Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

my issues with this book were i think mostly my issues and to do with my enjoyment, not the quality of the book itself. 

i was actually recommended this book because of the particular narrative structure, which is so real! i love strange story structures. and the idea of one of the points of view in the story being from the sickness within a body is so! fascinating! but for some reason the idea of the cancer being an actively and “consciously” malicious entity - deriving joy from destroying someone from the inside out and seeing the body's attempts to stop it - didn't vibe with me. i can see how it might hit for other people,  but i think it would've actually hit me more emotionally if it had been a neutral entity that is just... happening to the body.