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I finally got back to reading for fun, and last night I finished reading The First Patient. Basically, the book revolves around the doctor to the President trying to unravel a medical mystery. Gabe Singleton, a country doctor from Wyoming, is asked by Andrew Stoddard, his long-time friend and now President, to take the place of his missing doctor at the White House. Things get complicated with the president suffering from strange psychotic breaks, murder attempts on Dr. Singleton’s life, beautiful women, D.C. politics, and more.

The plot line, and theory behind the novel are excellent as usual. However, not everything is good with the book. There are several points in the novel where it seems very disjointed, almost as if the author was rushed to finish the book and left something out. Then there a plot line about an accident in Singleton’s past that doesn’t really need to be there. For most of the novel is a background plot line, and then at the climax of the novel the author brings it to the forefront, and nothing really happens with it.

Overall, it is a good read; nothing amazing. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.