Deadly Practice

Deadly Practice is written by Bill Yancey and is a loose sequel many years later to Reluctant Intern. The main character continues to be Dr. Addison “Addy” Wolf.

Addison finds himself returning to Florida (the place of his internship) after failure with his own medical clinic. He takes on a position with a private clinic with people he had worked with in the past. Everything is going great until he meets Sarafea Seville, the office manager who is out for money, no matter whose job she must squeeze it from.

Although constantly complaining that people are overpaid for their positions, she still manages to constantly create more positions with less qualified people making higher ranges for any employees that she fires. The partners that created the new Care facilities seem content to let her run it into the ground as long as the profits continue to soar and they can reap the benefits.

The book has a slightly rocky start, moving at a rather slow pace and lacking flow between chapters, but luckily as Addy settles into his new position the suspense builds and the pace picks up. I once again enjoyed the witty humor smattered throughout the book.

I love that Addy is more interested in being a good doctor, but also has the balls to stand up for himself. Sarafea is an attractive, power-hungry, ballsy dictator as she swiftly takes over every aspect of the clinics. When death attempts begin on Sarafea’s life, it’s hard to know for sure who may be the culprit with the amount of people who wish for her death.

Addy desperately wants to leave the job that he hates that begins putting a strain on his marriage and even his health. Unfortunately, he staked everything he had on this being a lucrative opportunity and does not have the freedom due to debt to just relocate again so quickly. His sanity is partially maintained due to his friendship with ex-Navy Seal, Jake Harer and their frequent handball appointments. Harer’s hatred of Sarafea leads Addy to wonder if the death attempts are coming from his friend and place him in a precarious position.

Yancey again does a splendid job of creating real people and circumstances that always make the reader question if he is writing partially from self-experience. The narration is well done and the descriptions help you get to know the characters and the way that they are feeling to drive their actions.

Overall I give this book 4/5 stars. It was great to revisit Addy and the medical word with Yancey. I did hope to see more conspiracy against Sarafea, but the book took a realistic standpoint. If you are interested in Medical Suspense, Mystery, fiction, etc., this book is for you.

*I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Reluctant Intern

I was given a copy of this book by the author Bill Yancey in exchange for an honest review.

I was definitely interested in this book from the description.  The book is based around the experiences of the main character, Addison Wolfe, or Addy...  sometimes even Wolfie.  A former military man who was rejected by NASA and is now a medical intern at a hospital in Florida in the 1970s. 

The book was very insightful into the life of a medical intern at that time and it was great to read the little hidden jokes about new technology that is used in the medical field today.  I must feign ignorance on the majority of medical terminology but Bill was good about his descriptions into what he was talking about. 

It was very interesting to read about the medical internship especially at this time in history.  I took this to be a historical fiction book, likely based upon some of the author's own experiences based off of his history. 

It took a little bit of getting used to all of the medical setting in the beginning, but the book had great flow and it was easy to get into.  I was able to enjoy it while I read it, and the characters were relate-able to real people. Bill wrote characters that you rooted for and characters that you disliked.  There were some pretty crazy patient stories and although I knew that basically medical interns didn't sleep much, it was a real eye opener to all of the different departments that they can make their rounds in.  It was great to see Addy grow as a character as his knowledge of the medical world, the world and himself grew along with the story.  He also through in some crazy events that I don't want to spoil for you. 

I can't say that it was something that I normally read, but it was definitely a great enjoyable read and I am glad that I took the time to go through it.  I am also glad that Bill Yancey shared his story with me.  I would definitely read another one of his books as he is definitely writing from an intelligent stand point.  I give this book 4/5 stars and definitely recommend it to anyone, especially if you are interested in the medical world.