The Diagnosis: A Novel Audiobook

" Read this for school... not sure what to think besides a total dissatisfaction with the lack of resolution... "

" I didn't even enjoy the process of reading this book that much... but I kept with it just hoping that there would be a payoff in the end. There wasn't. "

" pretty good but dropped the ball at the end..... "

" Intriguing at first, but became increasingly difficult to read. Difficult in the boring sense, which is a shame because it was well written. The email excerpts really started to bother me, mostly because of the intentional typos. I enjoyed the fictional Socrates side story, but I don't think I've made the connection yet to how it relates to Bill. Something to discuss at book club... "

" I kept waiting for something to happen. After 369 pages I was still waiting. "

" As some of the other reviewers have noted, my expectations for this book were high, based on my reading of "Einstein's Dreams." I kept waiting for this book to capture my interest but it never did. "

" I had read part of this novel some years ago but not finished it. Now I've read the whole thing. Mixed feelings. I'll quote Kirkus Reviews, which says it best: "haunting if ultimately unsatisfying metafiction." "

" I read this book for the AP Institute Conference in Vermont. I can honestly say I didn't really enjoy the book, but I did like the issues it brought up and the discussions we had as a result of it. "

" DON'T GET SICK !!!!!! "

" I'll give you a diagnosis, alright. You have suckitis. "

" The most maddening aspect of this book was how pitiful the payoff is at the end. The poor reader suffers through 300+ pages of worrying about the main character who suffers from an undiagnosed illness only to find out....nothing. "

" Not a bad concept but poorly executed in almost every way. "

" Interesting book about a man in health care hell. Did I enjoy it? No, but it made me very anxious, and i had to finish it, so it must have been good "

" I actually listened to this on tape. I buy used tapes so don't always have much selection. Picked this becausese I tend to be fascinated by things medical. I kept listening in hopes of a resolution. Btween the first tape and the last I suffered through a major Slough of Bad Writing. "

" I didn't love it but was excited by its relevance to my research interests in modern technology, disease, neurasthenia, gender, etc. "

" A really really bad book. Don't waste your time. Listened to this on CD, a decent ending might have saved it, but it was not to be. "

" Loved Einstein's Dreams, and so keep turning the pages hoping for something resembling that great read. Sadly disappointed, a dark and depressing book with on a small nightlight of hope throughout. Interesting touch of misspelled emails throughout - but lost its novelty by the end. "

" Well-written but bordering on too existential -- depressive tale from an author who readily admits he thinks technology will be society's downfall. "

" The Diagnosis: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Alan Lightman (2002) "

" As some of the other reviewers have noted, my expectations for this book were high, based on my reading of "Einstein's Dreams." I kept waiting for this book to capture my interest but it never did. "

" Well, it gathered steam and I enjoyed the ending (no spoilers). there are some messages therein, but also a literary exercise, I think, and that's not too much fun. "I'm not as f***ed as those people!" Whew! "

" Ahhhh, dang. Couldn't, just couldn't get through it. Fascinating topic but too much atmosphere of stifling, realistic office/corporate speak kept getting in the way. Picked it up because I LOVED Einstein's Dreams. "

" I really wanted to like this better, and I think the author has a lot to say about how our information-saturated culture makes it difficult to 'read, mark, learn & inwardly digest' the data that is sent our way, but it was ponderous reading. "