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A review by powerpuffgoat
All's Well by Mona Awad
5.0
Stellar writing. I listened to the audiobook, and the prose flowed beautifully.
I can understand if the magical realism would not be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Do I fully "get it"? Probably not. But this book had me captive the entire time.
Other things I loved:
I can understand if the magical realism would not be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Do I fully "get it"? Probably not. But this book had me captive the entire time.
Other things I loved:
- The way chronic illness is portrayed, complete with doctors ignoring your pain and the way people around you act like you're pretending.
- The sheer mania of our main character. It was akin to watching a disaster unfold in real time, knowing what's about to happen but not being able to look away.
- Even if I'm not a Shakespeare expert, I knew enough to appreciate the parallels in this book that don't overly rely on the works of Shakespeare.