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This book is intelligent and makes you think.
A good piece of social satire that’s a bit unconventional.
I don’t know if I enjoyed the book. Still, I will remember how it made me uncomfortable and questioned how sickness is perceived in society and power dynamics.

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“It’s not important who you are; the only thing that matters is what kind of illness you suffer from”
This book is intelligent and makes you think.
A good piece of social satire that’s a bit bizarre.
I don’t know if I enjoyed the book but I will definitely remember how it made me feel uncomfortable and questioning about how illness is perceived in society and power dynamics in particular.
This is a book you could read at anytime and take something new from it!

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DNF - it' fun at first, but after 150 pages it just feels aggressively bizzare. I didn't understand it at all, but if it really is meant to criticize chronically ill people, then I understand even less - why would you bully people who didn't have a say in their health and are just trying to get by?

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This book was hard to get into for me. I didn’t like the beginning which made me not want to read further. I pushed through but decided to DNF it. The writing style was too slow for my taste.

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Oh wow. This book. It's going to cause a quite a bit of controversy! Why? Because in a lot of ways, the way the author portrays illness in some , is very true. ( In my opinion) In other ways, it could be taken as unsympathetic to chronically ill people. I do believe it was excellently written. It makes you think. It tells a lot of harsh truths. It is just going to be one of those books that people either love or despise....take the wrong way or completely understand and relate . I do look forward to reading more from this very talented author.

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