Not many books have me hooked from the first page but “The Doctor “did. So much so that I read it in a day, which for me is unheard of. I was engrossed from beginning to end.
You have to applaud Emily for her determination to befriend her neighbour Anita. This eventually paid off but at what cost? Especially once Emily had discovered her neighbours’ secret.
While I was reading the book I wanted to scream at Anita to grow a backbone and stand up to her bullying ,overbearing husband(who by the way I hated from day one). Lisa Stone’s writing was so good that these emotions surfaced.
As the review stated,I definitely didn’t see the twist coming at the end.
I will definitely read more by this author and want to thank Avon books UK and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this brilliant book, in return for an unbiased review.

This is my first Lisa Stone book and wow I loved it! The subject matter was different to what I normally read in thrillers and the whole medical aspect of it was intriguing.

I started and finished this In about a day and a half it was that good. The whole novel had suspense to it that never ended and a couple of times leading up to something big my heart actually started beating fast it was like I was watching an intense movie.

The doctor was full of intensity and keeps the reader interested.

Absolutely loved this book!! Full of suspense and chills!! If I could, I would give this book 6 stars just for the creepy factor!

The first thing that comes to mind after reading this book is that i am still confused.
There are things happening that i can't really wrap my head around them honestly, they seem more unrealistic or very unbelievable.
Every one of us is curious at least about their neighbours especially if they are keeping to themselves a lot and sometimes that curiosity can lead to a disaster or a very unpleasant thing to happen.
The doctor is a sociopath, abusive and controlling husband, his wife is very unfriendly by Emily manage to get under her skin and is invited into their house. What happens next is the discovering of all sort of unimaginable things that will have your head spinning in approval or not, as i was saying earlier, some things are very unrealistic for me at least.

Overall was a good book and I'll be reading more from the author.

This book was extremely messed up and very disturbing on a lot of aspects. The description is very misleading into what it's actually about in my opinion.

Did you ever wonder what would happen if you mixed a little bit of mad scientist with a pinch of nosy neighbor? Well, if you did and you want to find out what will come out of this interesting concoction, read “The Doctor”. This book is a unique and cleverly written domestic thriller that will make your skin crawl at times. Yes, the plot is a little predictable, but there is enough of twist and turns and sci-fi mixed into it that the book will still keep you engaged and turning pages. I really enjoyed the scientific/medical background of the plot, as I myself am a scientist by trade. Therefore, if you want to read a good thriller with an original and refreshing plot, I think this is the book for you.
Thank you NetGalley, Avon Books, and the author, Lisa Stone, for giving me an opportunity to read an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Omg I couldn't put this book down from beginning to end its gripping, this is the 3rd book by lisa stone and by far the best, there are twists and turns and i would highly recommend, infact I'm going to reread it as enjoyed it so much

Having read The Doctor over the weekend, I’m totally on the fence with how I feel about this book. I didn’t love it nor did I hate it. Emily and Ben live next door to Dr Burman and his wife. Emily is on extended maternity leave and tries to befriend Alisha Burman, who is a virtual recluse. She’s subdued, barely leaves the house and is terrified to answer the phone. When Emily goes missing, Ben panics. Could she really have left him as the note he’s found suggests? Or has her curiosity about the couple next door led her into danger? This book was certainly an interesting read and I’m sure some people will love it but it wasn’t one of my favourites. Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books and the author for the chance to review.

I received an ARC of this book thanks to Net Galley and publisher Avon Books in exchange for an honest review.

I sadly DNFed this book. After reading the first twelve chapters, I found the writing style really wasn't for me due to the cartoonish nature of the villain which was ridiculously over the top and hard to buy as a real person. There also wasn't really any mystery to the plot of the book. I read the last five chapters and nothing had happened that I couldn't have predicted from the first twelve chapters, which is not a great sign for a thriller. I'm very disappointed I didn't like this more but I'm glad I decided to stop reading when I did.

Many thanks to Lisa Stone and Avon books for the opportunity to read and review this book. What am intriguing read albeit a disturbing one
Emily befriends her neighbour Alisha who is married to a controlling doctor. She is confined to the house with her disab2ed child . All is not what it seems with Dr Amit , je he hides a big secrets amd infortuanly Emily is about to discover it.

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon books for a copy of The Doctor by Lisa Stone for an honest review.
I was gripped by the start of this book , and felt it kept up the suspense quite well.
Unfortunately I found the second half of the book didn’t work as well ,and became a little implausible.
I wasn’t impressed by the “twist “ and so I found it an ok read , but I have read much better similar types of stories lately.

This was a weird story. Right from the start the neighbour was odd and unfriendly. His wife seemed rather wimpy and he a bully. Emily was too nosy for her own good really and should have left well alone!

Amit was an evil man who was possibly being sent mad by illness. I read the book fairly swiftly and although it touched on several abhorrent subjects such as domestic abuse, animal abuse and child abuse I thought it was quite a good tale. The ending was a surprise and I was confused with the view that she was more evil?

This review does not help much in choosing whether to read the book because that would give too much away..... But yes do read it - I give it 4 stars. Thank you Netgalley, Avon Books and Lisa Stone for the advance copy.

Emily & Ben move in next door to Dr Burman and his wife Anita. Emily is a stay at home mum who is intrigued by the going on next door. Emily slowly makes friends with Anita and then she is invited in. But what she finds next door shocks her.
They say you never know what goes on behind closed doors.
Thanks NetGalley

This ARC was courtesy of netgalley - all opinions are mine and unbiased

Loved this

This story is well written and the characters really accessible. . The subject matter was different to the norm and I really liked that -the author has worked hard with research and it shows.

A little slow starting so found it initially difficult to get into but once into, I couldn't put down - I just had to know what happened next !!

