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Mercy by Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer

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alifromkc1907's review against another edition

4.0

Gut Instinct Rating: 4.5
Characters: 4.8
Believability: 4.5
Uniqueness: 5
Writing Style: 5
Excitement Factor: 4
Story Line: 5
Title Relevance: 5
Artwork Relevance: 5
Audiobook Narration: 4.25
Overall: 4.71

kshea1's review against another edition

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3.0

Assisted suicide is such an interesting and heavy topic. This story, with its twists and turns made it so that the issue wasn't always the main focus

katkinney's review

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4.0

MERCY is another of Michael Palmer’s medical thrillers, this one about a serial killer in a hospital setting who is administering lethal doses of medication to critically ill patients. One of the main characters, Dr. Julie Deveraux is engaged to be married to Sam Talbot when he is in a terrible accident and rendered a quadriplegic. As Sam is dealing with the first terrible weeks and months of his diagnosis and coming to terms with the psychological impacts of what it will mean to live with his condition, Julie is grappling with her former stance as a physician that people with injuries like Sam’s should be allowed to choose their own death. And then… the story gets even more intense. This had lots of heartbreaking angles to examine. 4/5 stars.

felinity's review

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3.0

Began with promise but the medical side too often felt like infodumps, breaking the flow, and the end felt somewhat contrived rather than a natural, obvious (or not) conclusion.