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A review by horsley123
Magpie by Elizabeth Day
3.0
I loved 'The Party' and was really excited to be reading Elizabeth Day's newest book. There is a couple of things about 'Magpie' which did not sit right with me and hence it was not the read I was hoping for. I felt uneasy that the surrogate was mentally unwell. It seems unlikely that anyone would get their surrogacy approved by the hospital ethics committee when the surrogate is bipolar. It had a retro soap opera feel in making the 'baddy' mentally unstable, there is redemption but it was uncomfortable.
I expected some later connection with the scene setting at the beginning of the book. I thought that there would be some connection between Marissa's mother and sister, but no, so I did not understand why that part of her life was detailed, parcelled up and completely ignored.
Putting aside my wokery it is a fast and entertaining read, but I would recommend her other work before this book.
I expected some later connection with the scene setting at the beginning of the book. I thought that there would be some connection between Marissa's mother and sister, but no, so I did not understand why that part of her life was detailed, parcelled up and completely ignored.
Putting aside my wokery it is a fast and entertaining read, but I would recommend her other work before this book.