We Are All Completely Fine
We Are All Completely Fine is a 2014 horror novel by Daryl Gregory. It was first published by Tachyon Publications. The book won the 2015 World Fantasy Award—Novella[1] and the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella.[2]
Synopsis
At a support group for people who have survived supernatural horror, the members' worst fears are confirmed.
Reception
Reviews
Publishers Weekly described it as "complex" and "scathingly funny, [and] horrific yet oddly inspiring", and lauded Gregory's use of "beautiful imagery and metaphors".[3]
At group therapy." Ultimately, Machado concluded that the book would have benefited from being a full-length novel.[4]
Tor.com's Lee Mandelo similarly "want[ed] more than [the] novella (...) delivered", and judged that "once the plot began to thicken and the supernatural action got afoot, the interesting character dynamics and development more or less just stopped," faulting it for not sustaining the tension introduced by its "strong" premise, and finding the revelation about Jan's identity to be "pretty familiar and easy to see coming."[5]
Awards
| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nebula Award for Best Novella | Finalist | [6] |
| 2014 | Shirley Jackson Award: Best Novella | Winner | [2] |
| 2015 | Locus Award for Best Novella | Finalist | [7] |
| 2015 | Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
|
Finalist | [8] |
| 2015 | World Fantasy Award—Novella | Winner | [1] |
Prequel
In 2015, Gregory released Harrison Squared, a
young adult novel about the early life of one of the characters from We Are All Completely Fine.[9]
References
- ^ Tor.com. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ a b "2014 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". The Shirley Jackson Awards. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ We Are All Completely Fine, at Publishers Weekly; published June 16, 2014; retrieved October 13, 2022
- ^ We Are All Completely Fine, by Daryl Gregory; reviewed by Carmen Maria Machado; at Strange Horizons; published November 10, 2014; retrieved October 13, 2022
- Tor.com; published August 20, 2014; retrieved October 13, 2022
- The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ O'Neill, John (May 4, 2015). "2015 Locus Award Finalists Announced". Black Gate. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- Locus Online. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ Horror-Comedy Harrison Squared Proves Daryl Gregory Is A Writer To Watch, by Chris Hsiang; at Gizmodo; published March 26, 2015; retrieved October 13, 2022