A review by annataeko
The Physician, by Noah Gordon
3.0
I'm happy I reread this once my family and I moved out. Otherwise, it would've been a tear-dropping journey had I read it earlier.
I'm sad I wasn't as invested as the first time. The plot felt unnecessarily long more often than not. For instance, most sex scenes did not contribute much to the story— other than letting the reader know how familiar and close to the human body the main character is getting both professionally and sentimentally. On this same line, female characters are poorly developed, save one or two.
Paralells with my first read's notes in my Spanish copy and my og copy: some underlined quotes coincide, but I was definitely more amused and had lower critical defense levels the first time I read it (Spanish copy).
I'm sad I wasn't as invested as the first time. The plot felt unnecessarily long more often than not. For instance, most sex scenes did not contribute much to the story— other than letting the reader know how familiar and close to the human body the main character is getting both professionally and sentimentally. On this same line, female characters are poorly developed, save one or two.
Paralells with my first read's notes in my Spanish copy and my og copy: some underlined quotes coincide, but I was definitely more amused and had lower critical defense levels the first time I read it (Spanish copy).