to make sense of the bizarre happenings around him is incredibly relatable. You can feel his desperation as he struggles with the visions haunting him. Cook's writing style shines. There is no complex medical jargon to overwhelm readers.
While the book's length felt just right, I craved a more detailed ending but less detail throughout other parts of the book. There are a few lingering questions I wish had been answered. The author notes at the end are a great touch, especially since Cook recommends a book on the history of Bellevue Hospital that I’m definitely excited to explore one of these days! show less
Robin Cook’s "Bellevue" is a spine-tingling thriller that blends medical aspects with a touch of chilling horror, set against the backdrop of the legendary Bellevue Hospital—an iconic institution brimming with history!
As someone fascinated with the psychiatric side of medicine, especially when layered with history, I couldn't resist putting the audiobook version on my Libby waitlist when I stumbled on it. The eerie atmosphere is captivating! Coupled with the hospital's rich architectural descriptions, I was hooked.
Michael Fuller, a first-year surgical resident, steps into the hallowed halls of Bellevue, a path carved out by generations of his family. But his journey isn’t off to a promising start. From the show more beginning, he is plagued by terrifying visions. After all, who wouldn’t expect to encounter ghosts in an institution with such a murky past? To make matters worse, none of the patients he assists survive their surgeries. It's not a great start to his first-year residency!
Cook weaves an incredibly suspenseful blend of medical detail with a haunting narrative. The brisk pace kept me on my toes, and the eerie backdrop of Bellevue Hospital elevated the tension to new heights. While the premise may seem a bit out there, Cook’s medical background brings a refreshing authenticity to the story.
The characters are richly developed, especially Michael, whose struggle to make sense of the bizarre happenings around him is incredibly relatable. You can feel his desperation as he struggles with the visions haunting him. Cook's writing style shines. There is no complex medical jargon to overwhelm readers.
While the book's length felt just right, I craved a more detailed ending but less detail throughout other parts of the book. There are a few lingering questions I wish had been answered. The author notes at the end are a great touch, especially since Cook recommends a book on the history of Bellevue Hospital that I’m definitely excited to explore one of these days! show less
I could tell fairly quickly that the plot was not going to be about the usual problems in the practice of medicine. Fuller's visions were bizarre. He both saw and smelled visions whenever he passed certain places in the Bellevue Hospital district. I initially thought that Mitt was having psychiatric issues and that the book would be about that. It wasn't. However, these visions were impeding his ability to perform the duties of his residency and he had one problem after another. All seven of the patients assigned to him died. Because the series has always been about issues in medicine, I thought that maybe there was a link to these deaths that led back to Mitt. There wasn't. SPOILER ALERT! Toward the end of the book Mitt meets a lady show more who is in charge of housekeeping. She tells him that she has also seen the "ghosts" and offers to take him to the old Psychopathic Hospital where the ghosts reside and where there are medical records dating back 150 years in the Psychopathic Hospital's history that may give him the raison d'être for his visions. Yes, this is a ghost story!
The plot was intense and fast paced. I really thought that it was all about why those seven patients died but the truth was bizarre. The ending was both surprising and bizarre but I could not stop laughing for hours after finishing the book. It is definitely worth reading. show less
The plot was intense and fast paced. I really thought that it was all about why those seven patients died but the truth was bizarre. The ending was both surprising and bizarre but I could not stop laughing for hours after finishing the book. It is definitely worth reading. show less
Bellevue by Robin Cook is a highly recommended supernatural medical/ghost thriller.
Michael “Mitt” Fuller, 23, is a first year medical student who is staring his surgical residency program at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital. This has him following in the footsteps of multiple generations of his family who all worked as doctors at the three-hundred-year-old hospital. The pressure is on Mitt and much to his dismay his assigned patients are inexplicably dying. He also learns that his ancestors’ careers were actually controversial. Further complicating Mitt's stressed out and emotional state is that he has a secret sixth sense and has been seeing visions of a young girl in a blood stained dress.
There are plenty of detailed medical show more scenes which Cook's fans will expect. Switching up the story this time is the supernatural addition of ghosts that seem to be targeting Mitt when he is in the centuries old facility. While Mitt is questioning what is going on, the answer will be very clear to the readers. Mitt is a likeable character and you will sympathize with him as he questions himself and tries to make sense of what he is seeing.
Once the novel goes full into the supernatural aspects of the story, it lost my interest. I was seriously hoping for a tangible explanation to the events happening to the patients and Mitt. The ending was a shocker. The mash-up between medical thriller and ghost horror novel is not entirely successful, but the narrative will hold your complete attention. Thanks to G.P. Putnam's Sons for providing me with an advance reader's copy via Net Galley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
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Michael “Mitt” Fuller, 23, is a first year medical student who is staring his surgical residency program at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital. This has him following in the footsteps of multiple generations of his family who all worked as doctors at the three-hundred-year-old hospital. The pressure is on Mitt and much to his dismay his assigned patients are inexplicably dying. He also learns that his ancestors’ careers were actually controversial. Further complicating Mitt's stressed out and emotional state is that he has a secret sixth sense and has been seeing visions of a young girl in a blood stained dress.
