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More Than It Hurts You (2008)

by Darin Strauss(Favorite Author)

2.9 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0525950702 (ISBN13: 9780525950707)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Dutton Adult

review 1: Listened to this over several weeks, was curious where it would end. But not so involved I sat in the driveway waiting for a chapter to end.For this story take one physician, a black female, brilliant diagnostician, difficult personality, just not overly likable. Add one family - beautiful loving mom, handsome salesman dad, adorable little boy. Mix together at the ER, add some strange behavior and medical expertise when the child codes and is resuscitated. When it happens again, toss with CPS. Then remove the little boy from the Golden family (yeah, their surname).Will mom Golden be found out (readers know what she did)? Will dad Golden discover the truth and actually do something about it? What about the doctor - is she venting her racist feelings by attacking the ... moreGoldens? How much dirt can the press dig up and spread? Are the hospital lawyers really working for her too or is she to be the scapegoat? What about the boy?I wish I believed in the legal system.
review 2: This is a fascinating subject but the book got all bogged down in wordiness and philosophies. The draw of the anticipated subject of Munchausen by proxy didn't really materialize except as a secondary part of the story, it seemed. There was a LOT of time spent on building the backgrounds of the main characters. Dr. Stokes was accused of over-analyzing everything, and I guess I accuse the author of the same thing. The story just didn't drive forward with any excitement as I would have expected (and hoped) for it to do. Good moments, though. I'd probably rate it 2.5.if I could. Perhaps I misinterpreted what the author intended to do. He may have wanted to focus on the characters of the people involved rather than the story, and this he did quite well. I really felt as though I knew Dori, Josh, and Darlene by the time the book was finished. But with all their flaws, that was kind of a depressing feeling in itself. less

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