Impossible Dilemma
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An Utterly Compelling Psychological Thriller From a Best-selling Author
What the blurb says:
Would you choose to save your child if it meant someone else had to die?
Victoria and Jonathan Lyons seem to have everything—a perfect marriage, a beautiful daughter, Emily, and a successful business. Until they discover Emily, aged five, has a rare and fatal illness.
Medical trials show that a temporary fix would be to transplant a hormone from a living donor. However in the trials the donors die within twenty four hours. Victoria and Jonathan are forced to accept that their daughter is going to die.
In an unfortunate twist of fate Jonathan is suddenly killed in a farming accident and Victoria turns to her sick father-in-law, Frank, for help. Then a series of events present Victoria and Frank with a situation that, although illegal, could save Emily.
Will they take their one chance and should they?
A Sinister and Darkly Compelling Psychological Thriller Novel, this book is intended for mature audiences and contains graphic and disturbing imagery.
Netta Newfound is the best-selling author of The Watcher.
My thoughts:
I'll start by saying i've never read a Netta Newbound novel. After finishing this i can't for the life of me work out why on earth not?!?
It's brilliant. In a truly dark & twisted way, it really is fantastic.
The beginning of the story draws you in from the very first chapter. There's no build up, you are taken right to the heart of the most awful thing i can think of as a mother. Your 5 year old daughter is dying, there is no cure, it's terminal, she has months to live. Just reading this made my whole body shiver as an icy cold hand gripped my heart and tears sprung to my eyes.
If this wasn't bad enough, how would you feel if your husband, your best friend and soul mate were taken away in a cruel and unusual accident?
For the most part, tears were never far from my eyes whilst reading this book. The moral dilemma that is posed by the author in this book played on my mind all the way through and has stuck with me since. I mean really, how far WOULD you go to save your child. To be honest, i found myself asking the question how far COULD you go instead. In theory it's easy to say you'd move heaven and earth to save your child, of course you would. But what the author gives us here will have you questioning all your morals and instincts.
It's a brilliantly written piece of work. Well thought out, extremely plausible and is guaranteed to play with your head. The characters are well portrayed and more importantly believable. They could be your next door neighbours. This is a book that truly does deserve the line of it being a psychological thriller. Although, i would say, at points it seamlessly strays into horror. What really made me sit up and take notice was the way it took off on a completely different tangent. I was side swiped by the turn the story took, i couldn't have predicted it if i'd tried! I mean...WOW!
My own 5 year old daughter got a big, long hug after i'd finished reading this.
In case it wasn't obvious, i love this book. I would recommend this to everyone without a second thought. The author needs to be applauded here for a truly stand out story in its genre.