Genuinely didn't see the twist coming and actually gasped out loud!!!

Loved the ending - loved it all !!!

The Doctor by Lisa Stone is a psychological thriller.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Avon Books, and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.



My Synopsis:    (No major reveals, but if concerned, skip to My Opinions)
Emily King is a very sociable woman, presently on an extended maternity leave so that she can spend more time with her young son. Her husband Ben continues to question her decision to stay at home, but she assures him she is happy. So future events come as a complete surprise to him.

Their neighbours, Dr. Amit Burman and his wife Alisha, are keeping Emily’s mind busy. She is sure there is more there than meets the eye. She is trying to befriend Alisha, who has a rare disease that prevents her from leaving the house, but having little luck. Emily fears that Amit may be abusing his wife, and she wonders what he could be doing in his large backyard shed almost every night. When their friendship finally progresses, Alisha makes Emily swear to tell no one, not even Ben. Emily is going to learn more than she wants to from Alisha, more than is good for her.

Dr. Amit Burman is researching the rare disease which afflicts his wife, but his research methods leave a lot to be desired.



My Opinions:
This book captivated me from the start, and kept me hooked to the end.

The characters were deep, and although I didn’t particularly like anyone but Ben and Emily’s father David, the others played their parts well. Emily’s nosiness was exasperating, Alisha’s weakness was atrocious, and Amit was just creepy, but all needed to have those attributes to tell the story.

The plot, while a little far-fetched, was compelling, and the writing very good. The final twist came as a bit of a surprise, but not a big one.

This was a fast read, and very entertaining.

I received an ARC copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it. From the description, I felt like I was reading a different book. It was so strange and I had a hard time finishing. Basically Emily is home on maternity leave and keeps watching out the window at her neighbor who is a doctor and spends his evenings in a building outside his home. Said doctor has a wife who is ill and seldom leaves the house.

I initially found this book quite tough going to begin with. It is a really slow burner and I initially did not warm to the characters.

Emily is a stay at home mum who wants to build relationships with those around her. Unfortunately her neighbours are having none of it. Amit is a an anaesthetist who wants to be the first man to bring someone back from the dead and he is determined that his wife and daughter will be his guinea pigs. Alisha, his wife, finds herself in a toxic relationship where she is controlled and segregated by her manipulative and controlling husband. Emily, however, is determined to change this but as she digs more into Alisha's life she finds herself in great danger.

As I mentioned before, I found the book to be quite slow initially. It was only when Amit started to act on his wishes to bring someone back from the dead that I became fully invested.

It was a fascinating read and quite far out there but I think overall it did work.

Bauman joins an organisation called ELECT that stores bodies cryogenically so that they can be brought back to life once a cure has been found for them in the future. Bauman is an anaesthetist who lacks empathy and compassion and builds himself a lab in his backyard to try and perfect the process himself ostensibly so that he can find a cure for his wife who is very ill. Their next door neighbours, Emily and Ben have a young baby and Emily is at home on maternity leave. Emily tries to befriend Alisha who never seems to leave the house. Emily suspects her husband is very controlling. Thus there are many elements to this story that could have been explored. Instead the plot becomes increasingly more unbelievable with many holes.
It also appears to have been written quickly and poorly edited. There are misused words and much repetition of particular phrases especially 'bile rose in (her/his) throat' which was really annoying and detracted substantially from the writing. On the positive side the narrative moves along at a fast pace but this feels very much like a first draft rather than a finished product.

When Emily and Ben move to their new home, they find their neighbours a bit strange, but that’s just how it is at times. Even though Emily tries again and again to get in contact with Alisha, the woman refuses all kind of interaction. Only when one day, Emily accidentally stands in front of their house and hears cries for help, the neighbour thaws a bit. What she has to tell is awful: not only is she seriously ill, but the couple hides a disabled child in their home. Alisha is highly scared of her husband Dr Burman, an anaesthetist and control-freak who made her cut all bonds to her family and friends. The women work out how to trick him and for the next couple of weeks, they meet regularly in secret. But what Alisha always feared one day happens: her husband finds out about their meetings and swears that Emily will have to pay for intruding his house.

Lisa Stone’s thriller is an addictive and gripping story that captivates you at once and keeps you from putting the book down. The author reduced the characters to an absolute minimum, focussing on the two couples and their complex relationships. Especially the one between Mr and Mrs Burman is not only highly interesting, but – unfortunately - authentic and more than plausible. He is the prototype of an abusive husband who egoistically puts everybody and everything after his own will.

The plot is not very surprising, since you get all characters’ perspectives, you know what they are up to and what to await. Yet, this doesn’t reduce suspense even a bit, since the story is simply terrifying and fascinating in the most awful way. Mr Burman’s medical research in his shed directly comes from a science-fiction horror show, but, and that is the creepy part of it, what he is doing has been dreamt of by medical doctors and other researchers for centuries and now we seem to be in the possession of the knowledge and the means to make it reality.

I highly enjoyed reading this psychological thriller for its captivating and spine-tingling plot.

Not bad at all

This story is well written and researched. The subject matter of cryogenic science is quite different and was interesting.

You are privy to anything that could have been thrilling or mysterious so that did detract from the suspense. Plus the story takes a while to really take off so you do need patience.

The characters were decent for the most part. There were probably more than necessary but it wasn’t overall confusing. “The Doctor” - Dr. Amit Burman was quite the character, a great villain.

There are holes and plenty of disbelief by the resolution but it’s very scientific and, of course, fiction so that’s part and parcel... Some reviewers thought the big twist was quite obvious and uneventful - not me! I love a good parting shot!

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Avon Books Uk for a copy in exchange for a review.