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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Wow what a time to be alive. It makes me sad that one woman had such a rough life. I know it happens, but it's tough. Time jumps were a little difficult to follow and the ending was kinda confusing but overall great book.
Great message but did not like the delivery. I enjoyed the women empowerment message and how the author shows the growth from each generation. However I do think that the story was drawn out.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
Enjoyable read
Interesting story of the lives of two sisters through the years and how things change and how they stay the same.
Interesting story of the lives of two sisters through the years and how things change and how they stay the same.
The audiobook was fantastic. And I’ve been crying throughout the book. A must read especially if you have a sister.
Winner's epic
I have loved Jennifer Weiner's books for years, but this is her epic masterpiece. It follows two sisters, Jo and Bethie, from the late 1950s to 2022. It is moving, smart and very entertaining
I have loved Jennifer Weiner's books for years, but this is her epic masterpiece. It follows two sisters, Jo and Bethie, from the late 1950s to 2022. It is moving, smart and very entertaining
Usually love Jennifer Weiner, but really struggled to connect to the characters in this book and forced myself to finish.
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In the late 70's, early 80's, there was a popular commercial for a perfume. It wasn't just selling perfume, it was trying to sell the idea of empowerment to women; that they could be anything, do anything, have it all. "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan and never, ever let you forget you're a man," was the main line. Even though a woman was slinking around in a dress and pearls, the punch line was "8 hour perfume for YOUR 24 hour woman." I never knew who the "your" was supposed to be, the man? or the woman? That ad sort of sums up Mrs. Everything for me.
Mrs. Everything opens in 2015 with Jo taking an ominous phone call from her doctor then quickly flashes back to 1950, the day the four Kaufmans, Mr & Mrs and Jo and her younger sister Bethie, are standing in front of their new house in their new neighborhood.
As the stories begin, each chapter written in third person vacillates between Jo, the "unnatural, thin, sporty, pants-wearing" older sister and Bethie, the "pretty, naturally curly hair, popular and perfect" younger sister as they navigate growing up as females in the 50's and 60's.
Their lives are as different and separate as the chapters. Through their stories, Jo, Bethie and their families, grow and change through circumstances and events; some they create on their own and some they have no control over.
Mrs Everything IS everything as we follow the characters through their lives, we see not only how the world and society changes, but how Jo and Bethie change as they struggle to find their places and themselves.The reader sees through their eyes how the world has changed as Jo and Bethie deal with sex, drugs, experiencing rape, molestation, familial death, being Jewish, segregated neighborhoods and schools, extreme dieting, parenting, divorce and disappointment.
Jennifer Weiner draws in the reader at the very beginning, making the characters so real it's easy to feel Jo's frustration when her lovers choose to marry men because it would be "too hard otherwise," and the fear of being "found out", the pain of Bethie feeling abandoned to their uncle, then later raped, to the strained relationship Jo ( and eventually Bethie ) have with their mother.
Mrs Everything symbolizes many conversations that probably have occured between women for hundreds of years; society's expectation of women being "everything" with 110%- while the men are accoladed breadwinners. Mrs Everything isn't about man-bashing, more of a timeline of women's identities not their own from the 50's to present. Does anyone's life ever turn out the way they expected? Some better, some worse, but always different.
Mrs. Everything opens in 2015 with Jo taking an ominous phone call from her doctor then quickly flashes back to 1950, the day the four Kaufmans, Mr & Mrs and Jo and her younger sister Bethie, are standing in front of their new house in their new neighborhood.
As the stories begin, each chapter written in third person vacillates between Jo, the "unnatural, thin, sporty, pants-wearing" older sister and Bethie, the "pretty, naturally curly hair, popular and perfect" younger sister as they navigate growing up as females in the 50's and 60's.
Their lives are as different and separate as the chapters. Through their stories, Jo, Bethie and their families, grow and change through circumstances and events; some they create on their own and some they have no control over.
Mrs Everything IS everything as we follow the characters through their lives, we see not only how the world and society changes, but how Jo and Bethie change as they struggle to find their places and themselves.The reader sees through their eyes how the world has changed as Jo and Bethie deal with sex, drugs, experiencing rape, molestation, familial death, being Jewish, segregated neighborhoods and schools, extreme dieting, parenting, divorce and disappointment.
Jennifer Weiner draws in the reader at the very beginning, making the characters so real it's easy to feel Jo's frustration when her lovers choose to marry men because it would be "too hard otherwise," and the fear of being "found out", the pain of Bethie feeling abandoned to their uncle, then later raped, to the strained relationship Jo ( and eventually Bethie ) have with their mother.
Mrs Everything symbolizes many conversations that probably have occured between women for hundreds of years; society's expectation of women being "everything" with 110%- while the men are accoladed breadwinners. Mrs Everything isn't about man-bashing, more of a timeline of women's identities not their own from the 50's to present. Does anyone's life ever turn out the way they expected? Some better, some worse, but always different.
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes