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All's Well by Mona Awad

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remuslibrary's review against another edition

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

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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minxtte's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No

4.0


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itisnatal's review against another edition

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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

3.0


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danidamico's review

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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. 

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bloomed's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0


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lindseyhall44's review

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dark 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

4.75

All’s Well may be one of the weirdest book I have ever read, and I mean that in the best possible way. Any fan’s of the fever dream-esque atmosphere of Bunny will adore this novel, since the stream of consciousness writing amplified the feeling.
For any fans of character studies, Shakespeare, and darker stories, I would 100000% recommend.

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coffeecass's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

5.0


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reggiethebird's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

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

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