The Book Doctor is a first person account by a narrator who makes her living helping a motley crew of people to finish and/or doctor their books. The characters, to me, are hard to read, vapid people who are cognizant of the lie they are living but persist nonetheless. I found it hard to like these characters.
The book resonated with me, however, because of a crazy project I have embarked upon assisting a client to complete his self help book for girls, which is both amazingly sexist and nonetheless honestly intended to help people. So that makes me a "book doctor" too. The book was recommended to me by my friend Heather for this reason, and gifted to me by my friend Cathy.
At the very least, The Book Doctor made me feel like I could write my own book. I read it right before starting my NaNoWriMo novel project, so it was good timing.
