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Wish You Were Here
by Jodi Picoult
I would have given 3.5 stars if I could.
I purposefully avoided any COVID related books, movies, or shows because I had enough COVID in my real life...I didn't need it in my fictional worlds too. But now that some time has passed, I did find it a bit cathartic to see how far we've come since the beginning of the pandemic. I agree with the author's note at the end, someone needs to record the historical events of the pandemic in a way where it can live on and we can remember. Even just a few years later, it sort of feels unreal. All that aside, the story itself I thought was good enough.
Part 1 of the book -- I enjoyed the story well enough and was entertained, but thought it would be a mostly forgettable romance story with a COVID backdrop. Part 2 -- I was surprised at the new complexities presented in those chapters. Definitely reengaged me in the story. But it was short lived. By the time it was nearing the end of the book I was ready for it to be over.
I always mark a great book by ones that I wish I could keep reading. This was not that. I felt it could have been a tiny bit shorter. We all knew what was coming and I wanted to go ahead and get there already. I liked the ending well enough. I like that it was left open ended but it was still cyclical. There was a lot of exploration of ideas that gave the story an almost science fiction flare for a minute. but it quickly passed. I was glad because it honestly felt out of place. I was glad it ended in a way that didn't give more credence to those science fiction ideas. The COVID storyline required this to stay grounded in reality so I was glad it ultimately did. I would say this book is worth reading, but it's not one I'll be pushing into people's hands regularly.
I purposefully avoided any COVID related books, movies, or shows because I had enough COVID in my real life...I didn't need it in my fictional worlds too. But now that some time has passed, I did find it a bit cathartic to see how far we've come since the beginning of the pandemic. I agree with the author's note at the end, someone needs to record the historical events of the pandemic in a way where it can live on and we can remember. Even just a few years later, it sort of feels unreal. All that aside, the story itself I thought was good enough.
Part 1 of the book -- I enjoyed the story well enough and was entertained, but thought it would be a mostly forgettable romance story with a COVID backdrop. Part 2 -- I was surprised at the new complexities presented in those chapters. Definitely reengaged me in the story. But it was short lived. By the time it was nearing the end of the book I was ready for it to be over.
I always mark a great book by ones that I wish I could keep reading. This was not that. I felt it could have been a tiny bit shorter. We all knew what was coming and I wanted to go ahead and get there already. I liked the ending well enough. I like that it was left open ended but it was still cyclical. There was a lot of exploration of ideas that gave the story an almost science fiction flare for a minute. but it quickly passed. I was glad because it honestly felt out of place. I was glad it ended in a way that didn't give more credence to those science fiction ideas. The COVID storyline required this to stay grounded in reality so I was glad it ultimately did. I would say this book is worth reading, but it's not one I'll be pushing into people's hands regularly.