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dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Child death
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was a wacky and surreal book that would have maybe benefitted from being shorter? i liked the narrative tone but since there was a lot of internal monologue involved, it dragged on sometimes.
it was interesting to read this after rouge, and spot the occasional similarities between the protagonists and the themes!
it was interesting to read this after rouge, and spot the occasional similarities between the protagonists and the themes!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Blood
challenging
dark
emotional
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
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Thank you to @jonathanballpublishers for the gifted copy!
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This woman was unhinged in a Macbeth kind of way. None of the story made sense to me and I was left wondering what exactly I had just read at the end. This is neither a light read nor a good one and I was very disappointed that I had spent six days to finish it.
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Thank you to @jonathanballpublishers for the gifted copy!
Miranda is a woman in pain. She was an actress who fell off of the stage and is now permanently damaged. Her career as an actress was gone and there was a constant ache in her leg, hip and back. Then she meets three men who give her the power to transfer her pain onto someone else.
This woman was unhinged in a Macbeth kind of way. None of the story made sense to me and I was left wondering what exactly I had just read at the end. This is neither a light read nor a good one and I was very disappointed that I had spent six days to finish it.
I saw that some folks gave this book 4 β 5 stars and Iβm happy that they could understand the story but I was lost (and a little grossed out, to be honest). Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this story and Iβm sorry to say that I wouldnβt recommend it.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gaslighting
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Esta fue mi primera experiencia leyendo a Mona Awad y me encantΓ³. All's Well me mantuvo entretenida y enganchada de principio a fin. La novela presenta la historia de Miranda, una actriz de teatro que ahora enseΓ±a en una universidad de medio pelo en Massachusetts. AΓ±os atrΓ‘s, mientras interpretaba a Lady Macbeth, se cayΓ³ del escenario y desde entonces sufre de unos dolores crΓ³nicos intensos en todo el cuerpo. Awad construye minuciosamente el dΓa a dΓa de Miranda en un cuerpo que parece traicionarla hasta para lo que damos por sentado en nuestra vida cotidiana, caminar, manejar un auto, cocinarse algo, dar una clase, sentarse a mirar tele en el sillΓ³n. Los mΓ©dicos y especialistas que consulta no logran comprenderla ni empatizar con ella, todos creen que finge o que su dolor existe en su cabeza, como si fuera un tema de voluntad. AdemΓ‘s, Miranda quiere que sus estudiantes preparen una versiΓ³n de All's Well That Ends Well, una obra menos reconocida de Shakespeare que tiene un gran significado personal para ella, pero los estudiantes no quieren saber nada al respecto, inclinΓ‘ndose por Macbeth. Todo empieza a cambiar tras el encuentro extraΓ±o de la protagonista con tres hombres en un bar que le ofrecen una bebida especial, un remedio dorado.
Esta novela tiene varios elementos que me gustan: una protagonista que estΓ‘ en una situaciΓ³n lΓmite, o como se le dice ahora, unhinged woman; una narradora poco confiable, un elemento fantΓ‘stico oscuro y perturbador que irrumpe en la realidad, humor tragicΓ³mico. El estilo de Awad me fascinΓ³, tiene una cualidad hipnotizante que te mete por completo en ese estado de extraΓ±amiento de la narraciΓ³n, como un limbo entre el sueΓ±o y el despertar. Por momentos tiene algo vertiginoso, vinculado al peligro de lo que en cualquier momento puede perder el control y explotar.
La ΓΊnica razΓ³n por la cual no llega a las cinco estrellas es que no me convenciΓ³ del todo el final. Si bien parece un final redondito en el que cierra todo, para mΓ faltΓ³ impacto. Se desinfla, no se arriesga a mantener el tono del resto del libro. Creo que por ese motivo tampoco logrΓ³ emocionarme tanto como habrΓa podido. Pero como ya dije, de todos modos me encantΓ³ y tengo muchas ganas de leer Rouge, la prΓ³xima novela de Awad, y tambiΓ©n Bunny, por quΓ© no.
Esta novela tiene varios elementos que me gustan: una protagonista que estΓ‘ en una situaciΓ³n lΓmite, o como se le dice ahora, unhinged woman; una narradora poco confiable, un elemento fantΓ‘stico oscuro y perturbador que irrumpe en la realidad, humor tragicΓ³mico. El estilo de Awad me fascinΓ³, tiene una cualidad hipnotizante que te mete por completo en ese estado de extraΓ±amiento de la narraciΓ³n, como un limbo entre el sueΓ±o y el despertar. Por momentos tiene algo vertiginoso, vinculado al peligro de lo que en cualquier momento puede perder el control y explotar.
La ΓΊnica razΓ³n por la cual no llega a las cinco estrellas es que no me convenciΓ³ del todo el final. Si bien parece un final redondito en el que cierra todo, para mΓ faltΓ³ impacto. Se desinfla, no se arriesga a mantener el tono del resto del libro. Creo que por ese motivo tampoco logrΓ³ emocionarme tanto como habrΓa podido. Pero como ya dije, de todos modos me encantΓ³ y tengo muchas ganas de leer Rouge, la prΓ³xima novela de Awad, y tambiΓ©n Bunny, por quΓ© no.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts