A review by sofiaamelia
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

Infuriating, annoying, boring, mostly problematic. This book felt entirely like biased assumptions about Amazonian people and communities, feeding weird and harmful narratives, and a display of unethical behaviours we zero consequence. I would give it a zero but the plot twist at the end was unforeseen yet still sooooo annoying. I read this because I was going to the Amazon with my school and had to read something based in Colombia or the Amazon. I would’ve stopped reading it but I had no cell service for 10 days and only packed one book.