A review by soobooksalot
Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"The tears, they make you tired."
When in a pandemic, do as the pandemics do.
Author and physician Kimmery Martin wrote Doctors And Friends before Covid-19 hit the world early in 2020. And her account of Artiovirus - CARS-ArV-01 - bears similarities to how our pandemic has played out.
It's fiction that reads like reality, of a virus with it's series of unknowns and chilling side effects. It's impossible not to read it through our own pandemic filters.
The women of Doctors And Friends attended medical school together and remained close friends while navigating their specialities - Kira (infectious disease), Compton (emerg), Hannah (ob/gyn), plus Vani, Emma, Zadie and Georgia.
Kira, Hannah and Compton are the point of view characters - we experience their fears and realities of the viral threat, personal and professional challenges, their losses and heartaches.
Thank you to my awesome friend Nat for my copy of this book for Christmas. This is Kimmery Martin's third novel and she's an auto-buy author for me. I've long been a fan of medical thrillers.
A book about a pandemic won't be for everyone, there are definitely triggers relating to recent times. But for those interested, this story with the backdrop of medical accuracy is recommended.
When in a pandemic, do as the pandemics do.
Author and physician Kimmery Martin wrote Doctors And Friends before Covid-19 hit the world early in 2020. And her account of Artiovirus - CARS-ArV-01 - bears similarities to how our pandemic has played out.
It's fiction that reads like reality, of a virus with it's series of unknowns and chilling side effects. It's impossible not to read it through our own pandemic filters.
The women of Doctors And Friends attended medical school together and remained close friends while navigating their specialities - Kira (infectious disease), Compton (emerg), Hannah (ob/gyn), plus Vani, Emma, Zadie and Georgia.
Kira, Hannah and Compton are the point of view characters - we experience their fears and realities of the viral threat, personal and professional challenges, their losses and heartaches.
Thank you to my awesome friend Nat for my copy of this book for Christmas. This is Kimmery Martin's third novel and she's an auto-buy author for me. I've long been a fan of medical thrillers.
A book about a pandemic won't be for everyone, there are definitely triggers relating to recent times. But for those interested, this story with the backdrop of medical accuracy is recommended.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Miscarriage, Medical content, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts