Published by Sourcebook's Landmark Genres: Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
The Clinic is a book about sisters, addiction, rehab, secrets, and gambling. This did not go where I thought it was going to go and yet it was captivating, tense, suspenseful and intriguing.
Meg works to catch cheaters at a casino in LA. When she gets word that her sister, Haley a popular actress had died at a remote celebrity rehab. The cause of death is believed to be suicide, but Meg doesn’t buy it. Meg decides to enter the rehab as a patient to address her own addictions as a means of getting to the truth.
Trying to get to the truth while withdrawing from prescription pills and alcohol is not going to be easy. Meg must participate in the program and the unique treatments while wondering who she can trust. Everyone is a suspect, and I was invested in learning if Meg’s theories about what happened to Haley are correct.
The remote rehab facility sets the stage and provides atmosphere. There is a sense of tension and danger at the facility. Meg has some interesting interactions there and comes up against a creepy doctor. I also enjoyed the aspect of memory and how our mind tries to make sense of what we are seeing and can affect our thoughts and feelings even when we don’t have all the information.
I also liked how the author addressed mental health and addiction. Some people self-medicate the symptoms of their mental illness with drugs and alcohol and sometimes the use of drugs and alcohol can bring on or make mental health symptoms worse.
As I mentioned, I thought the book was going to go one way, but I was WRONG! There was a HUGE twist and reveal which I did not see coming at all! I thought “Hold up, where is this going?”. It did go quite a bit into left field, but I rolled with it and enjoyed the ride.
This was a little slow going on at times, but I didn’t mind it as I normally would.
Gripping, tense, captivating and shocking.
This book is told through two POV’s – Meg and Cara, who works at the rehab. The book addresses mental health, addiction, family secrets, and memory.
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Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.