Reviews

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

awlang's review against another edition

Didn't like the style of writing, too much medical terminology 

paigewporter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

setauuta's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.0

If you're coming to this from the TV show, be aware that the tone is VERY different - much darker and grittier than the show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Body horror, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, and Rape

kirsty_jane23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Confinement, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Car accident

staceeyt's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Rape, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

jessicaychambers's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

_sweetdaisy_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Police brutality

brendalovesbooks's review against another edition

3.0

This book was pretty suspenseful, and I didn't figure out who the killer was ahead of time. The thing I didn't like about this story was that there was too much medical and technical mumbo jumbo.

edshara's review against another edition

4.0

While I like the character of Rizzoli better on television than I do in this book, I still enjoyed the book. The story kept me interested and even the manner of the crime was interesting, because its different from other mystery novels I've read. I hope the book version of Rizzoli grows on me because I really want to continue reading the series.