Audiobook10 hours
The Breakup Doctor
Written by Phoebe Fox
Narrated by Joell A. Jacob
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
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About this audiobook
Call Brook Ogden a matchmaker-in-reverse. Let others bring people together; Brook, licensed mental health counselor, picks up the pieces after things come apart. When her own therapy practice collapses, she lands on her feet with a weekly advice-to-the-lovelorn column and a successful consulting service as the Breakup Doctor.
But when her own relationship suddenly crumbles, Brook finds herself engaging in almost every bad breakup behavior she preaches against. And worse, she starts a rebound relationship with the most inappropriate of men: a dangerously sexy bartender with anger-management issues, who also happens to be a former patient.
As her increasingly out-of-control behavior lands her at rock-bottom, Brook realizes that you can't always handle a messy breakup neatly, and that sometimes you can't pull yourself together until you let yourself fall apart.Contains mature themes.
But when her own relationship suddenly crumbles, Brook finds herself engaging in almost every bad breakup behavior she preaches against. And worse, she starts a rebound relationship with the most inappropriate of men: a dangerously sexy bartender with anger-management issues, who also happens to be a former patient.
As her increasingly out-of-control behavior lands her at rock-bottom, Brook realizes that you can't always handle a messy breakup neatly, and that sometimes you can't pull yourself together until you let yourself fall apart.Contains mature themes.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In The Breakup Doctor Phoebe Fox gives us a wonderful character experiencing the highs and lows of life. I was initially torn between four and five stars but I read through a few other reviews and there was a comment in one that helped me to put what I enjoyed into better perspective.The other reviewer felt that a negative of the story, at least for her, was the way Brook seemed to be such an unlikable person in the second half of the book. I was a little surprised because I found Brook to be likable even when she was acting in ways that were questionable at best. In thinking about my impression in light of this other viewpoint I realized what Fox did so well that it almost slipped by, she let Brook's qualities, good and bad, show through without sugar-coating the bad. I would venture to say that many if not most of us have, in times of emotional pain, been far less of the person we like to think we are. So many of her thoughts, comments and actions were so wrong to do that they seemed perfectly right. I guess what I am saying is that I found this glimpse into how someone else deals (or not) with anguish yet still begins to come through the other side refreshing and also reassuring. Reassuring? Yeah, I have fallen far short of who I like to think I am on more occasions than I care to admit, so I could relate to some of Brook's uglier moments. Yet it is reassuring to know that others have felt similar emotions and acted on them but managed to bounce back.That makes this novel sound far heavier than it is. It is a pleasant read, at times laugh out loud and I shared more than one part with friends, especially where she remembers too late "[d]on't drink and dial, and don't drink and email." I read that section to several people, I think it will be my audition piece.I also have to mention Sasha, Brook's best friend. To say they are opposites wouldn't truly sum up the beauty of their friendship. There is much more fluidity to what would be the boundary were they simply opposites. Each is exactly what the other needs. If you have one of those friends who sometimes seems like she can't survive without your help but just as often you can't seem to survive without hers either, then you know what I mean.I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys some humor but is especially drawn to relationships. Not strictly romantic but familial, friendship and work relationships as well. If you have ever suffered a breakup that sent you plummeting I think you will find a lot here to relate to as well, I sure did.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I had a blast reading The Break Up Doctor. I figure anytime I actually worry about a character's well being during the course of the story, I am totally invested in it. When Brook Ogden's counselor practice is suddenly without a home, most people would just start searching for a new lease. This time it's her best friend Sasha that lends a hand and a new start with a relationship advice column at the newspaper she works at. Brook's own boyfriend Kendall has mentioned cohabitating, her parents are taking a 'break' and the home she owns is in need of great repair. When life starts to be too much, Brook's descent into bad relationship behavior is both humorous and heart wrenching to watch. I have visited Fort Meyers once and enjoyed Fox's descriptions of both the area and the vacationers v. real inhabitants. I will absolutely be on the look out for the next book in the series.