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bookswithemily's review against another edition
5.0
This book about about the Existeer called Felix who is seventy five. His job is to look after people who are terminally ill when they are dying, they support people to pass away without feeling fear of pain. The group started up because people with terminal illness couldn’t afford to go to Switzerland to end their pain. The book starts when Felix and a fellow colleague are helping a client. They have to be careful with what they are doing because authorities may think they are assisting with people dying. Although, their job is not illegal because they are not encouraging their clients to want to die, they are merely supporting people who want to die. They are there to make sure people do not die on their own.
Felix has a new partner and they head off to their first client together. After the death everything is going smoothly until they hear a noise in a different room and realise they they helped to kill the wrong man.
After reading the first page I was hooked. The detail is this book is incredible, it made me feel like I knew Felix. I really felt sorry for Felix when he described his relationship with his wife and son who had previously passed away.
I loved learning about Calvin, the police officer looking at the case. It was good to get a view of both sides of the story and learning about what happened.
I was so happy to receive this ebook from Netgalley, Belinda Bauer’s book, Snap, was incredible and this book followed in its footsteps. As always the writing in this book was phenomenal, I will always enjoy a Bauer book. 5/5 stars.
Felix has a new partner and they head off to their first client together. After the death everything is going smoothly until they hear a noise in a different room and realise they they helped to kill the wrong man.
After reading the first page I was hooked. The detail is this book is incredible, it made me feel like I knew Felix. I really felt sorry for Felix when he described his relationship with his wife and son who had previously passed away.
I loved learning about Calvin, the police officer looking at the case. It was good to get a view of both sides of the story and learning about what happened.
I was so happy to receive this ebook from Netgalley, Belinda Bauer’s book, Snap, was incredible and this book followed in its footsteps. As always the writing in this book was phenomenal, I will always enjoy a Bauer book. 5/5 stars.
katerino50's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
owls_rainbow's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Assisted suicide
clacksee's review against another edition
4.0
A completely unusual novel full of twists and surprises.
bubblehead_1994's review against another edition
I tried so hard... but it just did not grip me from the beginning so i kept putting it down, and then when i tried to continue i was lost as to what was going on...
librarian_janet's review against another edition
No connection; actively avoided reading it
radhikabhushan's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
5.0
jennifermreads's review against another edition
4.0
Felix Pink volunteers as an Exiteer, someone who sits by the side of the terminally ill as they die by suicide. A short time after he watches his most recent client take his last breath, Felix realizes the wrong man has died. Was it a mistake? Or deliberate? Either way, Felix’s quiet life just got put into a tailspin.
An intriguing premise whose main character was so endearing your heart will explode with compassion for him. Poor Felix. Alone in the world following the death of his son and then his wife. After watching both suffer in the end, Felix joined the Exiteers to assist others who decide to end their suffering rather than wait for the inevitable end. This could have dived into an intense “assisted suicide” debate. Instead, readers are taken into Felix’s heart and mind as he struggles to unravel answers while debating if he should turn himself in.
Equally enchanting was the I-don’t-want-to-be-an-investigator-I’m-happy-in-uniform police officer Calvin. His scenes and reminiscences left me wanting to know more about his complicated youth and reasons for his hesitations on moving up in police ranks.
Exit was guilty of a late night and early morning so that I could get to the last page. Darn those heavy eyes for not cooperating and letting me finish without a nighttime “nap”! This was my first Belinda Bauer book. I suspect it will not be my last.
An intriguing premise whose main character was so endearing your heart will explode with compassion for him. Poor Felix. Alone in the world following the death of his son and then his wife. After watching both suffer in the end, Felix joined the Exiteers to assist others who decide to end their suffering rather than wait for the inevitable end. This could have dived into an intense “assisted suicide” debate. Instead, readers are taken into Felix’s heart and mind as he struggles to unravel answers while debating if he should turn himself in.
Equally enchanting was the I-don’t-want-to-be-an-investigator-I’m-happy-in-uniform police officer Calvin. His scenes and reminiscences left me wanting to know more about his complicated youth and reasons for his hesitations on moving up in police ranks.
Exit was guilty of a late night and early morning so that I could get to the last page. Darn those heavy eyes for not cooperating and letting me finish without a nighttime “nap”! This was my first Belinda Bauer book. I suspect it will not be my last.
jazzlovestoread's review against another edition
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0