A review by lizsmartie13
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This book took me an unreal amount of time to read, and not only because I took breaks to read three other books. It’s pretty slow and very ruminative, and while this meant I wasn’t always clamoring to read it, it ended up being the thing I liked the most about it. Laurie Frankel is always asking the questions I’m most interested in, and especially ones I’ve been asking myself recently, specifically about birth defects and broadly about parenthood. I’m very grateful to her as an author for pondering these difficult questions, and if nothing else I /love/ stories about small towns and evil corporations.