A review by bloomingbookworm
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.75

It’s hard to rate this book. What I can say for sure is that it is absolutely not “laugh out loud funny” as the back of the book proclaims. Don’t be fooled by the cheery cover - the first half of the book was quite dark and had many upsetting scenes. The second half was intriguing but the tone felt off considering the darker scenes at the beginning of the book. All in all, I didn’t hate it, but I can’t say I’d recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming and Religious bigotry