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A review by lberestecki
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
4.0
It seems that this book was pretty heavily fictional and didn't accurately portray Lili's story (particularly as it related to other characters), but it was nice that the author acknowledged that at the end.
I thought the Doctor character (an amalgam of the doctors that actually performed Lili's surgeries) was quite interesting because while he was really helping Lili, he seemed to be acting highly unethically and with more interest in gaining fame for himself than in finding peace for his patients.
My big complaint about this book was that I never felt that the author had a solid grip on who he wanted Greta to be so she never really felt like a fully realized character. I think she's just as interesting as Lili, so that was disappointing.
I thought the Doctor character (an amalgam of the doctors that actually performed Lili's surgeries) was quite interesting because while he was really helping Lili, he seemed to be acting highly unethically and with more interest in gaining fame for himself than in finding peace for his patients.
My big complaint about this book was that I never felt that the author had a solid grip on who he wanted Greta to be so she never really felt like a fully realized character. I think she's just as interesting as Lili, so that was disappointing.