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briannethebookworm 's review for:
The Latecomer
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Synopsis: After multiple rounds of IVF, Johanna and Salo Oppenheimer hit the jackpot with triplets. Much to Johanna's disappointment, her triplets don’t get along with each other, and she feels Salo distancing himself from their family. Sally and Lewyn go off to Cornell for college, going out of their way to avoid acknowledging each other’s existence, and despite being the smartest of the triplets, Harrison chooses to defer his acceptance to Harvard to attend Roarke, a 2-year college. Lonely and still hopeful for a family bond, Johanna decides to use the last frozen embryo she has to have one more baby.
This one had a very slow start for me, and I almost threw in the towel 60 pages in. Because I had heard good things, I decided to see it through. It picked up and I’m glad I gave it a chance! The Oppenheimers were complicated and dysfunctional to say the least, and one of my favorite aspects of the book was how it all came together in the end. Salo’s trauma dating back to high school and the relationship between Salo and Johanna greatly impacted the kids and their relationships with each other, even though they didn’t know the full story of their parents growing up. It was sad that it took so long for the family to understand each other, but I felt good about how it ended. It reminded me a little of Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen.
This one had a very slow start for me, and I almost threw in the towel 60 pages in. Because I had heard good things, I decided to see it through. It picked up and I’m glad I gave it a chance! The Oppenheimers were complicated and dysfunctional to say the least, and one of my favorite aspects of the book was how it all came together in the end. Salo’s trauma dating back to high school and the relationship between Salo and Johanna greatly impacted the kids and their relationships with each other, even though they didn’t know the full story of their parents growing up. It was sad that it took so long for the family to understand each other, but I felt good about how it ended. It reminded me a little of Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen.