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Pharmakon (2008)

by Dirk Wittenborn(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0670019429 (ISBN13: 9780670019427)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: Pharmakon is a fascinating look at the beginnings of America's huge dependence on mood aids as well as the inner workings of early drug trials. Each of the family members was unique in their own way and very well developed. I agree with other readers that the first half of the book seemed to have a better story plot.At first the ending was unsatisfying for me, but then as I sat and thought back on the book I found it sadly ironic that Will Friedrich spent his life trying to develop the perfect prescription for happiness and winds up lying in bed in an empty house, wanting to cry but unable to do so and wondering "if there might be a way to prescribe tears."
review 2: I enjoyed this book, but as many reviewers have noted - it just seems to end, without tying ... moreup many loose ends. We are to assume that the book itself is written by the youngest son Zach - based on the prologue. But what is up with the unexplained "Sock Moments"? This seemed to be something I thought was going to be explained in further detail but it never was. Also, I thought Casper would return - he didn't. I get the "haunting" of Casper, which is rather clever because he is the "ghost" of a family. There are many good points to this story except the ending left it lacking and made me wonder why I bothered to read it. I thought Friedrich would come to some epiphany, maybe the wife would finally leave him or come to some epiphany? Nobody seems to grow and characters become stale. I enjoyed all portions, but it just lacked an ending. less

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