Show Me 5 Saturday

Hosted by Alipet813 at That's A Novel Idea

A brief description of a book you have read or reviewed during the week.

Each Saturday you will post the answer to these questions. The number indicates the number of answers you will provide.

1 Book you read and/or reviewed this week
2 Words that describe the book
3 Settings where it took place or characters you met
4 Things you liked and/or disliked about it
5 Stars or less for your rating?

1.All in the Mind***** by Alastair Campbell (297 pages) UK 2008

2.Psychological fiction

3.Dr.Martin Sturrock, a dedicated psychiatrist whose patients include Emily, a traumatized burns victim, Arta, a Kosovan refugee recovering from a rape, David Temple, a long term depressive, and others.

4.Likes: An inside look at the mind of a psychiatrist who worries about whether he's doing his best for his patients; what he really thinks and feels about them while he battles or ignores his own personal problems. A revealing of the strangely dependent relationship between a psychiatrist and his patients. Written in easy to understand language and told with compassion, the story made me weep, a rare event for me.

Dislikes: A boring cover that looks like a photograph taken forty years ago. Since the story happens in the present day I found it misleading. My copy is the first one shown. I found the second cover online, which isn't so bad, but the book deserves better.

5.Five stars. The best novel I've read in a month. Highly recommended.