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A review by fondarush
The Blind by A.F. Brady
3.0
Psychologist Samantha (Sam) James has it all together. She is an articulate, detail-oriented, star-quality professional at Typhlos, a mental hospital. Then, we find out that first impressions are not reliable. Her personal life begins to unravel dragging her professionalism with it. In the meantime, she is given a client that no one wants to deal with. He is an enigma, and he doesn't believe in filling out forms. Sam, being a high-performer, accepts this patient, Richard, in hopes of breaking into his mind and find out who he is and why he's there. No one else could, and it turns out that she can't either. Eventually, Richard and Sam enter into an agreement. At about that time, Sam's life is spinning further out of control.
{Early into Sam's professional relationship with Richard, I suspected that he is more than just a client, so it was no surprise to me that there was more.}
I liked the interaction between Sam and Richard. Their characters were well-rounded. The other characters were less so. The story was pushed along at a nice pace by conflicts between the two, Sam and her co-workers, Sam and the men in her life, Sam and her boss, and plenty of Sam's inner conflicts, when she found out a diagnosis of her own.
Eventually, Sam finds her way.
There are several questions that aren't answered, though, like how was Sam able to maintain her employment after the dust settled and what happened to the patient with the heroin overdose? Was Sam ever accused in a suicide?
I see that there is a new cover, and it leads one to believe that there is some sinister psychological elements occurring. It simple isn't true. There are no heavy psychological twists and turns, but merely involves a woman who happens to be a psychologist working in a mental hospital. There is not much of a creep factor. It's just a story that moves along at a fairly good pace, peeling back layers and layers until a truth is revealed. The blind follow the blind until there is light.
***I received an uncorrected galley version from the publisher through Goodreads for an honest review.***
{Early into Sam's professional relationship with Richard, I suspected that he is more than just a client, so it was no surprise to me that there was more.}
I liked the interaction between Sam and Richard. Their characters were well-rounded. The other characters were less so. The story was pushed along at a nice pace by conflicts between the two, Sam and her co-workers, Sam and the men in her life, Sam and her boss, and plenty of Sam's inner conflicts, when she found out a diagnosis of her own.
Eventually, Sam finds her way.
There are several questions that aren't answered, though, like how was Sam able to maintain her employment after the dust settled and what happened to the patient with the heroin overdose? Was Sam ever accused in a suicide?
I see that there is a new cover, and it leads one to believe that there is some sinister psychological elements occurring. It simple isn't true. There are no heavy psychological twists and turns, but merely involves a woman who happens to be a psychologist working in a mental hospital. There is not much of a creep factor. It's just a story that moves along at a fairly good pace, peeling back layers and layers until a truth is revealed. The blind follow the blind until there is light.
***I received an uncorrected galley version from the publisher through Goodreads for an honest review.***