A review by christinebeswick
The Empathy Problem by Gavin Extence

4.0

I wasn't sure about this book: the same old story of rich, heartless individual who learns humanity and empathy (hence the title) which has been around since Dickens, and before. However, Gavin Extence's book took it to a whole new level. His writing was beautiful as always and the story had real depth. Gabriel Vaughn, the "empathy-less" main protagonist, was extremely well drawn with insight and touches of humour which drew me to him, even at the beginning. His brain tumour, the underlying cause of Gabriel's fundamental change, although very present, was mostly kept in the background with its symptoms minimised, although you knew what its end result would be.
I enjoyed this, his third book, just as much as the previous two.