Book review - The Caseworker's Memoirs by Dan Thompson

Book - The Caseworker's Memoirs

Author - Dan Thompson

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Review:

Malcolm is a retired counselor who has recently lost his wife and become very isolated and is losing touch with the world so his daughter decides to give him a leather bound notebook to write out some of his memoirs in order to help bring him back to where he needs to be. This book follows Malcolm and his struggles with dealing with things in his life and then allows us an insight into his history as a counselor as we read about some of his cases that have stood out to him but can Malcolm pull himself back from the isolation or is it too late for him?

This is a really well written book that had a different feel from many of the books I have read previously. It comes across as a very intelligent piece of writing (no offense meant to any other authors I have read previously) that allows for the reader to imagine that this is someone who has been a counselor in their past rather than feeling too simplistic to be believable. The cases you read about are based around phobias and are intriguing even though they are told in a story as they do make you stop and think due to the fact it comes across as having been researched well and realistic in how the phobias are portrayed.

This is a very well written book that is different from what I would normally read but I finished this in a day and really found it a read that drew me in as I wanted to see if Malcolm would be able to make use of the notebook as it was meant or if things had gone too far for him. If you are looking for something that stands out as being different from many of the other books out there then this is a great one for you as it has an intelligent feel that does not detract from a story told cleverly and with respect.