A review by icz
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit

3.0

Largely well-written, but as others have noted, the first person plural is a challenge. I understand the author's reasoning for doing it, and it does create a very particular mood in the book, but it made for a detached read. If you like character-driven novels, or plot-driven novels for that matter, this book is not for you. What is interesting is it shows indirectly, rather than tells, what it may have felt like to be one of the wives of Los Alamos, which I guess is pretty interesting. (If you don't mind feeling anonymous and amorphous for a few hundred pages.)