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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
I typically devour Jodi Picocult’s novels but couldn’t with this one... The story follows Dawn as she is torn between her two lives - Brian (Water/Boston) and Wyatt (Land/Egypt) - and narrated through the detailed (and sometimes overwhelming) context of the ancient Egyptian book of two ways that are including in coffins of mummy’s.
I love Jodi Picoult's writing style and story ideas. I also love Egyptian history so this was a great read for me.
Not something I would usually choose but kept me really engaged and was cute.
Have you ever wondered about what your life might be like right now if you’d made different decisions or taken different paths? If so, then The Book of Two Ways is for you.
The story is primarily a romance between Dawn, her old boyfriend and her newer husband. I liked the men in this story, but I didn’t care for Dawn, the main character. Aside from her amazing work as a death doula, she acted very selfishly. I didn’t understand her decisions and I certainly didn’t agree with them. I would have liked this book so much more if I’d liked Dawn. I almost felt as though she’d wrecked two men’s lives: first her boyfriend’s and then her husband’s. Her poor daughter was just collateral damage.
On the other hand, one thing that I really liked a lot was the information on ancient Egypt and the stories of the gods and goddesses. I learned quite a bit from reading this like (which is very typical for Picoult). I also liked how the story ran across two timelines and then explained the multi-verse from a physicist’s standpoint.
As always, Picoult writes a beautiful story. Her prose is excellent, and she’s an expert in bringing out the emotions of her characters.
However, in the end, this book wasn’t for me. I think it’s because I’m such a huge fan of hers and I hold her work to higher standards. I’m not sorry I read it, but I only gave it three stars.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
The story is primarily a romance between Dawn, her old boyfriend and her newer husband. I liked the men in this story, but I didn’t care for Dawn, the main character. Aside from her amazing work as a death doula, she acted very selfishly. I didn’t understand her decisions and I certainly didn’t agree with them. I would have liked this book so much more if I’d liked Dawn. I almost felt as though she’d wrecked two men’s lives: first her boyfriend’s and then her husband’s. Her poor daughter was just collateral damage.
On the other hand, one thing that I really liked a lot was the information on ancient Egypt and the stories of the gods and goddesses. I learned quite a bit from reading this like (which is very typical for Picoult). I also liked how the story ran across two timelines and then explained the multi-verse from a physicist’s standpoint.
As always, Picoult writes a beautiful story. Her prose is excellent, and she’s an expert in bringing out the emotions of her characters.
However, in the end, this book wasn’t for me. I think it’s because I’m such a huge fan of hers and I hold her work to higher standards. I’m not sorry I read it, but I only gave it three stars.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
Entertaining, it kept my interest. But like all Jodi picoult books, I need time to marinate to see how I really feel about it.
There is just way too much going on in this one. Factual overload. Egyptology and quantum physics are the tip of the iceberg. Information overload! Almost impossible to read (some pages took me 5 minutes to read as I tried to untangle and comprehend all of the information), but I stuck with it because I’m not a quitter and wanted to see what happened in the end...only to find an open ended ending. Unrealistic story. Disappointing. 3 stars is generous, so I’m dropping my review to 2 stars. I really need to learn when to accept defeat and put a bad book down.
I’ve been an avid Picoult fan since I was a very young woman and have read all her novels to date
This one I ordered on publication day and read it over a few days
I’ve incidentally been reading a lot of books about multiple universes recently.This book in my view didn’t quite manage to catch the essence of the theory of multiple universes and I was left feeling that it was a rather safe love story set in America and Egypt that read too simply and in some way wasn’t brave enough .I understood that the character was following one of two paths set out in ancient texts the book of the dead but felt this was rather lost in the story telling
All in all I was disappointed in this book
This one I ordered on publication day and read it over a few days
I’ve incidentally been reading a lot of books about multiple universes recently.This book in my view didn’t quite manage to catch the essence of the theory of multiple universes and I was left feeling that it was a rather safe love story set in America and Egypt that read too simply and in some way wasn’t brave enough .I understood that the character was following one of two paths set out in ancient texts the book of the dead but felt this was rather lost in the story telling
All in all I was disappointed in this book
I made it about 200 pages into the book but by then, all the Egyptology education left me bored and I struggled to finish. I love Jodi Picoult but this want definitely not her best.
This book was very heavy on Egyptology, which may be off putting for some. However, it was made for some highly interesting additions to the story.
I found Dawn's profession as a death doula to be incredibly enlightening as well. It highlights the growing movement toward death positivity.
The back and forth format left me confused for a while but it worked out well for the atory in the end.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book - it was a nice break from the reality of quarantine.
I found Dawn's profession as a death doula to be incredibly enlightening as well. It highlights the growing movement toward death positivity.
The back and forth format left me confused for a while but it worked out well for the atory in the end.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book - it was a nice break from the reality of quarantine.
Almost a 4, because, apparently unlike everyone else in the world, I really liked the Egyptology. And I appreciated the core struggle. But something did not quite work.