A review by lit_terary
Sleepwalking by Meg Wolitzer

5.0

I know this is a very personal and subjective rating: I believe that only if you feel a certain degree of relatability will you appreciate and get caught in this book. If you don’t find yourself in a similar mental space, or if you can’t relate with characters/situations/thoughts, there’ll be very little for you to hold on to, and the entire thing will simply go over your head because the story/plot itself isn’t the real backbone of the book. I found a big piece of myself in Wolitzer’s words like never before; I felt understood, seen and cared for, rarely has a book impacted this much. There’s so much I took from this story, even though I can’t exactly pinpoint what nor put into words. On a more quantifiable level, though, the writing was impeccable, beautiful, moving and particularly evocative (her use of images and metaphors was simply masterful). Needless to say, Wolitzer’s has swept me off my feet with this striking debut.