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lit_with_leigh's review against another edition
2.0
Thank you TCK Publishing, IBPA, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. IYKYK, my review are always honest.
2.5 rounded down.
TRIGGER WARNING: explicit suicide and self harm
This was an attempted buddy read with Chantel, but the prologue gave her a brain aneurysm so she's still recovering.
THE PLOT
Dr. Glass is a psychologist who gets some heat after defending mothers who murder their own kids. Shocker—not everyone agrees with her and she starts getting threatening letters. Anddddd that's all I can say without giving the rest away.
MY OPINION
Usually I give three scores for writing, plot, and the ending, but I found this difficult because the first half of this book is garbagio and the second half snapped back like J Lo after giving birth to twins. When this book is good, it is GOODT, but when it's bad, it's a crime against humanity.
First half lowlights:
- Shitty supporting characters: Lucy the fat-shaming/fatphobic "nutritionist" can fuck right off with her outdated BMI bs. Kat and her synchronizing tongue flicks with her snake can also exit immediately. Major horse girl/pick me energy with this one.
- Idk what it's called but the fat fetish sex scenes can also go ... really unnecessary. Literally has no relevance to the overall story.
- A lot of unnecessary details about the clinic's parking situation, the colour of the walls, etc.
- Prologue nearly killed me and after I finished I don't see where it fit in with the story?????
Second half highlights:
- After the fat fetish couple, Kat, and fat phobic Lucy POVs were dramatically scaled back, the book was WAAAYYYY more enjoyable. I liked the unravelling of Drew's mental state and Emma's struggle with Stockholm Syndrome. If the novel had kicked off from the kidnapping, it would've been much better overall. It's really the scenes between Drew and Emma (esp the scene where Drew goes fully off the depend) that lifted this rating to a 3, otherwise it was giving me 1.5 stars AT BEST.
- I enjoyed Emma's inner conflict about the whole kidnapping ordeal with Drew... I've always been fascinated by Stockholm Syndrome and I found this to be a decent exploration of this complex coping mechanism.
- I'm glad Emma located her logic and reasoning at the end and chucked the deuces up
Overall concerns:
- Tryna figure out how Lucy was in her 20s or at most early 30s, but her mom was 86????? I know I'm bad at math, but unless this was some sort of miracle birth situation, it's not adding up.
- I dead ass thought Emma was like 40 yrs old, not besties with Lucy since they went to college together. Emma gave me old lady vibes, whereas Lucy seemed like she was constantly a deer in headlights.
- Too much "male gaze" type writing despite the female author. I'm talking "tight ass" "pert breasts" type of crapola.
- Why did AJ do what he did? What was his motive? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- Unrelated to the book's content, but it seems like this book was previously published in April 2021? The description is diff on Goodreads, but it's def the same book. Not sure what's going on there?
PROS AND CONS
Pros: Second half tightened tf up thank GOD, good psychological insights
Cons: First half, nonsensical POVs, dumbass characters, weird, misplaced prologue
2.5 rounded down.
TRIGGER WARNING: explicit suicide and self harm
This was an attempted buddy read with Chantel, but the prologue gave her a brain aneurysm so she's still recovering.
THE PLOT
Dr. Glass is a psychologist who gets some heat after defending mothers who murder their own kids. Shocker—not everyone agrees with her and she starts getting threatening letters. Anddddd that's all I can say without giving the rest away.
MY OPINION
Usually I give three scores for writing, plot, and the ending, but I found this difficult because the first half of this book is garbagio and the second half snapped back like J Lo after giving birth to twins. When this book is good, it is GOODT, but when it's bad, it's a crime against humanity.
First half lowlights:
- Shitty supporting characters: Lucy the fat-shaming/fatphobic "nutritionist" can fuck right off with her outdated BMI bs. Kat and her synchronizing tongue flicks with her snake can also exit immediately. Major horse girl/pick me energy with this one.
- Idk what it's called but the fat fetish sex scenes can also go ... really unnecessary. Literally has no relevance to the overall story.
- A lot of unnecessary details about the clinic's parking situation, the colour of the walls, etc.
- Prologue nearly killed me and after I finished I don't see where it fit in with the story?????
