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Wellness

Nathan Hill

4.14 AVERAGE


3,5 ster. Dit boek beschrijft een huwelijk dat op knappen staat. Jack en Elizabeth hebben beiden hun jeugdtrauma's die zich hebben ontwikkeld tot patronen die enerzijds hun huwelijk tot stand hebben gebracht en anderzijds hun huwelijk nu onmogelijk maken. Ik vond het een super interessant en goed geschreven boek maar het had wel 150 pagina's korter gekund. De laatste 50 pagina's in het bijzonder maakten dingen expliciet die voor mij op dat moment al duidelijk waren en ik geloofde niet dat Jack en Elizabeth op het einde dusdanig veel character development hadden doorgemaakt dat hun huwelijk te redden is...
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Liked this so much more than i thought i would
challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Just…not serious. Feels like something a first year creative writing MFA would try to slide past in a workshop. DNF. CNF.
challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fantastic character study

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's still too long, but it was a good read. I enjoyed Jack's back story the most.
challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Made me LOL quite a few times. Very real characters.