I won an e-book copy of “Sanders’ Starfish” this past
Christmas and have just now, due to amount of books on my TBR lists been able
to get to read/review it. The following is my honest opinion for this book.
Dr. John Sanders is a newly graduated, naïve,
altruistic clinical psychologist who wants to change the lives of his patients
for the better. However, he quickly learns doing this is not as easy as he had
imagine, nor do things follow what he had learned from all the textbooks he had
to read.
While Dr. Sanders thought he’d merely have to treat his
patients for their condition, he soon discovers this is not the case as he gets
pulled into his patient’s lives and into a journey which changes his very
existence. This proves to be especially true as he deals with Rebecca, one of
his patients, and the torment of her fears his life somehow becomes intertwined
with hers. While his superiors feel she should merely be warehoused, with only
a limited amount of treatment being given like most of the patients there; Dr.
Sanders believes he can return to a decent level of sanity.
The changing plot twists adds to an enjoyable reading
experience as you find out whether or not the strength in a mentally imprisoned
individual’s mind can break free and win in the end.
Having worked in a hospital environment, non-patient
care, myself, I can see how the author’s own education as a Psychology major
and her research gave her readers a stark reality of what actually occurs in
mental facility; albeit I felt some of the information here might be somewhat
dated as medical treatment is forever changing; especially, and hopefully for
the better, when it comes to mental health.
Given the overall experience I’d gotten in reading “Sanders’
Starfish”, I’m sane enough to give it 5 STARS.
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