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product_id: 94126364
title: "The Water Cure: A Novel"
brand: "doubleday books"
price: "€ 33.69"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 13
category: "Book"
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# The Water Cure: A Novel

**Brand:** doubleday books
**Price:** € 33.69
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Water Cure: A Novel by doubleday books
- **How much does it cost?** € 33.69 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

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    Absolutely riveting and beautifully written
  

*by C***G on Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019*

I believe reviews are better left without a readers narrative of the plot and meaning. I am a fan of dystopian fiction which is why after hearing a brief review of the book on NPR, I ordered it and read it cover to cover in about a day. Stunningly beautifully written, it did not disappoint and I highly recommend it. It has a strong feminist flavor and is not for those who prefer a formulaic plot line. It's like wandering through a hazy, fascinating, but sometimes brutal dream.

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    Truly awful
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019*

Incredibly boring nonsense. It’s hard to tell which of the sisters is narrating, because only their superficial characteristics distinguish them - one is significantly younger, one is pregnant. And one is neither the youngest nor pregnant. There is virtually no dialogue, so you get no realer sense of how they interact except through descriptions of their weird, ritual directed life. It’s just terrible. Oh, and there is no twist near the end that pulls anything together - I kept waiting for that. Nope. It stays boring and weird the whole way through.

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    Too Black and White for Me
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2018*

“The Water Cure”, by Sophie Mackintosh, is chilling, creepy, frustrating, and profoundly disturbing. Mackintosh has created a dystopian setting, an isolated family of three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. They are being “protected” from toxins on the mainland, but there are also being mentally and physically abused by their parents. I won’t reveal the plot because it’s meant for the reader to figure things out. Sort of. Though, it’s not a spoiler to say that the novel intends to be a “feminist” tale about what it means to be female, siblings, patriarchy, nature verses nurture, and the fragility of civilization.However, generalizations about “all men” are just as untrue and sexist as generalizations about “all women” and true feminism should not seek to construct an “us or them” paradigm of male: evil/female: victim. Needless to say, there is no male point of view here, and I never connected with the sister’s characters enough to care about them; ultimately the novel failed for me.I highly recommend: “The Natural Way of Things” by Charlotte Wood, which deals with similar issues and ideas.

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