Second half highlights:
- After the fat fetish couple, Kat, and fat phobic Lucy POVs were dramatically scaled back, the book was WAAAYYYY more enjoyable. I liked the unravelling of Drew's mental state and Emma's struggle with Stockholm Syndrome. If the novel had kicked off from the kidnapping, it would've been much better overall. It's really the scenes between Drew and Emma (esp the scene where Drew goes fully off the depend) that lifted this rating to a 3, otherwise it was giving me 1.5 stars AT BEST.
- I enjoyed Emma's inner conflict about the whole kidnapping ordeal with Drew... I've always been fascinated by Stockholm Syndrome and I found this to be a decent exploration of this complex coping mechanism.
- I'm glad Emma located her logic and reasoning at the end and chucked the deuces up
Overall concerns:
- Tryna figure out how Lucy was in her 20s or at most early 30s, but her mom was 86????? I know I'm bad at math, but unless this was some sort of miracle birth situation, it's not adding up.
- I dead ass thought Emma was like 40 yrs old, not besties with Lucy since they went to college together. Emma gave me old lady vibes, whereas Lucy seemed like she was constantly a deer in headlights.
- Too much "male gaze" type writing despite the female author. I'm talking "tight ass" "pert breasts" type of crapola.
- Why did AJ do what he did? What was his motive? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- Unrelated to the book's content, but it seems like this book was previously published in April 2021? The description is diff on Goodreads, but it's def the same book. Not sure what's going on there?
PROS AND CONS
Pros: Second half tightened tf up thank GOD, good psychological insights
Cons: First half, nonsensical POVs, dumbass characters, weird, misplaced prologue
encounterswiththemoon's review against another edition
1.0
In a floundering attempt at eliciting intellectually stimulating dialogue, Worthington presents the reader with Emma-Jane who is a psychologist in title alone as we quickly become acquainted with her unchallenged inability to perform her job with any level of professionalism, dignity, poise or intellect. The plot revolves around Emma-Jane, Dr. Glass, as she expresses repeatedly convenient pieces of information that one might necessitate for comprehension of the book should one be continuous, as they say, out to lunch. Dr. Glass receives letters that perpetuate a promise of violence on her person by a man later known to us as Drew; an individual who has been seeing Dr. Glass in what we are to believe is the hopes of healing from the separation from his wife & child in a sudden series of events.
I find it particularly tiring to read about characters who are lacking in every sense of the word. Dr. Glass provides the reader with no reasons to seek to empathize with her character or the situations in which she finds herself. The enumerable amount of times that we read about her posing her patients’ questions which may be regarded as those that one might seek to recall in a beginner's guide to socializing are shockingly incompetent. Lest we forget that this is an individual who has supposedly gone through years of schooling to ensure that their presence in a professional capacity might elicit the healing & growth of individuals who find themselves in situations necessitating a helping hand.
Given that this story’s main character is a psychologist it is accurate to assume that the subject matter of this book touches on points that pertain to the health of the brain & subsequently illnesses that might be termed as neurological disorders. Before moving forward I would like to highlight that I am not someone who is personally or professionally in a position to make remarks on the authentic representation of said illnesses &/or disorders. Therefore, my comments should be recognized as coming from someone who read through this book without personal or educational weight to back my impressions & opinions.
I admit to you that after reaching the 30% mark of this book my brain sought escapism in the uniformed colour block of my walls; I could not find it in myself to dedicate brain activity to continuing to read this book. It is ridiculous to include such banal physical emphasis in a story which seeks to highlight the terrors which reside in the human psyche. This story sheds light on the detriment which is Postpartum Depression, the weight which is motherhood & all the expectations which coincide with the role & yet the author saw fit to invest every ounce of energy into describing the physical attributes of the characters rather than placing substance & decorum on the morose consequences of untreated mental illness.
I do not care to read about how sensually seductive any of the characters are in a story which requires me to take the subject matter seriously. Drew’s wife abandoned her home after being told that her husband was going to leave her & keep full custody of their son when the mistress of one of his many affairs got it into her head that she was more than the physical attributes the author listed her as being. Running away on a whim of what might assume to be a trigger; Evie commits a murder-suicide in which she hangs her child from a tree. To read about a death that is so horrifically morbid only for future conversations to ride on the back of some tertiary character being the sole reason for the deaths is mind-numbingly stupid.
