Review: Physician, Heal Thyself
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2013
For a couple of world renown psychiatrists, Luc and Olivia have a lot to learn.  Mostly, where to draw the lines on ethics.  Other reviewers have recapped the story line well enough, so I will focus on my observations and opinions.Olivia's personal beliefs are to be respected and admired, but like another reviewer noted, her personal beliefs seemed to influence her advice and direction to her patients.  There was another ethical dilemma when Olivia refused to disclose why she would not treat a patient (an abusive past boyfriend) .  Eventually, Luc figured it out, yet he still continued to attempt to treat this patient, even thought there were strong personal reasons why he never should have started.  The author made a strong argument why this was mandated, but it was too convoluted, and just too coincidental that Luc showed up after a 10 year absence, and the abuser turns up in her life again after a 16 years under conditions that require someone on their psychiatric staff treat him.The recurring theme of secrets, confrontations, sexual attraction, rejection, and misunderstanding wasn't anything new, and after the 5th or 6th round of the dramas, it was getting tiresome.  It was like a loop that kept repeating over and over.  Just as Luc & Olivia start to get close again, one of them says or does something that puts the wall up again, and it starts all over.  There just wasn't anything outstanding that either kept me in suspense, or kept me entertained.  Just endless reruns of the same scenes.I did make note of one example where the editing failed.  Luc and Olivia are searching for Melissa, and Luc is asking for directions."There is a Y in the road, shall I go left or right?""Try right."After making calls to her daughter's friends, Olivia realized they needed to go the other road and told Luc"... make a U-turn.  Go back to the Y and make a left. "That would put them going back to their starting point.  When they reached the intersection again, they would need to make a right turn, in order to be traveling on the left fork of the road.Overall, it meets all the criteria of a romance novel, and is an ok read.  It seems to be missing something, but I can't quite define it.  Just an OK book for me.