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All's Well by Mona Awad

77 reviews

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Hmm. Odd. But I don’t know enough about All’s Well That Ends Well to dispute this. I will say that I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing style. Lots of repetition and also no one says another persons name that often when speaking to them?? “Hello, Miranda! Miranda, are you okay, Miranda? That’s so weird, Miranda. You’re limping, Miranda.” SHUT UP??

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ellen_is_reading's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lizpodgorny's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious fast-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

I loved this book. It was thought provoking and the writing elicited strong emotions. I found the narration and POV to be interesting. I’m a huge Shakespeare fan so I appreciated the combination of elements from All’s Well That Ends Well and MacBeth.

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pussylungs's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Reality blurs as this character slowly spirals in a pill-induced haze down the rabbit hole of her own failures. Addicts and disabled folx will identify with this story, theatre lovers will find it amusing, and no one will know what is real and what is not. This book was meant to convey how women go insane from not being believed about their pain. But it turned out to be more about how addiction/lack of therapy & proper medical care/delusions can lead to a downward spiral. But hey, all's well that ends well, right?

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measlibrary's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I thought that this book was fantastic. I was really excited to read a book by Mona Awad & I have heard a lot about her writing being like a fever dream, & I totally agree. This book was so insane & anxiety inducing, haha. I loved the way she was able to weave together all of the elements present. She did such a great job at depicting what it is like to live with chronic pain/illness & it being hard for those who do not also experience it to believe it or understand it. “Invisible illnesses” can be so hard to both experience & be around. I absolutely related being chronically ill myself & was saddened to see Miranda feel so hopeless & sad in her life. I related absolutely to relationships being affected & just feeling awful all the time being exhausting on those around you as well. I thought Awad did a phenomenal job making that come across & showing how difficult it is for all parties involved, but especially the one experiencing the pain itself.

The magical realism/witchcraft element of this was also fantastically terrifying. I loved it & was also horrified by it. The concept of Miranda being able to give her pain to those who hurt her the most was diabolical but also amazing.

In the end, I really enjoyed this book. It did have a bit of a slow start & it was hard to follow/like a protagonist that was so caught in negativity & had basically given up, but by the end of the book she grows & learns & is a completely different person. I loved seeing her from the beginning of the book to the end. Miranda truly got to understand her pain in a new way & I was happy with how it all resolved. I rate this book 4.5/5 stars! 🌟

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juhmeeluh's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny mysterious tense 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

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cinnamonsweetpotatofries's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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danielatheinkdrinker's review against another edition

4.75

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’s ~~all well~~. how could it now be? why would it not be?