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A review by victorias_booknook
The Clinic by Cate Quinn
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I enjoyed this novel for the most part and found it to a page turner. However I thought there were some parts where it fell apart a bit.
The main plot is that the MC goes undercover at a luxury rehab to investigate her sister's death which she believes to be foul play but has been labeled suicide. There are a lot of complications to her plan, but the two big ones are: 1) The MC, Meg is an actual addict with repressed trauma memories; just like her sister Haley who died in rehab. 2) There's more going on at the rehab than meets the eye.
When it was eventually revealed, I found the underlying trauma that the sisters in the book shared to be sort of anticlimactic. If you read it and find that callous, please keep in mind this is just my opinion, and I mean in contrast to all of the remembered trauma, as well as what the MC assumed she was repressing. It felt, otherwise, like a very good portrayal of the way that a child's mind can warp details of trauma, actually.
I also wasn't really satisfied with the way that the novel ended. It seemed kind of wishy washy. I would have expected a harsher, less open ending from the rest of the novel. But overall, it was a pretty good read. Just could have tied together better in the last 90 pages or so :)
The main plot is that the MC goes undercover at a luxury rehab to investigate her sister's death which she believes to be foul play but has been labeled suicide. There are a lot of complications to her plan, but the two big ones are: 1) The MC, Meg is an actual addict with repressed trauma memories; just like her sister Haley who died in rehab. 2) There's more going on at the rehab than meets the eye.
When it was eventually revealed, I found the underlying trauma that the sisters in the book shared to be sort of anticlimactic. If you read it and find that callous, please keep in mind this is just my opinion, and I mean in contrast to all of the remembered trauma, as well as what the MC assumed she was repressing. It felt, otherwise, like a very good portrayal of the way that a child's mind can warp details of trauma, actually.
I also wasn't really satisfied with the way that the novel ended. It seemed kind of wishy washy. I would have expected a harsher, less open ending from the rest of the novel. But overall, it was a pretty good read. Just could have tied together better in the last 90 pages or so :)