A review by fictionalsarah
The Last Act of Adam Campbell by Andy Jones

5.0

A beautiful book about a group of cancer patients (who come from all backgrounds, and ages), who come together to put on a small play based on Shakespeare’s famous deaths. While the title only mentions Adam, I was happily surprised to discover a slew of other characters, all of whom are so well developed, that the book also focus on.

It doesn’t flinch away from the reality of cancer, and what dealing with a diagnosis like that must be like, while also having a nice level of humour and bittersweet moments. The whole subject matter can be hard to handle properly, and I think this author did a brilliant job of it.

Highly recommend.