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smoothlikebutter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Medical content and Death
Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, and Sexism
Minor: Suicide attempt, Abortion, and Child death
trynaread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Medical content
stephs_cozycorner's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Sexism
halkid2's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Despite the fact that it is illegal for women to be practicing surgeons in 1840s London, Nora is desperate to further her studies. She is offered the opportunity to study at the prestigious University of Bologna in Italy, where women CAN earn a medical degree. Of course, that doesn’t mean there is no discrimination against female students. But Nora, already well trained by her quirky but brilliant adoptive father Dr. Horace Croft, feels she will be able to keep up, even as she struggles to understand a new language.
Meanwhile Dr. Daniel Gibson remains in London, expanding his own knowledge and helping Dr. Croft expand and advance their joint practice, though that expansion is getting Dr. Croft deeper and deeper into debt.
As I watched Nora navigate her medical school studies I found I was getting angrier and angrier. As expected, there are male students who ignore and gossip about her, predatory professors who refuse to give her opportunities to learn and discount the knowledge and experience she already has, and quite a few who believe Nora is there only because of undeserved favoritism. (Many of the same issues smart and successful women still face.) Fortunately Nora does find one prominent woman to mentor her and one fellow medical student to befriend her.
Will Nora be able to complete her studies in this hostile environment? If she does, what good will a medical degree do her in England? Can she and Daniel maintain their long distance attachment while she’s away? And what about aging Dr. Croft’s state of health and mounting debt? Will the jealous Dr. Vickery sabotage Dr. Croft again? There’s a lot to resolve.
THE SURGEON’S DAUGHTER is full of emotion (I cried twice) and suspense and a worthy sequel to THE GIRL IN HIS SHADOW. I loved continuing the stories of Nora and Daniel, Dr. Croft and Harry Trimble as they navigate the rapidly expanding medical world of 1840s. I’m hoping there will soon be a third novel in this series.
Graphic: Medical content
writteninmagic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Sexism
kaylamoran's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Infertility, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Gore, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Toxic relationship and Sexual harassment
tararising's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death and Medical content
Moderate: Pregnancy and Child death
marigold82's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Medical trauma and Blood
Minor: Sexual harassment
amerikanerin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abortion, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Miscarriage
monshap's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood and Medical content
Minor: Suicide attempt