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juliavdelft 's review for:
An Irish Country Doctor
by Patrick Taylor
A feel-good kind of story about country life that takes place in the 60s in Northern Ireland. It does remind me a lot of James Herriot's books, although a totally different place and time period, not to mention it's about doctors instead of vets. But the same feeling of "country people are unique and interesting".
I also liked seeing what the medical world was like back in the 60s. There are antibiotics and vaccines, and abortion debates, thyroid medication and children's hospitals. If you're at all interested in the history of the medical world, this is a good read. The author conveys the time period well, even in a backwater place like Ballybucklebo.
I'm not Irish by any means and don't know much about Ireland or its history, but the people in this book and their way of living and speaking (Ulster dialect) are also fascinating. Even if I did get a vibe of "they drink and swear too much" the whole time.
I enjoyed it enough that I want to read more by this author.
I also liked seeing what the medical world was like back in the 60s. There are antibiotics and vaccines, and abortion debates, thyroid medication and children's hospitals. If you're at all interested in the history of the medical world, this is a good read. The author conveys the time period well, even in a backwater place like Ballybucklebo.
I'm not Irish by any means and don't know much about Ireland or its history, but the people in this book and their way of living and speaking (Ulster dialect) are also fascinating. Even if I did get a vibe of "they drink and swear too much" the whole time.
I enjoyed it enough that I want to read more by this author.