Daphne
‘A woman just couldn’t relinquish her control’- Daphne Will Boast’s debut novel, ‘Daphne’ offered me nothing new nor intriguing as a reader despite its enticing concept and stimulus. I chose to read the book based on its tagline; ‘Emotion suffuses everything we do, think, and are. Who would guess it could quite literally paralyse you.’, as I believe as humans we all do both consciously and unconsciously, use our emotions to control our lives and decisions but the idea, and unfortunately some people’s reality that it can paralyse you and I wanted to better understand this reality. I first started reading the book at the beginning of October but after the first four chapters I had determined that I had no interest in Daphne’s trials and tribulations with her neurological condition, job and personal life, so was deciding upon returning it the book to the library, but after consulting several favourable reviews on Goodreads I gave it another chance, read it all, and sa...