Meyrem El Mehdati
Hanover Square Press
25 November 2025 (2022)
320
eBook - PDF
Contemporary Fiction
ARC via Edelweiss
Meryem is 25 years old, drinks too much coffee, goes on dates with terrifying men and never says what she really thinks. A Canarian from a Moroccan family, she has just started working as an intern in the offices of the most important supermarket chain on the island of Gran Canaria. She commutes daily by buses that are rarely on time just to arrive and meet her repulsive boss. The only thing they have in common is their mutual hate for each other.
In her spare time, Meryem hangs out with her two best friends, and writes fan-fiction starring her office mates and characters from Harry Potter and Twilight. Surrounded by insecure and inept individuals, she seeks to hold on to what little authenticity is left around her.
Birth, growth, reproduction (if you’re lucky), work, work, work, work, work, work, and death. This is the life cycle of every human being, and the one Meryem finds herself joining. But she endures and resists, because she has faith that everything will turn out alright and that her efforts now will pay off in the long run.
Supersaurio was a fun read full of black humour. I think most people will find something relatable in this story from their own experiences joining the work force, dealing with the difficult colleagues, struggling to settle into adult life with all its expectations and requirements, or dating. Meryem was a character I was happy to get behind right from the start, and I enjoyed following her snarky observations and frustrations. It's a good book to read if you are feeling rundown from endless work and commitments and want to vent your frustrations a little. I won't say too much more to avoid spoiling the fun, but get ready for some wry jokes and observations as Meryem voices this you've perhaps thought but would never actually say. I am giving it four stars.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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