A review by amibo
Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

4.5

 So the description of this book that says this woman has gone home to her parents' that sounds like a quirky fun book is NOT THIS BOOK. It's irritatingly wrong and I'd be more angry about it except it got me to read a book I might not have otherwise read, and I'm glad I did.

The descriptions of pregnancy and motherhood and birth are hilariously pitch-perfect. The descriptions of mental illness are heartbreakingly real.

This book is extremely funny, and almost unbearably sad, and I wanted to strangle characters, and hug them, and fix them, and in the end, hope for and with them. 
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