Reviews - How Does that Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

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How Does that Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

Anna Montague

3.44 AVERAGE

ellies_encyclopedia's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny reflective slow-paced

yetanothersusan's review against another edition

3.25

3-3.5 stars for me, I'm wavering. The beginning was very confusing and bounced around a lot from the present to flashbacks without much preamble. It wasn't until I got further into the book that either I got better at following the leaps, or the leaps made more sense. The story was much sadder than I anticipated. It wasn't as funny as the title, summary, and cover give the impression of. I felt so sad for this woman who didn't know herself and who wasn't able to express herself truthfully around her closest friends. I really liked the last 15% or so. I wish more time had been spent on Magda coming into her own. I felt it took way too long to get there and not enough time was spent on the more important plot points in the process.

Thanks to NetGalley and Ecco for a copy of the book. This review is my own opinion.

lifewithjoce's review

3.0

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

sara_ndipity's review against another edition

3.5

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adahfitzgerald's review against another edition

2.5

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

apoorvamate517's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad 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

natboyd's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

shereadstales's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Thanks to NetGalley and Ecco Books for the digital galley of this book!

In How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund, Magda is mourning the loss of her best friend. Her routines, colleagues, and anxious therapy patients dot her world, and she has a sort of truce with Sarah’s widower. Magda discovers that Sarah had mapped out a road trip for them to take to celebrate Magda’s 70th birthday.

When Sarah’s husband asks Magda to take care of her ashes, Magda hits the road, following the planned trip, recounting her friendship with Sarah, and coming to terms with how she really felt about her friend. She meets some characters along the way and faces some truths about herself.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s a road trip book, but with the twist of one of the friends being dead. Pieces of Magda and Sarah’s history unfold in each road trip stop until we get a full picture of the past and learn that it’s never too late to live your truth.

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