Hello and happy Friday. This morning I didn’t wake up in the mood for reading, for some reason, so I decided to do some work stuff instead, which was actually related to books since I teach English and part of my job is encouraging my students to read, and I also wanted to write not one but two book reviews, so here we are. Yesterday I finished reading Muay Thai for Monogamists by Genevieve Flint, and I’d like to thank Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the opportunity.

As soon as I started reading Muay Thai for Monogamists, I could tell it would be one of those very absurd novels in which not everything makes sense, but also the author is very aware of this and isn’t worried about it. The main purpose of this book is to entertain, to make the readers laugh, and I think it was accomplished even if there were some nuggets of wisdom and so not-so-funny moments interspersed. Like, there were bits in which Eliana, the main character, reflects about her life and her relationships, and not only is this not funny, but it adds a depth to the novel that I wasn’t expecting. I think this is also the reason why it took me a little bit longer to read this book than I’d anticipated.

It is advertised as a romcom, and there is definitely romance, but I don’t consider it the main focus on the novel. And yes, as the title suggests, there is some exploration of monogamy, but very superficial and not satisfying in the slightest, especially for someone like me since I challenge it in my own relationships. I think in this novel monogamy and non-monogamy were used as buzzwords rather than issues that can be explored in this day and age. That was sort of disappointing, for sure, but its not like this was meant to be my favorite novel to begin with, so I let it slide.