A review by perry417
The Condition by Jennifer Haigh

3.0

Took me quite a while to get into this book. At one point, it occurred to me that reading this was like waiting for a pot of water to boil. You know how the water is hot but the bubbles just kind of sit there at the bottom, and you wait and wait for a real boil? I sort of felt this way. This had all the components of a book I love -- family drama, multiple perspectives, adult children coping with their childhood issues --and by the end the puzzle pieces of how and why Gwen's medical condition affected the rest of the family all fell into place, to the point where I am still thinking about each of the brothers. Heavy on character development, light on plot, which is fine and good because it was very well-written. But, to me, it just took a long time to get to a boil.