Betelle's review of The Law of Similars
The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads author!)
Here is another of Bohjalians' page turners. Again the setting is New England(Vermont) ...a close community. It is the story of the downfall of widowed Leland, a state prosecuter, and his four year old daughter who after developing a relationship with Carissa, the town homeopath, become involved in a malpractice struggle between Carissa and a deceased patient. The plot captured me and as I neared the end of the book, I ran over in my mind all the possible endings...none which brought me satisfactory closure as a reader. I knew at that moment the story had no place to go, I also, was hoping for a recovery of the man in the coma , stupidly thinking, that would resolve all the problems. But Bohjalian pulls off what would seem impossible. He ends the novel with a bit of hope for the reader that Leland and Carissa will get back together, and as a reader I felt a sense of comfort as Leland continues parenting his daughter with warmth and fulfillment, and advances his career as suspici...more
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