A review by hannah_reads_sometimes
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

2.25

If this wasn’t a Bookclub book I would have DNF’d this one. It’s written in first person plural which is rough for a whole book (an essay or a poem feels more okay) and it’s all short chapters - which makes everything move quickly but you barely scratch the surface and then you are moving on. The topic is fascinating and I feel like I’m missing out on something cool. Clearly a lot of research had to go into this and I wish it would have been written as a more typical novel or just a nonfiction book.