A person has killed their child & has then killed themselves. At what point in the series of events lead this to happen does it make logical sense to point the blame at a person who was simply shooting the shit by telling Kat, the mistress, that Drew was in love with her? We spend the entirety of this book reading over dialogue which seeks to emphasize how common it is for women to feel mentally burdened in their roles as parents while also emphasizing how quickly the tides might turn when their mental illnesses are not addressed in a way that might see them return to healthy living alongside their children. Yet, at the first opportunity to showcase a study in which a person was triggered by an unknown cause, as we have no tangible way of stating which aspect of the conversation with Kat truly pushed Evie over the edge, the author circles back & utilizes a tertiary character as the main villain. This downplays the severity of the subject matter immensely.
I appreciate that this is a work of fiction & that this book is one which will find enjoyment in the lives of people very unlike myself. However, having paid attention to the trajectory of this story I must wonder why the course was shifted so suddenly as to ridicule the depth which might have been taken had the author seen fit to include a full coming to terms with the consequences of dissociated relationships, parenthood, mental health, etc.
There are ample tertiary characters who are sprinkled throughout the pages of this book. Jennifer, one such character, is in a relationship in which the sexual kink presented is that of Feederism. Lucy, a secondary character & holistic nutritionist, meets with Jennifer a handful of times in the hopes of highlighting to her the dangers of the practice in which she & her partner are partaking. It is in no way my place to shame anyone for their consensual sexual practices. That being said, this book felt like a case of attempting to collect tidbits from all over the globe with the goal to piece together a janky puzzle. The inclusion of a fat character was not necessary. The reader deduced that the underlying subject matter of this book would be the sensual relationship that might exist between human beings & their consumption of food. That is to say that it might range from the arousal of love when someone makes a meal to literal sexual eroticism.
Lucy’s character is presented in a light which leads the reader to conclude that Jennifer & her partner are in the wrong & that everyone who practices Feederism is an imbecile. Jennifer develops severely troubling physical ailments yet refuses to acknowledge them because she is after the thrill of sexual encounters with her partner. Again, this is not my place to commentate on the consensual sexual practices of others but, this entire aspect felt as though an entire community of people were being put down for something which is not commonly understood. Perhaps, had this subject been incorporated in a kinder light we might not see Jennifer being described as ailing while in the room with Lucy who diverges from her diet when she exercises. We also read about characters whom we may assume to be straight-sized, who experience arousal with food, regularly describing in both inner monologues & dialogue how wonderful it feels to consume food.
When all is said & done I am left wondering who this book is for. I can confirm that it is not me. I cannot begin to understand how we might be reading about Kat finding sexual arousal from her pet snake, which is Zoophilia, to the general enjoyment one might encounter when sharing a thoughtfully prepared meal with another person. How can a plot request the reader to be trusting in a psychologist who refuses to seek help from any policing bodies when she receives threatening letters?
We are thrown for loops across expanses of dialogues that seek to reinforce a general theme that is clearly understood & results in the movement of the plot being stalled. The ideas contained in this book could be worked into a presented text which would see them rotundly take their place as the orotund subject matters they are.
Thank you to NetGalley, TCK Publishing, & Louise Worthington for the free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
boundtwobooks's review against another edition
2.0
This book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review. I am always extremely grateful for the authors, publishers, and publicists who trust me enough to send me books to review.
There are many interesting plot ideas throughout this novel. However, the writing and execution of these ideas fell flat. I always felt like I wanted more from this story, and the writing felt repetitive and overwritten at times. This detracted from the character development and overall plot.
There are many interesting plot ideas throughout this novel. However, the writing and execution of these ideas fell flat. I always felt like I wanted more from this story, and the writing felt repetitive and overwritten at times. This detracted from the character development and overall plot.
girlwiththepinkskimask's review against another edition
2.0
Thank you TCK Publishing, IBPA, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. IYKYK, my review are always honest.
2.5 rounded down.
