krittabug 's review for:

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

5.0

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Gah, this book! 😭 To be honest it was a solid 4-star until the end. At times it felt TOO long — spanning every decade from the 1950s to now — but by the end I realized it was worth it. It follows the lives of Jo and Bethie from childhood to their lives as grandmothers and wives and aged women. And they are MY FRIENDS. And I will MISS THEM. While it felt like the story covered too much time, I realize I was just getting further engrossed in their lives and families. This was just a really, really lovely dive into sisterhood and friendship and marriage and parenthood and childhood and teen angst and questioning the purpose of life and womanhood. It’ll feel long, but super worth it. First book to make me weepy in a while.