A review by ellaellaellaetc
Mona by Pola Oloixarac

3.0

okay... i was kind of getting into this, all of the commentary was really interesting and the mystery elements were compelling... Until the final 2ish pages. huh😭 what do you even mean. This is about a woman called mona (🤯🤯) who has been nominated for a fancy writing award that will be presented in sweden. it follows her for a weekend of panels and hanging out with other writers all the while she is trying to work out where the strange bruises on her body are from. I'm annoyed caused I really loved the prose and I liked how the book was kind of boring lol but then the final pages just confused me and made me feel like I'd just wasted all my time. What a flop. If you read this don't read the last 5ish pages cause I'm not speaking hyperbolically it really ruined the entire novel for me. 3 stars