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Title: Nothing Lasts Forever
Author: Sidney Sheldon
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 298
Date read: February 2008, April 2025

Dr. Paige Taylor is on trial for the mercy killing of a patient (Did she off the guy for his fortune?); the action then flashes back five years, when Paige and two other female doctors meet as first-year residents at a San Francisco hospital. Paige is the dedicated one, Kate Hunter ("Kat") an African American whose aunt inspired her to lofty ambitions ("You can be anything you want to be. It's up to you") and Betty Lou Taft ("Honey"), the plain Southern belle whose diligent application of techniques gleaned from the Kama Sutra has assured her a professional niche. The trials and tribulations of both patients and medicos include suspenseful operations, natural deaths, murder and suicide.

After slugging my way through Those Who Trespass Against Us I needed something light, and this one fit the bill perfectly. Sidney Sheldon is always good for a quick and entertaining read, and as I also love reading about the life at a hospital I greatly enjoyed it.

Reread 2025: Sidney Sheldon writes ridiculously readable books, and I finished this in just a few hours - but I had forgotten how incredibly unrealistic it is in places. You definitely have to make huge allowances for it, or you'll read it with a permanent eye-roll - from the insta-love romances (from nothing to proposal in less than a month), through the doctor sleeping her way to an education to the extremely questionable medical and legal practices.

Fortunately I was prepared for all of these, and I love reading about life at a hospital (realistic or not), so greatly enjoyed the book regardless. Oh, and I love Dr. Barker on the witness stand!

Nothing Lasts Forever - Sidney Sheldon

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