"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." Franz Kafka
For any author who would like his/her book to be reviewed, contact me. Poetry books too are solicited for reviewing. However, there are some genres I tend to avoid. Feel free to ask me.
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I must mention here that I read at my own pace and depending on my mood. Don't ask me to hurry.
"The blood was definitely female."
"Female...What age?"
~Page 125
Title: Therapy
Author: Sebastian Fitzek
ISBN: 9780330453158
Publisher: Pan Books/2008
Pages: 293
It is as if 12 year old Josephine did not exist. She disappears without a trace from her doctor's clinic without a trace. Her father, a well known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, searches for her and leaves his practice, goes to live in a remote North Sea Island. It is the only way he can deal with his loss. And he is also drifting apart from his wife.
A beautiful woman, Anna Glass, a writer of children's fiction, come to visit him and wants him treat her for her rare form of schizophrenia. Her characters in her novel come to life for her and she does not understand that. Dr Larenz finds her story intriguing and reluctantly agrees to treat her as he somehow finds resemblance between one of her characters with Josie. He has to know more, and only by knowing the ending of her story, he might get to know about her disappearance.
Viktor's grief, his obsession to know more, keeps us hooked to this novel. The enigmatic Anna, we want to know more about her. She appears real and yet unreal. Viktor is warned against her but he can't let her go as he can't let go off Josie. Listening to her story, he believes Anna is somehow responsible for her disappearance.
The reader feels for Viktor, his desperation to find anything about his much loved daughter. The interaction between Anna and Viktor keeps the reader wanting more. And when we finally get to the end, it leaves us completely blown out of our mind. Therapy is a novel one can't put down without finishing from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this and look forward to read more by the author.
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38 comments:
Now this teaser was just creepy!!
Here is mine
Whoa! That sounds good!
It's amazing what can be detected through blood!
Here is my teaser for this week.
How can you tell it's female just by the blood??? Is there a perfume?? ;P
This sounds good but what a long teaser. On to my TBR list this goes!
Stopping by from TT. Here's ours if you get a chance to visit: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesday-teasers.html
Sounds like one I'd love. Thanks for the great teaser and the review!
Here's my tease.
Great teaser! Haven't heard of the book but it will go on my TBR list
Nice teaser! I wonder how they knew it was female's...
Chel @ The Procrasinator's Corner
Intriguing teaser!
Okay, that made me sit up straight...marking on my TBR list.
Thank you for the visit :)
That is gripping teaser!!
Nice teaser and thanks for taking a peak at mine.
I just need to read the first two lines of the synopsis to be intrigued with this one =)
Here's my teaser:
http://www.playinglibrarian.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesdays-guernsey-literary-and.html
How could blood tells somebody's gender? interesting teaser
Great teaser! Mine this week comes from Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. Here’s the Link.
Fascinating book and tease! Here's My tease
this book sounds really intense! thanks for stopping by!
Oooh great tease! I'll have to check out this book and thanks for the blog love! Here's my Teaser Tuesday. Happy Reading!
You are so right..this one is for me!!! Thank you for knowing what I like to read. It's now on my tbr list.
It's amazing what you can find out with blood now....
I don't think I could do this book though. I'm not good with children in danger stories.
Here's my teaser: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesdays_15.html
Ooooh, this sounds so good. I'll have to check this one out.
This sounds like a good mystery.
My teaser is here: Quirky Girls Read
exceedingly creepy teaser, and the synopsis just makes me want to know more! Thanks for sharing!
oohh, this sounds like a great read! Thanks for sharing! I'm going to see if my library has it. Thanks for stopping by today :)
Looks like I'm not the only one with a body this week. Great teaser--sounds like a good book!
Sounds like a FASCINATING plot! :)
Good pick for a teaser. Sounds like an interesting story.
Thank you for stopping by!
They know by the blood... too cool!
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday_15.html
Can they really tell that from the blood? Intriguing teaser! Thanks for visiting me.
Great teaser. Sounds like a very intense book.
Sally.
http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday-10.html
Wonderful teaser! Are you giving the book a high rating? It looks like a really good read.
We both have lost children this week. I like the sound of yours - great teaser.
This one sounds really good.
Well I am curious now. Great teaser!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
What a creepy teaser! It always boggles my mind to see how advanced technology has become and what you can tell through things such as a blood sample!
Ooooh, sort of creepy teaser *shivers*
Thanks for dropping by mine! :)
Very creepy! It sent chills down my spine.
Here's mine: http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday_15.html
This is quite a chilling teaser. Great choice. And thanks for stopping by
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