This was one of those books you want to stop reading due to the graphic & descriptive nature but you just keep reading - you have to find out what happens. It is dark and distrubing but was very well written. It is the first Ted Dekker book I have read and wouldn't have been one I would have picked myself but I do plan on reading more of his books after reading The Boneman's Daughter.

This was a book I started thinking I wouldn't enjoy and would never finish but I did start it and was hooked within the first few pages. I thought I would have a hard time with all the medical terminogly but it wasn't that hard. I have learnt so much from this book and want to do some more research. I really liked the switch between the medical side of the story and the family side of the story but it dragged a little bit in the middle. I feel, and so did others in my bookclub, that it could have been quiet a bit shorter and still included the same stories/information. This is a great bookclub book to generate a good conversation.