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Turn of Mind edition by Alice LaPlante Literature Fiction eBooks

Sorry, but I didn't think this was as good as the buzz would have had me believe. It was OK, but I wasn't sitting on the edge of my seat - which is what the reviews (both generally and those posted on Amazon) led me to expect. Perhaps my "issue" is that I've witnessed the decline of someone with Alzheimer's, and this book just didn't ring true in that regard.


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Turn of Mind edition by Alice LaPlante Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

This is one of the best books I've had the pleasure of reading. It's intelligent and captivating. I was hooked within the first few pages and couldn't wait to get back to it. The story is told by the main character, Dr. White, a surgeon specializing in hand surgery. Dr. White has been diagnosed with Alzhiemer's and has left her practice. As the story opens,, she is being questioned about her friend and neighbor who was found murdered with 4 of her fingers removed. As the story moves along, Dr. White tells us about other key characters and gives us pieces of information about the murder. This is a mystery as much as it is a personal look at what it is like to have Alzhiemer's. It's a page turner all the way through. I stayed up late many nights reading until I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. I loved the voice and character of Dr. White. She is intelligent, strong and passionate. Every character in the book is interesting and well developed. The most unique thing about the book is how the story is told - giving the reader a very personal and up-close look at someone with Alzhiemers. But, it also touches on family dynamics, close friendships, marriage and the human side of police investigations. In fact, it gives the human side of a lot of things. I'm really not that great at writing book reviews so I know I cannot do this book justice in writing a review. I can just say it's a great book with a great and gripping story that I could not put down and I think most others who read it felt the same way.
This was one of the best books that I have read that deals in a fictional way with the destruction of memory and mental capability that comes with Alzheimers. Alice LaPlante tells the story of Jennifer, wife of James (who has passed away at the time of the books beginning), and her children Mark and Fiona. Her friend Amanda has been murdered. The police believe that Jennifer is the murderer as there were four fingers skillfully removed after the murder and Jennifer is an orthopaedic surgeon. As the book progresses, Jennifer's mental capacity continues to decline; her son, who has propblems with substance abuse, tries to get her to give him responsibility for her money so that he can take care of his financial difficulties. Fiona tries to support her mother, and throughout the book, you see that Fiona is carefully protecting her mother from the police. there is an interesting plot line leading to the identification of the killer and to other issues surrounding some shady dealings in James (her husbands) business life. Jennifer's ability to identify reality declines continually throughout the book.

The book is written in the first person, and you can really feel Jennifer's frustration and anger at what is happening to her as she has minutes of clarity in which she sees what is really happening and is truly powerless to do anything about it. I highly recommend it, and look forward to seeing more from this author.
My own mom died of Alzheimers so this book intrigued me from the beginning. I believe the author must have spent time with or lived with someone with this disease as the descriptions of how the main character acted out are very realistic. The main premise of the book is the death of the main character's best friend. That detail weaves its way through the entire book and in the end, the mystery is solved and it surprised me to no degree. This is a good read, though if you are living with or lost a loved one to Alzheimer's, it may be a difficult story. I could not have read this after I lost my own mom but it's been 15 years now and I read this book with much more interest than I could have done years ago.
I wouldn't have thought a book narrated by a woman suffering from dementia could be so interesting and easy to follow. The dementia serves as a plot device, providing a real reason for flashbacks, rather than just a literary convention. This is, in part, a murder mystery--so telling the story out of order keeps the reader from being sure who committed the crime (though I did guess about halfway through).
The writing is good, characters are strongly drawn, but if you're afraid of dementia and institutions, and want likeable
characters, this isn't the book for you. On the other hand, if you like a strong, capable woman as a main character, one who never gives up, you will find that here. One of the major themes is betrayal in families, in friendships, in the professional world, yet I didn't find it depressing.
Just finished reading this brilliant mystery by Alice La Plante. A combination mystery and explication of how Alzheimer's progresses. I read it in two sittings and this is YUGE for me because I tend to stroll slowly over turns of phrase and twists of plot, but both times I read it much longer than I had time for and had to wrench myself away to keep appointments or I'd have binged right through. A fascinating examination of how Alzheimer's affects the family, the caregiver and the patient, such revelations as learning as if for the first time but over and over again that her husband has died, realizing again and again as if for the first time that she's no longer a brilliant surgeon, learning how to pretend to know people she can't place. It's a totally new approach to the mystery taking place outside her and inside her mind at the same time. I had that rare feeling when I finished of sadness that it was over and wishing I were just starting to read it and had the whole fascinating experience ahead of me.
Sorry, but I didn't think this was as good as the buzz would have had me believe. It was OK, but I wasn't sitting on the edge of my seat - which is what the reviews (both generally and those posted on ) led me to expect. Perhaps my "issue" is that I've witnessed the decline of someone with Alzheimer's, and this book just didn't ring true in that regard.