There are plenty of detailed medical show more scenes which Cook's fans will expect. Switching up the story this time is the supernatural addition of ghosts that seem to be targeting Mitt when he is in the centuries old facility. While Mitt is questioning what is going on, the answer will be very clear to the readers. Mitt is a likeable character and you will sympathize with him as he questions himself and tries to make sense of what he is seeing.
Once the novel goes full into the supernatural aspects of the story, it lost my interest. I was seriously hoping for a tangible explanation to the events happening to the patients and Mitt. The ending was a shocker. The mash-up between medical thriller and ghost horror novel is not entirely successful, but the narrative will hold your complete attention. Thanks to G.P. Putnam's Sons for providing me with an advance reader's copy via Net Galley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
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If you are a fan of medical thrillers by this author, as I have been, it might be best for you to skip this suspense horror with its supernatural elements and a totally horrible (to me) ending.
A first year surgical resident, Dr. Mitt Fuller, is beginning his career at Bellevue. He comes from a long line of Fuller doctors and is super thrilled to be at this particular hospital. Little does he know that the stories he’s been told about his forebears are inaccurate. In fact, they all were practicing on the wrong side of what are now accepted medical advances. In his first week, all of his patients die of strange complications. Now that’s not a statistic any new surgeon wants on his record. But it gets worse. Strange apparitions are show more haunting Mitt and soon he learns why. Unable to leave well enough alone despite the warnings, Mitt finds out the truth in the worst way.
I was so disappointed in this. Although I loved all the medical details and descriptions, the whole paranormal focus ruined the novel for me. I was able to listen to the audiobook while also following along in the e-book ARC provided by the publisher. The narrator did a good job with the material and brought the story to life, but it was not enough to overcome the real issue with the book — the plot and the conclusion. show less
A first year surgical resident, Dr. Mitt Fuller, is beginning his career at Bellevue. He comes from a long line of Fuller doctors and is super thrilled to be at this particular hospital. Little does he know that the stories he’s been told about his forebears are inaccurate. In fact, they all were practicing on the wrong side of what are now accepted medical advances. In his first week, all of his patients die of strange complications. Now that’s not a statistic any new surgeon wants on his record. But it gets worse. Strange apparitions are show more haunting Mitt and soon he learns why. Unable to leave well enough alone despite the warnings, Mitt finds out the truth in the worst way.
I was so disappointed in this. Although I loved all the medical details and descriptions, the whole paranormal focus ruined the novel for me. I was able to listen to the audiobook while also following along in the e-book ARC provided by the publisher. The narrator did a good job with the material and brought the story to life, but it was not enough to overcome the real issue with the book — the plot and the conclusion. show less
I really enjoyed this wonderful medical mystery. I loved Mitt. I could not put this book down. I enjoyed all the medical jargon. I loved the paranormal aspects of the story also. I loved that the story is spooky.
Love the way it was written....where we are following Mitt around by the hour and day. Incredible story and wow...for the ending!!!
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Robin (Robert William Arthur) Cook, the master of the medical thriller novel, was born to Edgar Lee Cook, a commercial artist and businessman, and Audrey (Koons) Cook on May 4, 1940, in New York City. Cook spent his childhood in Leonia, New Jersey, and decided to become a doctor after seeing a football injury at his high school. He earned a B.A. show more from Wesleyan University in 1962, his M.D. from Columbia University in 1966, and completed postgraduate training at Harvard before joining the U.S. Navy. Cook began his first novel, The Year of the Intern, while serving on a submarine, basing it on his experiences as a surgical resident. In 1979, Cook wed Barbara Ellen Mougin, on whom the character Denise Sanger in Brain is based. When Year of the Intern did not do particularly well, Cook began an extensive study of other books in the genre to see what made a bestseller. He decided to focus on suspenseful medical mysteries, mixing intricately plotted murder and intrigue with medical technology, as a way to bring controversial ethical and social issues affecting the medical profession to the attention of the general public. His subjects include organ transplants, genetic engineering, experimentation with fetal tissue, cancer research and treatment, and deadly viruses. Cook put this format to work very successfully in his next books, Coma and Sphinx, which not only became bestsellers, but were eventually adapted for film. Three others, Terminal, Mortal Fear, and Virus, and Cook's first science- fiction work, Invasion, have been television movies. In 2014 her title, Cell made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Bellevue
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- Bellevue
- Original publication date
- 2024-12-03
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- Michael “Mitt” Fuller,
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