Should We Stay or Should We Go

Should We Stay or Should We Go

2021 • 275 pages

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Average rating3.7

15

This is the first Lionel Shriver I've read and I'm instantly in love with her dialogue. Kay and Cyril feel so real, she brings them off the page and into my lounge. Through good and bad, sickness and health, their marriage feels very real and Shriver excels at the nuances of the human experience. However the book overall feels a bit of a slog, and the gimmick of ‘sliding doors' wore a bit after the 7th or 8th iteration.
Tackling events ranging from Brexit to Covid, the refugee crisis, the financial crises, elder abuse and climate change, Should We Stay or Should We Go is a sweeping yet intimate novel of two people who take charge of their fate. 3.5 stars rounded up for the gorgeous writing.