Isaree Siriwankulthon, or commonly referred to as "Mor Sam (Dr. Sam)", is a family doctor, novelist and screenwriter from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Her writings are published under the pen name 'Sammon' and are well-known for being medical-centric LGBT stories.
Some of her notable works have been adapted into TV series, i.e. Triage, Manner of Death, Bite Me, 4MINUTES etc.
This was a rather short but perfect ending to GunnWasan story. The sequel novel directly addresses some of the questions and mysteries left at the ending of Book 1. There are parts in the middle of the novel where it felt like the author were sidetracking the main characters to develop the side couple who were introduced in Book 1. But I thoroughly enjoyed getting that proper resolution for Dr. Gunn and secrets. mildly detailed review with spoilers for Book 1 ending below ↓
So at the end of Book 1, we learned that Dr. Gunn assisted in the death of Wasan's mother who was a dying patient wanted to die painlessly. At first, Wasan had thought that his mom was among of the list of dying patients being killed, but then he found out that his mom was not in the list of victims of the serial killer. They're in a relationship by the end of Book 1 but it still felt as if there was a wall between them.
Book 2 did its job well in straightforwardly addressing these issues between Wasan and Gunn. I like that Book 2 dealt with the risks and consequences that Dr. Gunn has to face as someone who does perform euthanasia on his patients.
The author seems to have a very clear stance on the issue of euthanasia and I like that those principles were made very clear through point of view of Dr. Gunn.
The only thing I didn't like was the lack of Wasan in a few chapters in the middle of the novel because the author seemed to have been trying to develop Kong/Tum a bit more so Lieutenant Kong was doing more of the 'investigation' (hence more time/writing spent on Kong). There was a timeskip at the end of the novel but it didn't annoy me at all because it makes complete sense for certain major spoiler reasons.
Having finished Euthanasia 2, I can completely see Spare Me Your Mercy getting a second season if they follow the same trajectory of making SMYM based on Book 1. Because it really does feel like an incomplete story where the author had left readers at Book 1. Book 2 felt much more resoluted than Book 1 and it's definitely a satisfying ending for me.
Three extracts of the book that sumarize my thoughts on it:
"Was he wrong to allow someone to perfectly dictate his own death with his dignity intact?" The conversation around Euthanasia always would be around as long as it not legalized in some countries, in this sotry we are presented on the different ways it can be viewed.
"There is nothing better than being able to perfectly dictate our own life" I liked seeing a bit of the past of Kan you could understand why paliative care and euthanasia were things he became interested in and why he viewed life and death teh way he did.
"And that was a smile that gave Kantapat goosebumps from head to toe" The change both Kan and Wasan suffered in those 8 years was expected but the way it happenned. I liked the ending even if it was bit like an open ending it really wasn't because it really answered all the loose ties that the first book left.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
This is the 3rd from the Manner of Death Trilogy. I like Manner of Death (series), Triage not yet watch but I want to see! And this Euthanasia (or in series "Spare Me Your Mercy") I'm curious what happened to Dr. Kan after ep 8 series ended 😩 I must read 2nd book because not sure if they want to produce live action's sequel, cant wait uncertainty 🤷♀️ anyway I didn't expect this medical story was reallyyyy gooood
I started reading this book because I was not happy with the ending of the adaptation 'Spare me your mercy'. I really wanted to know Wasan's thought about euthanasia. First book was not that exciting for me but my boyy the second part hit where it needed to hit. The questions of what is right and what is actually wrong. What is legally wrong isn't necessarily also morally wrong, It questions our beliefs, religious faith.
I tried to read this book as slowly as possible cause I didn't wanted to finish this. And the last chapter got me sobbing. I won't spoil but it was worth it. They changed each other and broadened our views. As expected from Sammon