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You might ask, why did this book take you so long to read, and yet you gave it 5 stars? The phrase "heavy boots" could be inserted here. I found the book real and intensely sad even though it is a life process. I just couldn't read much of it at a time or my personal boots got too heavy.
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whybehave2002 | 10 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 25, 2021 | Isabel was an organ donor, and her death sets in motion events in two families, in two states: for her mother Bernice and husband Alex, the pain of losing her; for Janet Corcoran and family, a brand new lease on life with a new heart.
I had a really tough time with this book, not least because I had to finish it for book discussion and was feeling ornery as a result. I didn't particularly like anyone, though I sympathized most with Alex, and I was extremely frustrated with everyone sort of putting pressure on him to meet Janet. Leaving aside the fact that organ donors and recipients' families are anonymous... well, no I can't really leave that aside, because without them intersecting there's basically no point to this book. Alex has his moments of being obnoxious, too, and I was a little disconcerted by the weird relationship he has with his mother-in-law. And Jasper - the man who was driving the car that hit Isabel - was just awful. I hated him. I'm not a huge fan of stories told in present tense, and never got into the story enough to forget that this one was. Finally, the way the narration would just suddenly tell me what a character was thinking or feeling was very jarring. The medical descriptions were really where the writing was at its best; everything else felt like window dressing for the Great Point the author was trying to make.… (mehr)
I had a really tough time with this book, not least because I had to finish it for book discussion and was feeling ornery as a result. I didn't particularly like anyone, though I sympathized most with Alex, and I was extremely frustrated with everyone sort of putting pressure on him to meet Janet. Leaving aside the fact that organ donors and recipients' families are anonymous... well, no I can't really leave that aside, because without them intersecting there's basically no point to this book. Alex has his moments of being obnoxious, too, and I was a little disconcerted by the weird relationship he has with his mother-in-law. And Jasper - the man who was driving the car that hit Isabel - was just awful. I hated him. I'm not a huge fan of stories told in present tense, and never got into the story enough to forget that this one was. Finally, the way the narration would just suddenly tell me what a character was thinking or feeling was very jarring. The medical descriptions were really where the writing was at its best; everything else felt like window dressing for the Great Point the author was trying to make.… (mehr)
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bell7 | 10 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 14, 2015 | Na een ernstig ongeluk overlijdt de jonge Isabel. Zij had aangegeven donor te willen zijn na haar overlijden. Haar hart wordt getransplanteerd bij Janet. De weduwnaar van Isabel, Alex en haar moeder, Bernice, maken emotionele tijden door. De transplantatie zelf wordt vrij gedetailleerd beschreven. Ook de dader van het ongeluk, Jasper, komt in het boek voor. Al met al niet heel erg herkenbaar, hoewel wel voorstelbaar. Een boek dat wel tot nadenken stemt. Geen makkelijke mening hierover. Ook een patiënt die een orgaan krijgt via donatie, blijft zijn hele leven patiënt en krijgt het niet echt makkelijker erdoor, maar het beter dan te moeten overlijden.… (mehr)
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Inez-boekenlijst | 10 weitere Rezensionen | Jul 29, 2014 | Good book but on many levels so wrong. Transplant is such a huge issue and the 2 families should not have met. The interesting twist with the person responsible for the accident as well. I am not sure this book will encourage people to be donors.
The medical stuff was spot on.
The medical stuff was spot on.
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shazjhb | 10 weitere Rezensionen | May 14, 2010 | Statistikseite
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