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The Book of Two Ways

Jodi Picoult

3.7 AVERAGE


Ok. Totally called Meret being Wyatt’s daughter. I know who I wanted her to pick, so that’s who she picked!

3,5
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated
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DID NOT FINISH: 5%

Couldn't get into it. May try again later 

I absolutely loved this book and the characters have my heart. It was also absolutely fascinating. I adored all the Egyptology and mythical nature of the book. I even adored all the quantum physics and the end of life care sections opened my eyes and really made me think. A must read! 
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The author tried to take WAY too many themes and jam them into a book. A plane crash? Ancient Egypt? A death doula? Regret about not being with your hot and heavy ex boyfriend you dated for a month? Having to care for your younger brother so you never finished a thesis after your mom died? A daughter with body issues? That’s all WAY too many things to happen in a book. I found myself desperate for the book to be over by the end hoping for at least a good twist that never came.
adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Dawn survives a crash landing of the airplane she’s on, and her life is split in two from then on. At home is her loving husband Brian and their teenaged daughter, and in Egypt is Wyatt Armstrong, who still has Dawn’s heart after fifteen years. The novel takes place in parallel times in the main character’s life, and she must choose between the two. Will Dawn continue on to Boston and go home to her family or fly to Egypt to reconnect with Wyatt?