A review by deetour8
Do No Harm by Christina McDonald

2.0

The story begins with Emma, who has what seems like the perfect life. She helps people every day at work as a doctor, is happily married to Nate, a detective, and has a sweet son, Josh. But when Josh is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer her world is turned upside down. To save his life she must come up with $98,000 in two weeks because insurance won't pay for it. She turns to her old flame, who was also her brother Ben's best friend when they where teenagers until Ben got arrested for possession. Together the three of them start an opioid ring to get the money needed to save Josh's life while Nate is put on the case to put an end to the opioid crisis.

This book is very relevant to the current opioid crisis and touches on the various ways that the system is failing American society, and how easily anyone can get addicted. However, it's lacking in various ways leaving the story flat. The characters aren't built enough for the reader to truly care about them and the plot comes to obvious conclusions throughout. It was a struggle to finish the book because of these two aspects.