A review by ktrain3900
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is is the most fun you will ever have with a bunch of characters you would never in a million years want to meet as living, breathing people. It's a joyride of atrocious behavior, snarky wit, and self-centered posturing, all wrapped up with a great big bow of suspended disbelief. No, I don't buy the conceit that an 8th grader, no matter how precocious, cobbled together so many primary sources into "her book" but it was so easy for me to ignore this detail that it almost didn't matter. This is a clever, fast-paced romp of awfulness and impossibility, and I enjoyed nearly every minute.