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A review by linguisticali
Awakened by Laura Elliott
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
2.5
I received an ALC from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This wasn't for me. It had a lot of philosophical meandering and not much in the way of plot or momentum. The characters weren't particularly engaging, the setting felt vague to me, and the ending totally lost me.
The aspect that felt most real to me was the engagement with chronic fatigue and how it gets dismissed culturally and medically. That felt like it came from a very genuine and thoughtful place. I also find sleep fascinating, and there was some interesting science/sci-fi in here about that. The audiobook performance was generally good too.
Despite my interest in the themes, my overall experience of this was of being bored.
This wasn't for me. It had a lot of philosophical meandering and not much in the way of plot or momentum. The characters weren't particularly engaging, the setting felt vague to me, and the ending totally lost me.
The aspect that felt most real to me was the engagement with chronic fatigue and how it gets dismissed culturally and medically. That felt like it came from a very genuine and thoughtful place. I also find sleep fascinating, and there was some interesting science/sci-fi in here about that. The audiobook performance was generally good too.
Despite my interest in the themes, my overall experience of this was of being bored.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma
Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy
Minor: Rape