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Doctors
First published 1988 · 809 pages
A sweeping, emotionally charged saga that plunges you into the grueling, high-stakes world of medical training and the enduring bonds forged within it.
What it feels like
Reading this sweeping saga feels like being swept up in a grand, emotional epic where the stakes are literally life and death. The narrative moves with a brisk, engaging rhythm, carrying you through decades of grueling ambition, heartbreak, and triumph. It immerses you in the high-pressure crucible of elite medical training, creating an atmosphere that is at once intensely stressful and deeply romantic. The prose is accessible and earnest, focusing entirely on the raw, beating hearts of its characters as they navigate the heavy burdens of their calling and their complicated, evolving love for one another. It will thoroughly delight readers who crave immersive, decades-spanning dramas, friends-to-lovers romances, and stories about the profound sacrifices required to heal others.
- Mood
- high-stakes
- intense
- romantic
- triumphant
- Tone
- earnest
- melodramatic
- empathetic
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- the burden of ambition · crucible of professional training · childhood friends to lovers · the limits of healing · sacrifice and devotion
- The writing
- Accessible, emotionally direct, and highly readable, prioritizing character drama and sweeping narrative over stylistic flourish.
- The arc
- Moves from the eager ambition of youth through the grueling, disillusioning fires of medical training, culminating in a hard-won, mature devotion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love sweeping, character-driven sagas, intense professional environments, and epic, decades-long romances.
Content notes
- medical trauma
- grief
- death of patients
- suicide
- murder
About the book
Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors--what makes them tick, scheme, hurt... and love. From the crucible of med school's merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs--and sometimes tragedies--beyond, Doctors brings to vivid life the men and women who seek to heal but who must first walk through fire. At the novel's heart is the unforgettable relationship of Barney Livingston and Laura Castellano, childhood friends who separately find unsettling celebrity and unsatisfying love--until their friendship ripens into passion. Yet even their devotion to each other, even their medical gifts may not be enough to save the one life they treasure above all others. Doctors --heartbreaking, witty, inspiring, and utterly, grippingly real--is a vibrant portrait that culminates in a murder, a trial... and a miracle.
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