A review by fizreads
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

3.0

Everyone knows Jean Rhys because of her literary sensation 'Wide Sargasso Sea' which is on my TBR.
Good Morning, Midnight I'm guessing the title is taken from the Emily Dickinson poem and is about the portrayal of Sophia Jansen and her personal tragedy.
Did I enjoy the book? Honestly I didn't it was predictable and melancholic...but saying that I honestly think the rep of mental health was done to a high standard. Rhys' capture of grief and loneliness it gave me vibes of Plath and Rooney. It was raw and authentic and knowing when this novel was published I can't imagine it would have been easy to do. I think after reading the Afterword the novel made a lot more sense to me and highlighted Rhys' portrayal of women and feminism in the novel.

Quotes/
'Everything in their bloody world is a cliché. Everything is born out of a cliché, rests on a cliché, survives by a cliché. And they believe in the clichés - there's no hope.'

'It's a strange feeling - when you know quite certainly in yourself that something is for always, it's like what death must be.'

ED Poem-
Good morning, Midnight!
I'm coming home,
Day got tired of me-
How could I of him?

Sunshine was a sweet place,
I liked to stay -
But Morn didn't want me -now-
So good night, Day!