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dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book completely surprised me!
Confession: I've never read a horror book before - mostly because I'm a scardy cat and thought it would be all gore. It's not! Instead, this book is weird in the best possible way.
The story follows a theater professor whose life is falling apart - her students hate the Shakespeare play she's directing (All's Well That Ends Well), and she's living with excruciating back and leg pain after a devastating fall during her acting career.
At first, I thought this was a deep dive into the bio-psycho-social approach to chronic pain and the mind-body connection. And then... things got wild. I won't spoil it, but let's just say this book takes a turn you won't see coming. If you're into dark, twisty reads with a touch of the bizarre, this one's for you!
Confession: I've never read a horror book before - mostly because I'm a scardy cat and thought it would be all gore. It's not! Instead, this book is weird in the best possible way.
The story follows a theater professor whose life is falling apart - her students hate the Shakespeare play she's directing (All's Well That Ends Well), and she's living with excruciating back and leg pain after a devastating fall during her acting career.
At first, I thought this was a deep dive into the bio-psycho-social approach to chronic pain and the mind-body connection. And then... things got wild. I won't spoil it, but let's just say this book takes a turn you won't see coming. If you're into dark, twisty reads with a touch of the bizarre, this one's for you!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
all’s well is mona awads portayal of chronic pain, she did wonderfully. i have fibromyalgia which is a chronic condition and i stopped myself more than once after i finished the book to make sense of this realization.
i am miranda. she is me.
it terrifies me, how i understand her pain all too well; however what terrifies me the most is: i wouldn’t doubt twice to take a trick. i. wouldn’t. think. twice.
this book; it’s fine, it’sall well. how could it now be? why would it not be?
i am miranda. she is me.
it terrifies me, how i understand her pain all too well; however what terrifies me the most is: i wouldn’t doubt twice to take a trick. i. wouldn’t. think. twice.
this book; it’s fine, it’s
But not too much pain, am I right? Not too much, never too much. If it was too much, you wouldn't know what to do with me, would you?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Blood, Death of parent
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love the way Mona discusses real life issues in her books. She always adds a sort of magical realism to her works (I have only read 2) you never know what’s real and what’s “magic”. Her writing is so thought provoking, like this book dove into the misogyny of the health industry and the difficulties of living with chronic pain. I don’t wanna talk too much about the actual plot because I think that takes away from her stories and the weirdness that happens. I loved the theater aspects of this as a theater nerd myself. Also the moral questions and such that a brought up in this were spectacular. I highly recommend giving this author a chance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Medical content
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Dysphoria
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
dark
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
being that i’m currently in the middle of a flare up, i truly could not have read this at a more perfect time. this book and miranda’s complexity hit so close to home in a way i’ve never been able to put to words.
nearly perfect, but being a theatre technician, there were some technical aspects (specifically with the set design) that just aren’t how things work (and not in a magical realism way). a super nit picky critique from my super niche job.
nearly perfect, but being a theatre technician, there were some technical aspects (specifically with the set design) that just aren’t how things work (and not in a magical realism way). a super nit picky critique from my super niche job.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting