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- Sep 10, 2019
- 2 min read

Overdrawn - N. J. Crosskey

Blog Tour stop for the heart wrenching, chilling and dark look at the future of the healthcare system

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"A dark look at the future of the healthcare system

Synopsis

Henry Morris is watching his wife slip away from him.

In an ageist society, where euthanasia is encouraged as a patriotic act, dementia is no longer tolerated.

Kaitlyn, a young waitress, is desperate for the funds to keep her brother’s life support machine switched on.

When a chance encounter brings the two together, they embark on an unconventional business arrangement that will force them to confront their prejudices, as well as their deepest, darkest secrets.

'Crosskey is fast becoming the writer of our generation' Literary Elf

'Overdrawn is flawless. It's a compelling page-turner' Laura Pearson

'Gripping, fast-moving and tightly plotted' Heather Child

Praise for Poster Boy: GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE MONTH

'Crosskey propels the plot at breakneck pace' Guardian

'Keep this book far from anyone who might be tempted to turn its fiction into reality' Christina Dalcher

'Completely gripping... terrifyingly real!' Liz Lawler

'Fast-paced, gutsy and disturbing’ Fiona Mitchell

My Review

Well I don't even know where to start with this review.

This book was one of the most original and heart wrenching books I have read this year if not ever!

Here we are in a dystopian future Britain where the NHS is a thing of the past and the heathcare system as a whole has become so so very expensive and twisted that a person is graded.

Everyone has an EP (earning potential) if a persons health declines or as they age and the costs become too high they basically become worthless so they can earn credits by volunteering for euthanasia.

Because of this system only the young healthy or in some cases rich survive.

We focus on Henry and Kaitlyn, Henry struggling with his wife with Alzheimer's and Kaitlyn drowning under the costs and pressure to turn off her brother life support, as he is in a coma.

Together they fight for and work out how to support the ones they love, I loved how the friendship between these two developed and grew.

As a former nurse (medically retired), I found this version of the future all to real and fearful in some way's, we see today the huge costs of insurance and the medical industry outside the UK and I strongly feel how under-worshipped the NHS really is.

To be confronted with a tale showing the effects after the NHS is no more just terrified me, even more so as I realised that with my chronic illnesses in this world I would have been euthanized long ago! just chilling!

As shocking as this read was I found it utterly compelling and cannot wait to see where this book goes as it is crying out to be turned in to a Tv series or film!