Review: The Break-Up Clinic: A Novel

The Break-Up Clinic: A Novel by Govind Sharma
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

[Note: I won this book in GoodReads giveaway and this is my honest review of the book]

The saddest three words for a person in love are 'It is over', and the rejection by the loved one can be the most painful emotional moment of life. - Dr. Gemini (from the book)

This is the third book by the Author Govind sharma ( a former IAS officer and MBBS in medicine.) the other two books are - State vs Amrit Kumar , Anant Dot Com .

This book is about a hospital called "Breakup clinic" . The main function of the clinic is to offer psychotherapy and counselling to those suffering from depression following a relationship break-up. The admission policy of the Break-up clinic gave priority to the suicide attempt survivors. doctor Dev is in charge of this clinic.

There are three suicide survivors in the story and each one has his own story and Doctors try to cure them through therapy and counselling and sometime through medication. psychoanalysis is used to unravel the hidden emotions in the unconscious mind and cognitive therapy is used to help patients control their thoughts, feelings and behavior.

The book gives some basic understanding of why people in failed relationship still cling to it even if it hurts them badly and it even forces them to hurt themselves and sometimes attempt suicide to gain sympathy from their tormentor. the tormentor also takes advantage of it. The author has nicely explored the thought process of the three survivors. but i wish that the author had explored the mindset of the three tormentors of the three patients in the book as well and that would have given both sides point of view.

Were the tormentors really selfish people ? not sure. when one dumps another, can (s)he be accused of guilty ? not sure.

The book talks about ego defense which is unhealthy way of handling your emotions.

This book surely helps to understand the various dimensions of a failed relationships and exhorts readers to take medical help to overcome. and, it says life is always beautiful and - The first and fore-most thing is to forgive and forget your ex...and never go back to him/her.

The writing style of the author is very good and he has narrated the story very well. I rate this book very high and rate it 5/5 .

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