Double Blind Book Review
About the Book
Twenty-nine-year-old Lisa Newberry can barely make it through the day. Suddenly widowed and a survivor of a near-fatal attack, she is wracked with grief and despair. Then she hears of a medical trial for a tiny brain chip that emits electrical pulses to heal severe depression. At rope’s end, Lisa offers herself as a candidate.
When she receives her letter of acceptance for the trial, Lisa is at first hopeful. But—brain surgery. Can she really go through with that? What if she receives only the placebo?
What if something far worse goes wrong?
Written in the relentless style for which Brandilyn Collins is known, Double Blind is a psychological thriller with mind-bending twists. Lisa faces choices that drive her to the brink, and one wrong move could cost the lives of many.
My Thoughts
Anyone who has read a Brandilyn Collins book expects a crazy good suspense every single time. For some reason, this one did not hit that mark for me.
On the one hand, I love a good suspense with a medical undertone, and in Double Blind, just the thought that Lisa might be able to “cure” her depression with a chip implanted in her brain was mind blowing. As part of a medical trial, she found that chance – only the chip that she received was loaded with images from a murder. Those images started showing in her mind within 24 hours of the chip’s implantation, and completely turned her life upside down.
On the other hand, the story dragged for me. It took so long to get to the climax of the story, the mystery surrounding this chip, and why Lisa was seeing these images. And while I normally allow myself to let a suspense play out on its own without trying to figure it out, I was frustrated when the bad guy was revealed and the way that scene came about. It just didn’t work for me.
By no means will I stop reading this author because this book didn’t meet my expectations. She has loads of other books that I’ve read over the years and loved! For readers looking for her style of writing combined with a medical suspense, I would recommend her book Over the Edge instead.
3 Stars
**Many thanks to the publisher for providing a copy for review. I was not required to write a positive review.
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