Let's Kill All the Lawyers-Tim Howard

Book: Let's Kill All the Lawyers
Author: Tim Howard
Publisher: Brown Dog Books

Do you think that decisions that seem wrong in hindsight should be challenged in a court of law?

Let’s Kill All the Lawyers by Tim Howard id the story of a doctor and a lawyer, who are both stressed by their work, and by personal demons. Thrown together by chance, but each needing the skills and guidance of the other. Each is challenged and threatened by the law, and the impersonal way it arbitrates on fault, responsibility, and guilt. This story explores what it is like to be a good doctor whose professional competence is challenged, and how his lawyer does her best for him. It explores the way life and death decisions are made in hospitals, and how these have a consequence not only for patients, but also for those who must make those decisions. And how, in making them, the main players can be torn apart or drawn together.

The plot of the story is interesting in the fact that both primary characters are intricately linked and the way their mutual need for each other is explored is quite brilliant. Being a medico-legal story, the author has focused on both aspects equally and through the story has laid emphasis on the issues that are plaguing the NHS. Another interesting aspect of the storytelling is the linear plot that does not focus on building up thrill, rather than focusing on the characters’ emotions. The climax of the story is well plotted and brings a nice end to the entire story.

The character sketches are very well done, and we see the events unfold from the view of both, the lawyer and the doctor so a nice analysis is at play throughout the plot. The characters have nice depths and the way their personal life is used to narrate the story is interesting. The one thing I would have wanted improved is to have the name of the person mentioned at the beginning of the change of viewpoints, or some marker because it did become confusing at some points.

Overall, a wonderful story I would recommend to people who love reading this genre. The book scores a 4.13/5 for me.

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