"Juno is a ballet dancer whose obsessions with ageing, death and her body have crippled her personality. With her career waning and most of her time spent caring for her ailing husband, Jupiter, she yearns for meaning."
"The main thing is that I have a counterpart. But it's unclear what she's trying to achieve with her long, confusing responses to these men. She doesn't toy with them, or tangle them in her own web, or waste their time."
"Eventually she meets Benu from Nigeria, also known as Owen_Wilson223. This friendship, framed as the heart of the story, never gets anywhere close to intimate or interesting because Juno isn't genuinely interested in much beyond her ageing body."
Martina Hefter's novel, Hey, Good Morning, How Are You?, follows Juno, a middle-aged ballet dancer who engages with romance scammers while grappling with her own issues of aging and depression. The book has sparked debate in literary circles, winning a major award and selling 80,000 copies. Critics are divided, praising its seductive premise while condemning its shallow characters and monotonous dialogue. Juno's interactions with scammers lack depth, and her friendship with a Nigerian man fails to develop into anything meaningful, leaving readers wanting more character exploration and emotional engagement.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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