Bought this copy at Third Place Books. A strange quirky read.

Sending this to BookBirds per her request.

Thank you thank you for sending this over -- I needed a copy for The Morning News Tournament of Books. I appreciate it! I will read and journal this very soon.

First, PERFECTTTT cover for this book. The cover deftly combines the two halves of this book: chronic pain and theater. Some might complain that the complaints about pain are TOO much. But I think this is because when you have chronic pain, it takes over your life. It becomes more important than anything else, all the time. This wasn't a problem in the book for me. But with an unreliable narrator, I'm kind of left in a whirlwind of "what the heck just happened?" I'm not sure what happened to Miranda, what was in her head. I'm just left a little confused. Maybe there are Shakespeare references I didn't get that would have been a big hint? I had a feeling Mona Awad's writing was spicy and snarky, so I kind of expected more of that! I will be reading more of her books...
*Book #125/304 I have read of the shortlisted Morning News Tournament of Books competitors

Thanks so much again for sharing this book, 39301!