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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
I couldn’t put this one down! I love fiction that reads like a memoir/biography, and I especially love stories about family. It was fun to read about sisters growing up in the 50s and 60s and participating in the counter cultural movement. I loved how the chapters bounced back and forth between the two sisters so I could see the story from two different points of view. Great focus on issues facing women, explored from so many different angles. I hadn’t even finished half the book before I started recommending it to everyone I know!
This book really got to me, swept me up in the characters & storytelling. I loved it very much. It also made me think about my mom and her siblings who also grew up Jewish and in Detroit in the 1950s. I’m buying copies for my mom and aunt and sister now, because I want to share it with them.
Disappointing and heartbreaking.
I’m so confused about how the book starts and ends. I kept waiting for something Jo needed to get “right” but then their reconciliation seemed to happen before she got sick. I don’t know.
I’m so confused about how the book starts and ends. I kept waiting for something Jo needed to get “right” but then their reconciliation seemed to happen before she got sick. I don’t know.
I haven’t cried reading a book for a long time, but this one cut me to the core. Beautiful testimony to all we are and all we love.
I enjoyed most of Jennifer Weiner's other books more than I did this one.
Another great book about sisters, their interconnected lives and the lives they have on their own. Spanning decades this book gives an amazing look into the challenges of being female in a family, community and the world.
I wanted to like this book and normally I love coming of age stories. It was just too depressing and hopeless for me.
Do you remember bell bottoms, Mama Cass, Jane Fonda workout video cassette tapes, and harvest gold kitchen appliances? As a baby boomer, I do! Mrs. Everything is about mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, aunts, and nieces. Women of all ages will be able to relate to it.
The book spans the lifetimes of sisters Jo and Bethie Kaufman. Growing up in Detroit in the 1950’s with a super critical mom and a 9 to 5 working dad, the sisters had many issues to deal with. Many of the issues they suffered and worked through are still in play in today’s world.
Men in superior roles taking advantage of women is a theme throughout the book. It made me think of the #metoo movement many times. Homosexuality, sexual abuse, racial inequality, alcohol and drugs, and eating disorders are many of the issues woven throughout the book.
I laughed, I cried, and I’m still thinking about Mrs. Everything. It’s “herstorical” fiction that women (& men alike) would do well to read and understand where women were, where women are, and where women hope to be in the future.
The book spans the lifetimes of sisters Jo and Bethie Kaufman. Growing up in Detroit in the 1950’s with a super critical mom and a 9 to 5 working dad, the sisters had many issues to deal with. Many of the issues they suffered and worked through are still in play in today’s world.
Men in superior roles taking advantage of women is a theme throughout the book. It made me think of the #metoo movement many times. Homosexuality, sexual abuse, racial inequality, alcohol and drugs, and eating disorders are many of the issues woven throughout the book.
I laughed, I cried, and I’m still thinking about Mrs. Everything. It’s “herstorical” fiction that women (& men alike) would do well to read and understand where women were, where women are, and where women hope to be in the future.
I was so looking forward to this one!! She is one of my favorite authors, and I thought her last one, Who Do You Love, was her best ever. Unfortunately, this one wasn't as good, IMO. I liked the characters but found the plot scattered, the topics very broad (and trying oh so hard to be relevant), and the book just too long. I never wanted to quit reading, but I kept waiting to be moved and I never was.
While reading a book, if I am both completely invested in one or more characters AND the find the plot so intriguing that I cannot wait to pick it back up, chances are I will give that book five stars, the highest rating possible. Such is the case with Jennifer Weiner's new book, MRS. EVERYTHING. I have been a long time fan of Jennifer Weiner's and this book might be my favorite.
The epic story of two sisters, Jo and Bethie, drew me in from the beginning. MRS. EVERYTHING is a story about families and relationships and the love, disappointments, and struggles that surround them all. Their stories are real, at times painful, and very timely. A saga that covers a span of 70 years, Weiner handles several socially, emotionally, and politically charged topics. (There are parts of this book that are uncomfortable to read and possibly triggering for some readers as it deals with sexual abuse several times in the story.) Weiner handles all of the characters' struggles in a way that keeps you invested and interested without weighing the story down with too many details and unnecessary descriptions. The character arcs were never predictable, at times pleasantly surprising, and always stayed true to who the characters truly were.
Jo and Bethie were far from perfect sisters, but their love for one another was true and their bond a special gift to read. I will be telling EVERYONE that they should read MRS. EVERYTHING.
Thank you to Net Galley and Atria Books for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.
The epic story of two sisters, Jo and Bethie, drew me in from the beginning. MRS. EVERYTHING is a story about families and relationships and the love, disappointments, and struggles that surround them all. Their stories are real, at times painful, and very timely. A saga that covers a span of 70 years, Weiner handles several socially, emotionally, and politically charged topics. (There are parts of this book that are uncomfortable to read and possibly triggering for some readers as it deals with sexual abuse several times in the story.) Weiner handles all of the characters' struggles in a way that keeps you invested and interested without weighing the story down with too many details and unnecessary descriptions. The character arcs were never predictable, at times pleasantly surprising, and always stayed true to who the characters truly were.
Jo and Bethie were far from perfect sisters, but their love for one another was true and their bond a special gift to read. I will be telling EVERYONE that they should read MRS. EVERYTHING.
Thank you to Net Galley and Atria Books for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.