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A review by piperhath
The Glass House by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
3.5 stars
We follow our main character, Hannah a couple of weeks into her registry in the Mental Health Unit at Menzies Hospital as she gets experience to get into the psychiatric training program. Throughout we hear many stories from patients going through some of the worst moments of their life and gives us a real insight as to what happens in a mental health unit.
This was quite an eye-opening book! It really shows what goes on behind the scenes at a hospital using diverse characters. The story flowed well and had many subplots which really added to the overarching story.
The only thing I had an issue with was the many, many characters, some of which didn't have a lot of depth and were mentioned constantly but we never got to understand what they were going through/their background.
Overall, it was a really interesting book which I wouldn't have picked up usually so thank you to Netgalley and Hachette for sending me a copy of this one to review. If you're considering picking this one up, please check the trigger warnings as this book deals with some heavy stuff.
We follow our main character, Hannah a couple of weeks into her registry in the Mental Health Unit at Menzies Hospital as she gets experience to get into the psychiatric training program. Throughout we hear many stories from patients going through some of the worst moments of their life and gives us a real insight as to what happens in a mental health unit.
This was quite an eye-opening book! It really shows what goes on behind the scenes at a hospital using diverse characters. The story flowed well and had many subplots which really added to the overarching story.
The only thing I had an issue with was the many, many characters, some of which didn't have a lot of depth and were mentioned constantly but we never got to understand what they were going through/their background.
Overall, it was a really interesting book which I wouldn't have picked up usually so thank you to Netgalley and Hachette for sending me a copy of this one to review. If you're considering picking this one up, please check the trigger warnings as this book deals with some heavy stuff.