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A review by lauriereadslohf
All's Well by Mona Awad
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book took a little while to get going for me. It features a woman suffering from chronic pain. She’s lost her dreams, her husband, most of her friends and her doctors and the people in her circle treat her abysmally. They don’t listen and they don’t seem to care about her pain. Miranda is doing her best to get through each day and bring to life a production of “All’s Well That Ends Well”. A production that no one but Miranda wants and her students fight her at every turn. It’s terrible and hard to read and it’s all done excellently but I was expecting something “bitingly funny and hilarious” as I’ve seen others say about the story and that simply wasn’t the case for me.
The plot takes a wild and strange turn eventually. I enjoyed it more once that happened but strangely it made me enjoy the main character less. She starts to become more like the people she despised. I’m sure it was all intentional but personally I can’t honestly say I enjoyed the personality that was exposed once “a thing” happened. I suppose it’s all a case of what you’re in the mood for and your particular taste. Lots of people find this all a laugh riot so it could be my mood.
I could mention a few more things here that I liked and disliked but I would be saying too much so I’m going to keep this short and am going with a 3 here. A 3 for me means I liked it but it’s not a book I’ll be screaming about for years to come.
The plot takes a wild and strange turn eventually. I enjoyed it more once that happened but strangely it made me enjoy the main character less. She starts to become more like the people she despised. I’m sure it was all intentional but personally I can’t honestly say I enjoyed the personality that was exposed once “a thing” happened. I suppose it’s all a case of what you’re in the mood for and your particular taste. Lots of people find this all a laugh riot so it could be my mood.
I could mention a few more things here that I liked and disliked but I would be saying too much so I’m going to keep this short and am going with a 3 here. A 3 for me means I liked it but it’s not a book I’ll be screaming about for years to come.