A review by bookreviewswithkb
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“i wish i could get them back. all those years that i wasted. i wish i could copy and paste them to the Now. i’d live them so much better.”

i am left reflecting on what it means for our lives to be cut short, the residual impacts, the way the pain ripples out onto our loved ones. when our days are numbered, what will we regret? what will we wish we had done differently? what will we see as the moments that made us, the moments that broke us, the moments that haunted us

and our bodies, our bodies. our minds. the connections between the two but also the disconnections. what our bodies carry, what they know, what they store. what our minds convolute, what they mistake, what they destroy 

at times a difficult read but ultimately so lyrical and profound