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Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
This is an eloquent lens into the world of pain, especially female pain. There is a deep desire in today’s society to suppress and forget about pain.
Miranda, the main character speaks about her perpetual agony and the widespread effects that it has had on her life. She also speaks on how the once smiling faces of people whom she loved, eventually became the coldest to her and her agony. I feel like this is something that gets overlooked in media. We want to believe that the people we love the most will always be there for us, but when it comes down to it even they can experience the taxing repercussions of pain.
I also IMMENSELY appreciated the theatrical aspects of this book. I have never read something that I could so vividly imagine being a film. I’m not just talking about the possibility of it being a film, but literally imagine it scene for scene. I adored that. Awad did an excellent job of incorporating aspects from both All’s Well and The Scottish Play, into something that breathed new life into Shakespeare. With that being said YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH EITHER PLAY OR EVEN SHAKESPEARE TO APPRECIATE THIS STORY. Albeit, it does help especially concerning the mysterious three men and their motives, but I have not read/seen All’s Well and I never felt lost of a moment. With that being said, I do intend to brush up on both plays in order to fully appreciate this work and all the hidden easter eggs in it.
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Blood, Gaslighting
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
Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
it was interesting to read this after rouge, and spot the occasional similarities between the protagonists and the themes!
Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gaslighting
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gaslighting
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent
Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief