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All's Well by Mona Awad

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orlagal's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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? N/A

4.0


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enchanted_reader32's review against another edition

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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

1.5

β€˜β€π™±πšžπš πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πšŠπš•πš• πšπš˜πš˜πš•πšœ, πš˜πš‹πšŸπš’πš˜πšžπšœπš•πš’. 𝚈𝚘𝚞, π™·πšŽπš•πšŽπš—, πšŠπš›πšŽ πšπšŠπš› 𝚝𝚘𝚘 πš›πšŽπšœπš’πš•πš’πšŽπš—πš πšπš˜πš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘. π™°πš›πšŽπš—β€™πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞?”’

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 – 5 stars and I’m 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 I’m sorry to say that I wouldn’t recommend it.

πš€πšžπš˜πšπšŽπšœ:

β€œπšƒπš‘πš’πšœ 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 πšœπš‘πš’πš—πšŽπšœ πšŠπš—πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš› πš•πš’πšπš‘πš. πšƒπš‘πš’πšœ 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚜 𝙸 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš•πš’πšŸπšŽπš, π™Έβ€™πš– πšŠπš•πš’πšŸπšŽ. πšƒπš‘πš’πšœ 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚜 π™Έβ€™πšŸπšŽ πš”πš—πš˜πš πš— πš“πš˜πš’ πšŠπš—πš πš™πšŠπš’πš—, πš”πš—πš˜πš πš— πšπš‘πšŽπš– πš‹πš˜πšπš‘. π™Έβ€™πš•πš• πš”πš—πš˜πš  πšπš‘πšŽπš– πšŠπšπšŠπš’πš—.”

β€œπ™Ύπšžπš, 𝚘𝚞𝚝, πš‹πš›πš’πšŽπš πšŒπšŠπš—πšπš•πšŽ. π™»πš’πšπšŽβ€™πšœ πš‹πšžπš 𝚊 πš πšŠπš•πš”πš’πš—πš πšœπš‘πšŠπšπš˜πš . 𝙰 πš™πš˜πš˜πš› πš™πš•πšŠπš’πšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŠπš πšœπšπš›πšžπšπšœ πšŠπš—πš πšπš›πšŽπšπšœ πš‘πš’πšœ πš‘πš˜πšžπš› πšžπš™πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš— πš’πšœ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πš πš—πš˜ πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ.”

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sakisreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I was thrilled by Mona Awad’s β€˜Bunny’ so I thought I would be into this one.

Very bizarre, very intriguing storyline! I didn’t know Shakespeare’s β€˜All’s Well’ play at all but could still read Awad’s story. It wasn’t my favourite out of her stories, however I was still HOOKED into this Faver/Miranda dynamic and the way in which women’s pain is always belittled and ignored 😳 β€˜Maybe it’s all in your brain’ lit a fire under my ass and made me rage πŸ”₯

3.5 out of 5 stars for me on this one πŸ₯Ή Thank you!

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medini_l's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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lisa00's review

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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eisenbuns's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Reading Mona Awad's books requires a certain amount of faith. It is a leap, in a way, to give yourself over to the extreme and the absurd so wholly. Is it worth it? Will I reach the end of the journey and wonder whether the journey even happened? I've certainly felt that way reading literature like this before. Bret Easton Ellis comes to mind. But after reading 'Bunny' and letting myself go along for the insane, quirky, ride, I knew what I was getting into when I started 'All's Well.'

I'm so glad I was able to put aside all of my concerns and preconceptions, and dive into this work. 'All's Well' is a story of magic, of witches, of the fantastical and the mundane. It's also, primarily, a story about living with chronic pain. How it feels to be rendered invisible to professionals and loved ones alike. How it transforms you. 

I think this book is an absolute masterpiece. I loved it even as I hated it. 

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