TRIGGER WARNING: explicit suicide and self harm
This was an attempted buddy read with Chantel, but the prologue gave her a brain aneurysm so she's still recovering.
THE PLOT
Dr. Glass is a psychologist who gets some heat after defending mothers who murder their own kids. Shocker—not everyone agrees with her and she starts getting threatening letters. Anddddd that's all I can say without giving the rest away.
MY OPINION
Usually I give three scores for writing, plot, and the ending, but I found this difficult because the first half of this book is garbagio and the second half snapped back like J Lo after giving birth to twins. When this book is good, it is GOODT, but when it's bad, it's a crime against humanity.
First half lowlights:
- Shitty supporting characters: Lucy the fat-shaming/fatphobic "nutritionist" can fuck right off with her outdated BMI bs. Kat and her synchronizing tongue flicks with her snake can also exit immediately. Major horse girl/pick me energy with this one.
- Idk what it's called but the fat fetish sex scenes can also go ... really unnecessary. Literally has no relevance to the overall story.
- A lot of unnecessary details about the clinic's parking situation, the colour of the walls, etc.
- Prologue nearly killed me and after I finished I don't see where it fit in with the story?????
Second half highlights:
- After the fat fetish couple, Kat, and fat phobic Lucy POVs were dramatically scaled back, the book was WAAAYYYY more enjoyable. I liked the unravelling of Drew's mental state and Emma's struggle with Stockholm Syndrome. If the novel had kicked off from the kidnapping, it would've been much better overall. It's really the scenes between Drew and Emma (esp the scene where Drew goes fully off the depend) that lifted this rating to a 3, otherwise it was giving me 1.5 stars AT BEST.
- I enjoyed Emma's inner conflict about the whole kidnapping ordeal with Drew... I've always been fascinated by Stockholm Syndrome and I found this to be a decent exploration of this complex coping mechanism.
- I'm glad Emma located her logic and reasoning at the end and chucked the deuces up
Overall concerns:
- Tryna figure out how Lucy was in her 20s or at most early 30s, but her mom was 86????? I know I'm bad at math, but unless this was some sort of miracle birth situation, it's not adding up.
- I dead ass thought Emma was like 40 yrs old, not besties with Lucy since they went to college together. Emma gave me old lady vibes, whereas Lucy seemed like she was constantly a deer in headlights.
- Too much "male gaze" type writing despite the female author. I'm talking "tight ass" "pert breasts" type of crapola.
- Why did AJ do what he did? What was his motive? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- Unrelated to the book's content, but it seems like this book was previously published in April 2021? The description is diff on Goodreads, but it's def the same book. Not sure what's going on there?
PROS AND CONS
Pros: Second half tightened tf up thank GOD, good psychological insights
Cons: First half, nonsensical POVs, dumbass characters, weird, misplaced prologue
2.5 rounded down.
TRIGGER WARNING: explicit suicide and self harm
This was an attempted buddy read with Chantel, but the prologue gave her a brain aneurysm so she's still recovering.
THE PLOT
Dr. Glass is a psychologist who gets some heat after defending mothers who murder their own kids. Shocker—not everyone agrees with her and she starts getting threatening letters. Anddddd that's all I can say without giving the rest away.
MY OPINION
Usually I give three scores for writing, plot, and the ending, but I found this difficult because the first half of this book is garbagio and the second half snapped back like J Lo after giving birth to twins. When this book is good, it is GOODT, but when it's bad, it's a crime against humanity.
First half lowlights:
- Shitty supporting characters: Lucy the fat-shaming/fatphobic "nutritionist" can fuck right off with her outdated BMI bs. Kat and her synchronizing tongue flicks with her snake can also exit immediately. Major horse girl/pick me energy with this one.
- Idk what it's called but the fat fetish sex scenes can also go ... really unnecessary. Literally has no relevance to the overall story.
- A lot of unnecessary details about the clinic's parking situation, the colour of the walls, etc.
- Prologue nearly killed me and after I finished I don't see where it fit in with the story?????
Second half highlights:
- After the fat fetish couple, Kat, and fat phobic Lucy POVs were dramatically scaled back, the book was WAAAYYYY more enjoyable. I liked the unravelling of Drew's mental state and Emma's struggle with Stockholm Syndrome. If the novel had kicked off from the kidnapping, it would've been much better overall. It's really the scenes between Drew and Emma (esp the scene where Drew goes fully off the depend) that lifted this rating to a 3, otherwise it was giving me 1.5 stars AT BEST.
- I enjoyed Emma's inner conflict about the whole kidnapping ordeal with Drew... I've always been fascinated by Stockholm Syndrome and I found this to be a decent exploration of this complex coping mechanism.
- I'm glad Emma located her logic and reasoning at the end and chucked the deuces up
Overall concerns:
- Tryna figure out how Lucy was in her 20s or at most early 30s, but her mom was 86????? I know I'm bad at math, but unless this was some sort of miracle birth situation, it's not adding up.
- I dead ass thought Emma was like 40 yrs old, not besties with Lucy since they went to college together. Emma gave me old lady vibes, whereas Lucy seemed like she was constantly a deer in headlights.
- Too much "male gaze" type writing despite the female author. I'm talking "tight ass" "pert breasts" type of crapola.
- Why did AJ do what he did? What was his motive? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- Unrelated to the book's content, but it seems like this book was previously published in April 2021? The description is diff on Goodreads, but it's def the same book. Not sure what's going on there?
PROS AND CONS
Pros: Second half tightened tf up thank GOD, good psychological insights
Cons: First half, nonsensical POVs, dumbass characters, weird, misplaced prologue
rachellay's review against another edition
4.0
3.75 stars
I enjoyed that the book was written from multiple perspectives, the pace the story read/was written at, and the overall plot line. I felt it could’ve went more into Drew and Evie’s relationship (possibly via journal entries from Evie). I also felt they storyline could’ve delved deeper into Dr Glass’s PTSD at the end. Although I felt the middle to end was a bit wordy at parts, at the same time I felt the ending was a bit rushed.
I would like to thank TCK Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC of this book.
I enjoyed that the book was written from multiple perspectives, the pace the story read/was written at, and the overall plot line. I felt it could’ve went more into Drew and Evie’s relationship (possibly via journal entries from Evie). I also felt they storyline could’ve delved deeper into Dr Glass’s PTSD at the end. Although I felt the middle to end was a bit wordy at parts, at the same time I felt the ending was a bit rushed.
I would like to thank TCK Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC of this book.
terriep's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Thanks to TCK Publishing who sent me a copy of the book for review.
I had some problems with this story, starting with the prologue. I have no idea what it meant or what it has to do with the story. Then, the first chapter. It took a long time to connect that with the rest of the story.
The characters are mostly damaged, unpleasant people with no redeeming qualities which doesn't necessarily affect my liking the story - I like a bunch of damaged people sometimes. I had mixed emotions about psychologist Emma-Jane, and maybe that's what the author intended. Strong woman or obsessive, helpful or damaged? I found the side story of her friend Lucy and her obese client kind of unnecessary and unpleasant. Emma-Jane's patient Drew is represented appropriately as a mentally ill person that sometimes I felt sorry for and sometimes I thought he should be locked up. Side character Kat - well, a nasty piece of work that let jealousy get out of control, but again, not sure what she added to the story. And I never really figured out AJs motivation for his actions. From the beginning I didn't understand his place in the story.
I think more than the damaged, unlikeable characters, I felt like the story is disjointed and there are too many motivations left unexplained.
The author does put content warnings on the front page which are appropriate. This is a dark book with little redeeming pleasure or joy or contentment or anything positive for any of the characters.
On the plus side, I thought the descriptions of the countryside and people were well done. And the writing style is okay
I had some problems with this story, starting with the prologue. I have no idea what it meant or what it has to do with the story. Then, the first chapter. It took a long time to connect that with the rest of the story.
The characters are mostly damaged, unpleasant people with no redeeming qualities which doesn't necessarily affect my liking the story - I like a bunch of damaged people sometimes. I had mixed emotions about psychologist Emma-Jane, and maybe that's what the author intended. Strong woman or obsessive, helpful or damaged? I found the side story of her friend Lucy and her obese client kind of unnecessary and unpleasant. Emma-Jane's patient Drew is represented appropriately as a mentally ill person that sometimes I felt sorry for and sometimes I thought he should be locked up. Side character Kat - well, a nasty piece of work that let jealousy get out of control, but again, not sure what she added to the story. And I never really figured out AJs motivation for his actions. From the beginning I didn't understand his place in the story.
I think more than the damaged, unlikeable characters, I felt like the story is disjointed and there are too many motivations left unexplained.
The author does put content warnings on the front page which are appropriate. This is a dark book with little redeeming pleasure or joy or contentment or anything positive for any of the characters.
On the plus side, I thought the descriptions of the countryside and people were well done. And the writing style is okay
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide
Moderate: Mental illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Death, and Alcoholism
bookcloud's review
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Dr. Glass is a character driven account of a psychologist questioning herself after a traumatic experience with a patient.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
sucharita's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
chymerra's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
When I received the invite to review Doctor Glass, I was immediately intrigued by the synopsis. I am a massive fan of psychological thrillers and read any/all of that genre that I can get my hands on. So, I knew that I had to read this book between the synopsis and my love of psychological thrillers.
Doctor Glass had an engaging storyline. Emma-Jane Glass is a psychologist who had published a paper that made her very unpopular with her colleagues and clients. Doctor Glass starts receiving death threats, and very shortly after, she is kidnapped by the author of the notes. Being held captive, Doctor Glass uses her training to try and understand her captor. But that is dangerous, as Doctor Glass forms an attachment to her captor. Will she escape her captor? Will she become damaged?
I do want to warn everyone about trigger warnings. The author does mention it in the blurb so I will repeat that here along with a couple of my own. Her’s are self-harm, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, and suicide. I want to add maternal filicide and emotional abuse to the mix also. If any of these triggers you, I suggest you not read this book.
As I mentioned in the first paragraph, I am a massive fan of psychological thrillers. I love the rush that I get from reading them. I expected that from Doctor Glass, but I didn’t get it. Instead, I got more insight into grief, mental illness, and Stockholm Syndrome.
I did have a hard time following some of the secondary storylines in Doctor Glass. The couple had kinky sexual fetishes (fat fetish and smothering), the woman whose daughter died of an asthma attack, Lucy’s forays into dating, Kat’s disturbing obsession with Drew, and AJ’s relationship with Heather and Drew. They meandered around the main storyline, and honestly, only Lucy (to an extent), Kat, and AJ’s storylines added anything to the main storyline. The other two seemed like fillers to me and took away from what was happening.
Drew horrified and saddened me. I was horrified at how his actions contributed to what happened with his wife and son. I couldn’t even begin to fathom his guilt along with his grief. Emma-Jane’s paper did send him over the edge. When they were at the farmhouse, his scenes with Emma-Jane were some of the saddest that I have read. I did feel that Emma-Jane did get through to him by the end of her kidnapping, but we’ll never know.
I didn’t know how to feel about Emma-Jane. I did want to like her, and I was definitely in her court when she was kidnapped. But she came across as bland and sometimes unlikable. I also wish that the author had given more of Emma-Jane’s backstory. That way, I could have understood her a little better.
The secondary characters (as with the storylines) didn’t do anything for me. The only one that I was genuinely interested in was Kat. I was interested in her because of what came up halfway through the book. The others added nothing to the book.
The thriller angle was a little meh to me until Emma-Jane got kidnapped. At that point, it did pick up some steam but died once Lucy rescued her. I wish that the author had kept it up for a bit longer.
I mentioned above that the book gave me insight into mental illness, grief, and Stockholm Syndrome. I did enjoy those parts of the book because that is when it came alive for me. I felt that the author very well wrote the mental illness angle of the book and the grief angle almost took my breath away. I shed tears along with that character.
There was a twist in the plot that I didn’t see coming. That twist also tied together Emma-Jane and Drew’s plotline together. I will say that Kat is an evil person, and I hope she gets what she deserves!!!
The end of Doctor Glass was more introspective than anything. I’m not going to get into it, but it was almost soothing to see how Emma-Jane dealt with everything.
I would recommend Doctor Glass to anyone over 21. There is language, moderate violence, and moderate sexual scenes.