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chillcox15's review
5.0
Rebelling against the pharma-patriarchy by going absolutely ham on your gynecologist. That's that good shit.
pearloz's review
4.0
Whoa. An affair between a gynecologist and a patient--the characters had a "proper" affect to them that the book feel almost like a play? I wouldn't say they were wooden since there was a lot of lust here, a lot of "flushing" but they were pretty stoic. It was oddly charming despite it's once-controversial subject matter...the book ends in tragedy. Near the end we get a chapter that begins "The doctor easily grew more accustomed to viewing Laura as a lover rather than a patient." The doctor's remove/bedside manner throughout came across as objectification, and from here on, his objectification becomes neglect--to the point of her death, despite her pain, despite all the discomfort, despite the physical evidence he is aware of. After her death, we get stuff like "Poor little girl" and "poor thing"...and it's all just so obvious. Great book.
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