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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Clinic by Cate Quinn

 Gothic thriller fails to deliver.


Meg’s sister dies at an expensive and exclusive rehab center. She knows her sister did not commit suicide and so she decides to admit herself to find out what really happened. 


I was looking for an atmospheric read after looking at the blurb for this book. The isolated place in the PNW surrounded by fog — and the hook for me was the medical aspect. A rehabilitation center for the rich and famous. Unfortunately, having some actual knowledge about addiction and treatment/therapy meant that I was going to nit pick everything. Yeah, no. 


The characters were all such a turn off and the plot just limped along with one completely unrealistic thing happening after another. The twists? Took all my ability to suspend disbelief. I can see by other reviews that many really enjoyed this but it definitely was not appealing to me. It was very slow paced with even the short chapters not making it move along. 


Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the e-book ARC to read and review. 

This is a standalone and is not part of any series. 

Genre - psychological thriller, drug addiction, substance abuse, addiction and treatment, Gothic

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