I chose to read and review this book for Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team.
This well-written dark historical mystery tells us about Marta Rosenthal, daughter of renowned psychiatrist Arnold Rosenthal in early nineteenth century Austria. Marta herself is a bright scientist, who yearns to conduct her own studies and be known for work in her own right, she is encouraged by family GP Leopold Kaposi, to plan to branch away from her father. Marta then meets the enigmatic Elise, a doctor, recently qualified from Paris, who has ambitions to further her career in the field of paediatrics and a gift for manipulation that has aided her to get far. Both women are trying to make it in what is very much a man’s world, however, they do not realise the extent to which both their lives have been manipulated.
This thriller unravels tantalizingly drawing you in to the characters, who are flawed and have much to hide. At times whilst reading this it has the theatrics to make quite a compelling stage-play but there is a lot of internal dialogue we are witness too from Martha particularly which gives the psychological element to the novel and wouldn’t translate as well to stage. What starts as a book about two bright women trying to make their way in a male-dominated competitive field turns into a dark thriller where the women face a ruthless antagonist who wields much power and is hell-bent on destroying them.
An intriguing historical read, I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Ajoobacats Blog 
Sounds like fun.
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Reblogged this on TJ Talks Reviews and commented:
I can always find good reads at Ajoobacat’s Blog.
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Whatis it like to be on the review team?
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It’s great, you have a number of books to choose from various genres and your review appears on Rosie Amber’s blog too at a later date.
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Sounds like a good and interesting twist
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This one definitely got darker as I read on.
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I could roll with that I think. It’s nice that the story of breaking into a man’s works is more of a side issue than a focus issue.
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That aspect was a backdrop, almost misdirection, in the larger scheme of the plot.
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This is the second great review I’ve read for this book, definitely one for those who like their thrillers.
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A great read Rosie, thank you.
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Reblogged this on Ordinary Life… Less Ordinary and commented:
I wanted to share this fantastic book blogger review with you. I am delighted to say that over the past few weeks positive reviews for The Doctor’s Daughter have been coming in from bloggers and readers. Thank you to all of you who have read it and shared your thoughts so far. Enjoy!
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