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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Witty and touching. With a young teen and adults sharing the part of narrator through artifacts of a screamingly funny and tragic set of events, Semple explores issues of mental illness, social conformity, parent-child relationships and loneliness.
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Definitely funny (especially if you're from the Puget Sound), and yet sometimes emotionally raw, too. The balance between the two mostly works. The storytelling through documents (epistolary) works makes it fun. I've seen that style collapse sometimes, but she pulls it off.
The characters--Bee, Bernadette, and Audrey especially--were interesting and allowed to change and grow.
Good fun.
The characters--Bee, Bernadette, and Audrey especially--were interesting and allowed to change and grow.
Good fun.
antes de existirem os queridinhos do tiktok, existiram os queridinhos do youtube e esse era um deles. agora que eu finalmente li, consigo entender o porquê. o que não significa que eu gostei do livro (mas também não significa que eu não gostei). foi uma experiência, como os jovens gostam de chamar, "mid".
??? I got almost half way through the audio version of this and had to DNF. First time I’ve done that in years—I very much prefer to finish what I’ve started. I do not get this book, is it supposed to be funny?! The trivialization of suicidal ideation and other major mental health issues is maddening. Also the narrator’s (Kathleen Wilhoite) voice was really grating on my nerves. I guess all books can’t be great but man, I’m super disappointed about this one… Definitely do not recommend!
“Where’d you go, Bernadette?” Is more of an emotional question... she physically doesn’t disappear until 3/4 way through the book and is found two chapters later! I was hoping for a story of a young girl using her intellect to track down her missing mother but was disappoint with a novel of whiny, bored, housewives. The satirical aspect is all that kept me hanging on.
I sort of loved this. Quirky and engaging. Set in Seattle with Microsoft employees. The audiobook narrator had great energy and voices. But toward the end, I just found B so damn annoying. The scene where she repeatedly mocks the foreign accented pronunciation of voucher pushed me firmly over the edge, never to return.
Audiobook was read by Luke’s sister on Gilmore girls. Definitely fast paced and quirky just like her character on Gilmore girls.
Overall I would say the book is probably closer to 4.5 stars for me. It was fun and quirky! What made it not a 5 star were some loose ends that didn't get tied up in the conclusion of the book.
I did liked the format of the book; you are reading it from the POV of authors of emails, letters, faxes, articles... It's also because of that format we miss out on important character development of some.
I definitely recommend. In the end, it's not about finding Bernadette. But I'll let you decide what it's about.
I did liked the format of the book; you are reading it from the POV of authors of emails, letters, faxes, articles... It's also because of that format we miss out on important character development of some.
I definitely recommend. In the end, it's not about finding Bernadette. But I'll let you decide what it's about.