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The God Complex

Chris Titus
CreateSpace (2011)
ISBN 9781453717028
Reviewed by Melissa Koltes for RebeccasReads (1/12)

"The God Complex," while fiction, is a testament that each person must be the advocate for their own healthcare.  The reader is taken through the agony that plagues Steve Benson as he searches for a diagnosis of his multiple symptoms that elude Western doctors. 

There is some non-fiction entwined in the story, as we read the journal entries from the author, as he explains the nearly debilitating problems that have no explanation.  The reader’s heart goes out to both the author and the character as doctor after doctor either prescribe a multitude of medications or say its psychosomatic. 

Eventually, Steve ends up in Boston’s Chinatown following Eastern medicine practices and discovering he does in fact have a true ailment and begins to receive treatments only to slip back into the symptoms.  When a dead body is found in Europe and identified as Steve, his brother Paul travels to tie up the loose ends and try to determine how Steve wound up at the bottom of a bridge.  As Paul begins to sort through the items in Steve’s apartment he learns more about his brother’s plight than he knew existed.

The intrigue that follows and the information revealed leave the reader gripped in a story that crosses continents, and mixes Eastern and Western medical practices.  "The God Complex" is fascinating and makes the reader question if everything we’ve been told by the medical community is truly accurate or could there be much simpler answers to many of our ailments.

The only part of the story that disappointed me was the fast ending, I felt the ending was rushed and not fleshed out enough.  However, there are few, if any loose ends, and that makes for a great read.

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