A review by jules1278
The Condition by Jennifer Haigh

4.0

I realize the seriousness of what the characters had to deal with in this book, and most of the writing I really liked, but I felt like the story was more depressing than it needed to be, and if it had ended like that, I'd be more okay with it, since I know as well as anyone that life doesn't always end happily, but this was a depressing story (or, I think I mainly mean with depressed characters) with a happy ending that was tied up too neatly in my opinion. I'm, tempted to give it only three stars for the ending, but because it was a well-researched and though-provoking book, and I did enjoy most of it, I'll be more kind. I appreciate that the author delves so deeply into her characters and their motivations, but this type of resolution after everything else just didn't work for me.