The Water Cure
by Sophie Mackintosh
Taste attributes: dramadisasterpsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimpleenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentaryempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA dark novel that is larger-than-life, small-scale and original. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
"An extraordinary otherworldly debut... [Mackintosh] is writing the way that Sofia Coppola would shoot the end of the world: everything is luminous, precise, slow to the point of dread." --The Guardian The Handmaid's Tale meets The Virgin Suicides in this dystopic feminist revenge fantasy about three sisters on an isolated island, raised to fear men King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three...
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- Author
- Sophie Mackintosh
- Published
- 2018
- Pages
- 288
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- Open Library
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