Author: Vanessa Tait
Genre: Historical fiction
Rating: 2/5 stars
I received this book from the publisher via Readers First for an honest review. This in no way effects my opinion on the book.
The Pharmacist’s Wife by Vanessa Tait is an historical fiction centred around the wife of the man who created the drug, heroine. It is an 18th century fiction that sounded of great intrigue and promise, making me highly curious. Unfortunately it proved a little to raw for my tastes.
There are major triggers in this book, ones that wouldn’t normally be an issue for me but that seem lurid and grotesque here. These are rape, domestic violence and addiction. I was expecting and unconcerned about the portrayal of addiction considering the plot of the book but in reality it was too roughly presented and made me cringe to read about. Rape and domestic violence again are triggers that don’t usually concern me as a reader of thrillers and crime novels (where these triggers are often used!) but the sheer grotesque and terrifying way in which these things are written about and harped on was again much too over the top and rough for me. I honestly just couldn’t enjoy the book whilst reading these parts and found them too frequent to even consider that the rest would make up for it.
Overall, the book had a good plot line basis and grabs the attention but it’s not a book for anyone with a delicacy to sexual scenes and acts of roughly presented violence, like myself. Worth though, trying if you feel these things won’t be an issue for you.
Genre: Historical fiction
Rating: 2/5 stars
I received this book from the publisher via Readers First for an honest review. This in no way effects my opinion on the book.
The Pharmacist’s Wife by Vanessa Tait is an historical fiction centred around the wife of the man who created the drug, heroine. It is an 18th century fiction that sounded of great intrigue and promise, making me highly curious. Unfortunately it proved a little to raw for my tastes.
There are major triggers in this book, ones that wouldn’t normally be an issue for me but that seem lurid and grotesque here. These are rape, domestic violence and addiction. I was expecting and unconcerned about the portrayal of addiction considering the plot of the book but in reality it was too roughly presented and made me cringe to read about. Rape and domestic violence again are triggers that don’t usually concern me as a reader of thrillers and crime novels (where these triggers are often used!) but the sheer grotesque and terrifying way in which these things are written about and harped on was again much too over the top and rough for me. I honestly just couldn’t enjoy the book whilst reading these parts and found them too frequent to even consider that the rest would make up for it.
Overall, the book had a good plot line basis and grabs the attention but it’s not a book for anyone with a delicacy to sexual scenes and acts of roughly presented violence, like myself. Worth though, trying if you feel these things won’t be an issue for you.