bookishllly 's review for:

The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up by Laura Pearson

4.25

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Shelley Woodhouse is an enigma. She has been in two comas and survived. This book touches on deep and weighty issues such as abuse, grief, trauma and moving on. 

It follows the story of Shelley, who wakes up in ICU, with some bits of memory loss. She remembers snippets of her childhood with her mum and grandmother.

Told from her point of view, we are taken on a then and now journey- we hear Shelley’s thoughts on how she landed in the ICU and her past.

The plot was detailed and hard to read sometimes. It did not shy away from the hardest part. It was detailed and a bit graphic.

I don’t know whether to call it a plot twist but whatever twist it was, it was brilliant and turned the story on the head for me.

If you love women fiction with strong female leads then you will enjoy this.