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The Book of Two Ways
by Jodi Picoult
2022: Not my most favorite Picoult ever
Maybe I'm just out of practice from reading Picoult novels, but this was an especially confusing one to start out with. There is just a LOT that happens in the first 50 pages! None of the several storylines continue for more than a couple of pages before I am either whisked away to another continent or timeline or characters or WHEW it was just a lot to jump into.
Picoult's novels tend to have hyper-specific subjects that her characters know a lot about, and there seemed to be several competing subjects in this one. It was jarring to jump from Egyptology to being a death doula to Brian's knowledge about quantum physics. So much info!
I think I agree with Dawn's choice in the end, but it was REALLY hard. If we hadn't discovered more information about some genetics, I would have had even more to grapple with in this book. That being said, this was a toughie. Not as light of a beach read as you might think going into it!
Maybe I'm just out of practice from reading Picoult novels, but this was an especially confusing one to start out with. There is just a LOT that happens in the first 50 pages! None of the several storylines continue for more than a couple of pages before I am either whisked away to another continent or timeline or characters or WHEW it was just a lot to jump into.
Picoult's novels tend to have hyper-specific subjects that her characters know a lot about, and there seemed to be several competing subjects in this one. It was jarring to jump from Egyptology to being a death doula to Brian's knowledge about quantum physics. So much info!
I think I agree with Dawn's choice in the end, but it was REALLY hard. If we hadn't discovered more information about some genetics, I would have had even more to grapple with in this book. That being said, this was a toughie. Not as light of a beach read as you might think going into it!