Reviews

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

avareadssometimes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

lilgnocchi's review against another edition

4.0

very good story, kept me guessing. i disliked the female cop lady. she was not a girls girl at all, and i did not enjoy all her self pity. 

tessa_vnl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

De chirurg sluipt ’s nachts de slaapkamers binnen van nietsvermoedende vrouwen. Als hij binnen is, laat hij hen verschrikkelijke dingen ondergaan. Dokter Catherine Cordell is de enige hoop van de politie, aangezien zij twee jaar geleden eenzelfde lot onderging, maar haar aanrander neerschoot. Kan rechercheur Thomas Moore haar beschermen tegen deze vreselijke jager? 

 

In dit deel maken we kennis met rechercheur Jane Rizzoli, echter is zij in dit deel niet het hoofdpersonage. Daarbij is zij in dit deel ook niet mijn favoriete karakter, ik had eigenlijk een beetje een hekel aan haar in het begin, maar zo halverwege begon ik wat sympathie te voelen. Ook is Isles nog niet in dit deel aanwezig. Ben je bekend met de serie Rizzoli & Isles, dan zal dit boek ver daar vandaan zijn (de serie begint namelijk ook bij het tweede boek van de serie). 

Dat neemt niet weg dat ik dit een zeer sterk boek vind. Het laat duidelijk zien wat voor een impact de misdaden hebben op het leven van de slachtoffers. Het is zeer grafisch beschreven, dus wees daar op voorbereid. De personages staan sterk: zowel hun sterke als hun zwakke punten. Het is een vlot lezend boek, met vele twisten. 

ashleylynn3421's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

juliabragg's review against another edition

2.0

Oh this book. I don't even know how I feel about it. I 'think' I liked it, but I don't know. I understand that statement doesn't even make sense but it is the only way I can describe it. The story itself was good. But the writing? I feel like it was almost TOO full of details. Too much filler content. Too much medical jargon. I felt like I kept reading, and reading, and reading, and reading, and truly not getting any further in the book. It usually takes me 2 days to complete a book, and this book took 2 days for me to get to 30% even though I was reading at my normal speed and as much as I usually do.. The story was good, the writing was.... different.

alix_the_book_witch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

faithsathenaeum's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

shanayaareads's review against another edition

5.0

Tess Gerritsen knows how to write a thriller! I had such a blast reading this book and slotting the pieces together to decipher who the Surgeon was and his origins and connections to the other serial killer. & I must say, that I was extremely successful (I feel like a detective for coming to the conclusions I did, before the characters)

Gerritsen’s writing is pretty and intricate, if it can be described as such. It has a way of sucking you in. Which means that I devoured this book in no time at all.

My only complaint is that There wasn’t enough Rizzoli and certainly no Isles here. I kept waiting for Maura to appear and kept being disappointed. Hopefully this doesn’t persist in book two.

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