Amanda O’Toole has been killed, and after she died four of her fingers were surgically removed by someone who obviously knew what they were doing.The police investigating the killing are convinced that Jennifer White has killed Amanda, who was her neighbour and best friend.Jennifer White is a retire...
I got this through goodreads giveaways! Thanks.Alice LaPlante's novel is entirely in the point of view of Dr. Jennifer White, who has early onset dementia and Alzheimer's. Her long time friend, Amanda, is murdered and has her fingers removed. Jennifer is suspected, due to being a hand surgeon, but c...
This book was absolutely amazing, in my opinion. The characters were stunningly realistic and I felt like I knew them all personally very quickly. The story was wonderful, the writing style was interesting and very much like reading the thoughts of the narrator (which was how it was supposed to be)....
It's a puzzlement how a book with no plot gains such popularity, but there you are. I give the author due credit for realistic portrayal of what it's like to have dementia, and what it's like for those trying to care for a person with dementia. As for any kind of actual story, the delivery is just t...
I wonder how accurate the author's portrayal of Alzheimer's is? If her illustration is correct, then damn, what an awesome literary device! I listened to the recorded version of this book - based on the other's reviews, now I want to go back and read the print version, to understand how the author'...
Thank you Goodreads' Giveaways. While I marked this as read (only to take it off my to-read list from the giveaways section), I have to say that I didn't make it past the first thirty pages or so- it's a DNF for me. Not that it was really terrible, just not my style in reading and I couldn't get int...
Honestly, this one unsettled me more than any other book I've read since The Road. (Can't see anything ever displacing that one from its position as King of the Bleak But Gripping Reads.) Hard not to look ahead and worry about whether some sort of dementia lurks and what the future holds. Preferabl...
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