I want to smack her myself sometimes.īut who wants a genius as a protagonist, always armed with the right zinger, who can suss out a villain a mile away? Not me. One reviewer said, “Sometimes I want to put my arm around Zoe, and other times I want to smack her.” I get that. That’s a loaded word for any female protagonist. Does this make her-get ready for the dreaded word-”likable”? I don’t know. Her voice shifts based on her meds and her moods, and her perspective is certainly unique. Zoe’s thoughts may be scattered, but also self-deprecatingly funny. In a fortuitous way, her ADHD is literary gold. I’m a neurologist, so it didn’t take long to make the diagnosis. Once I heard her voice (and believe me, it was rather loud at times), it was obvious that Zoe had “issues.” Her thoughts kept zigzagging, her moods cycled up and down, and she made these impulsive decisions that weren’t helping anyone, including herself. The honest answer: I didn’t give Zoe anything. This is probably the most common question readers ask about the psychiatrist-protagonist of the Zoe Goldman series.
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