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A review by bookapotamus
The Vines by Shelley Nolden
4.0
THE VINES is a twisted and dark bit of contagious fun! Like a historical-mystery-thriller-fantasy-sci-fi mash up of secrets and lies - and I loved every minute!
I’ve been down all the Google rabbit holes wondering what quarantine was like on North Brother Island. I had the unfortunate pleasure of having tuberculosis a few years ago and thank science I wasn’t banished to an island! Shout out to modern medicine!
This decaying NYC island is the site of a shuttered hospital used for quarantines and human experiments. Cora, remains imprisoned there by contagions and some super shady doctors. When Finn discovers her, it ignites an obsession to uncover her past — and his own family's dark secrets in turn.
There’s some really fun twists and turns that The Vines takes - told in dual timelines, and cleverly meeting in present day. It’s a haunting story that questions the ethics of medicine - in particular, a family of doctors who stand out in some pretty horrific scenes. But the courageous and strong-willed Cora outshines their controversial objectives and steals the story with her unwavering spirit.
A haunting story that is definitely taken up a notch reading in a pandemic - Coronavirus even makes a cameo! It’s funny how truth really is sometimes just as strange as fiction!
I’ve been down all the Google rabbit holes wondering what quarantine was like on North Brother Island. I had the unfortunate pleasure of having tuberculosis a few years ago and thank science I wasn’t banished to an island! Shout out to modern medicine!
This decaying NYC island is the site of a shuttered hospital used for quarantines and human experiments. Cora, remains imprisoned there by contagions and some super shady doctors. When Finn discovers her, it ignites an obsession to uncover her past — and his own family's dark secrets in turn.
There’s some really fun twists and turns that The Vines takes - told in dual timelines, and cleverly meeting in present day. It’s a haunting story that questions the ethics of medicine - in particular, a family of doctors who stand out in some pretty horrific scenes. But the courageous and strong-willed Cora outshines their controversial objectives and steals the story with her unwavering spirit.
A haunting story that is definitely taken up a notch reading in a pandemic - Coronavirus even makes a cameo! It’s funny how truth really is sometimes just as strange as fiction!