⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5 stars
If you've read any of my other recent book reviews, you'll already know that I start each of them in the same way: every book starts off with the full surgery-load of 5 stars and I'm always hopeful that they will all still be firmly stuck in place by the time I close the back cover. You'll also know that I'm not shy about removing stars but I always give my reasons for each removal - they don't just vanish into thin air. In a single book I've replaced a star thanks to a magic little sentence at the back of the book and I'm more than willing to do it again as long as that sentence is there.
Let's get cracking with the reading and reviewing shall we?
Oh dear, a popular breakfast cereal is named on the second page so the star is already wobbly and I've only just started the first chapter!
The first chapter was good - threw me right into the thick of things. I hope this book has self-contained chapters so that I don't have to re-read the previous chapter after meals or overnight!
Oh dear, another trademarked product mentioned in the second chapter so the first star is coming off already, unfortunately.
The second chapter was pretty much self-contained so I hope all of them are like that.
I've just read page 78 (the last page of chapter 4) and based purely on what it said earlier on in the book, my jaw has just hit the floor!
Well that was a erm... different chapter to read lol I'm up to page 99 and the corners of my mouth are starting to move upwards ever so slightly... a must read - just be careful of some chapters around the time you eat lol
Ooh! The end of chapter 7 came out of nowhere!
I'm about half way through the book now and the last chapter was a bit of a rollercoaster but the author handled it really well!
Up to page 175 and I'm gonna stop reading for the day now... I'm loving it so far though and nothing too gory (yet!) either, which is a relief.
Oooh! That chapter has made me think that maybe something not very nice is about to hit the fan!
It's amazing what good doctors do for the patients when they've officially stopped working and especially when it's so simple and the patient is waiting to die anyway...
That chapter had me feeling a whole load of different things very quickly and in only a single chapter... the author has definitely got talent!
I've got exactly 100 pages left to read... will I be sobbing my heart out or grinning wildly by the time I close the back cover?
My heart broke for that poor patient as I was treated the same by my previous GP for something else and as soon as he saw the mental illness diagnosis, suddenly everything was psychosomatic.
There are only 70 pages left to read after I've had my lunch and I can't wait to escape for the rest of today back into this amazing book.
*That's* one of the reasons I could never be a medical bod and one of the reasons I've never left the UK lol
What a way to finish the book! The magic sentence wasn't there so it's a 4 star book that so easily could and should have been 5 stars, but if you're a nosey-parker like me, get this book bought and read!
No comments:
Post a Comment