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karrama's review against another edition
5.0
Manic, uplifting, ironic and I couldn't stop reading. I had to k now where Bernadette was and how she would triumph.
sara_mackey's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the most interesting books I have read in quite some time. Very entertaining.
_reading_with_kate_'s review against another edition
4.0
I adored the first 250 pages but when it turned to mostly prose instead of the conglomeration of emails, letters, and the occasional transcript, it lost some of the magic for me.
ksoks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ains_reads's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
vk124's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Recommended to me by my sister, and then again by the librarian, I finally read this book. I laughed so hard in some moments and felt thoroughly misanthropic in others. I have an unresolved question even after completing the book, but it ended on an upbeat note.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Mental illness and Bullying
Minor: Infertility and Infidelity
essmith1215's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
yodamom's review against another edition
3.0
Audiobook-
This book had me chuckling at the ridiculousness of the characters or ready to throw my ipod across the room in anger/sadness. It was such a roller-coaster, I wasn't sure how to feel when it ended. It felt unfinished the ending, i needed more wrap up, but I don't know if I could have taken it. I was done with them, but ARGUH it was unfinished ! I liked it and I hated it, but I could not stop till I found out what happened. I'm glad I was pushed to read it, but I'd never read it again.
Spoilers**
So I'm not going to tell you about the story I'll tell you about my points of interest. Let's go to the good fun things first. Bernadette had some great lines, some fabulous ways of looking at situations and genius in her career. She was an open parent, discussing issues with her daughter like she was a person on her way to adulthood. I loved the mother daughter relationship. Audrey, the beast who turned into an angel was a wonderful character. She was a nasty, lying, nit picking gnat with a warm heart. She stole the the pages right out from under the main characters for me, they could have disappeared into the blackberry bushes and I would have stuck with her.
The ugly bits that chapped my sensitive skin overrode the good bits. I am so sick of the married man cheating on his wife with the secretary/PA story. The back stabbing husband stealing bimbette, and the I drank too much worm of a man tangling the sheets. Sigh, yes I know it's just a story, doesn't change my feelings. Her husband was a jerk, his absence from daily functions, the way he attacked her and tried to get her committed, sending the daughter away. I really couldn't stand him. B, she was weird, her drive to go to Antartica was weird, the trip when they went was weird.
Funniest scene-One of the characters was trying to type an email on a broken computer in a foreign country that had me laughing so hard my side hurt.
This book had me chuckling at the ridiculousness of the characters or ready to throw my ipod across the room in anger/sadness. It was such a roller-coaster, I wasn't sure how to feel when it ended. It felt unfinished the ending, i needed more wrap up, but I don't know if I could have taken it. I was done with them, but ARGUH it was unfinished ! I liked it and I hated it, but I could not stop till I found out what happened. I'm glad I was pushed to read it, but I'd never read it again.
Spoilers**
So I'm not going to tell you about the story I'll tell you about my points of interest. Let's go to the good fun things first. Bernadette had some great lines, some fabulous ways of looking at situations and genius in her career. She was an open parent, discussing issues with her daughter like she was a person on her way to adulthood. I loved the mother daughter relationship. Audrey, the beast who turned into an angel was a wonderful character. She was a nasty, lying, nit picking gnat with a warm heart. She stole the the pages right out from under the main characters for me, they could have disappeared into the blackberry bushes and I would have stuck with her.
The ugly bits that chapped my sensitive skin overrode the good bits. I am so sick of the married man cheating on his wife with the secretary/PA story. The back stabbing husband stealing bimbette, and the I drank too much worm of a man tangling the sheets. Sigh, yes I know it's just a story, doesn't change my feelings. Her husband was a jerk, his absence from daily functions, the way he attacked her and tried to get her committed, sending the daughter away. I really couldn't stand him. B, she was weird, her drive to go to Antartica was weird, the trip when they went was weird.
Funniest scene-One of the characters was trying to type an email on a broken computer in a foreign country that had me laughing so hard my side hurt.
reader4evr's review against another edition
2.0
This book had an interesting premise and I like the format of the book but overall this was just kind of just blah to me. Most of the characters were adults with the exception of Bee who talked like an adult were all kind of weird and I thought they weren't really likeable. It was very soap opera like.
Towards the end of the story I really wasn't interested anymore so I skimmed a lot of it.
Would this be a good choice for the Abe list...nope
Towards the end of the story I really wasn't interested anymore so I skimmed a lot of it.
Would this be a good choice for the Abe list...nope