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A review by meghan_readsbooks
Wednesdays at One: A Novel by Sandra A. Miller
4.0
Thank you to Zibby books for another thoughtful and engaging read, I am impressed by how the first few books from this publisher offer some nuanced writing and a range of writers and stories that still for me capture a lot of themes about the complexity of adulthood and how we reconcile ourselves, our relationships, and our mistakes/imperfections.
Wednesdays at One from Sandra Miller is a slow burn story, not a thriller per se but more mysterious and character driven, less about the plot and more about being in the mindset and space of the main character, a therapist who is trying to understand being enthralled by and even shaken by a new unexpected patient who challenges him to examine his past and his present.
I liked how the author took us into the experience of the character, Gregory is actually really hard to like and yet that was some of the appeal somehow (rare for me, I need a likable character); I suppose what I saw in the writing was someone on the cusp of either a breakthrough or a breakdown and that it was up to Gregory to really examine his life, his behaviors, and his relationships. There are moments of secondary characters nicely moving the story forward and offering a lens to Greg's story and I appreciated that as well.
The story is not as straight forward as it may sound and is not a standard domestic thriller, I stay away from most of those, and could be a win for readers open to a more literary slow burn character study. Recommended!
Wednesdays at One from Sandra Miller is a slow burn story, not a thriller per se but more mysterious and character driven, less about the plot and more about being in the mindset and space of the main character, a therapist who is trying to understand being enthralled by and even shaken by a new unexpected patient who challenges him to examine his past and his present.
I liked how the author took us into the experience of the character, Gregory is actually really hard to like and yet that was some of the appeal somehow (rare for me, I need a likable character); I suppose what I saw in the writing was someone on the cusp of either a breakthrough or a breakdown and that it was up to Gregory to really examine his life, his behaviors, and his relationships. There are moments of secondary characters nicely moving the story forward and offering a lens to Greg's story and I appreciated that as well.
The story is not as straight forward as it may sound and is not a standard domestic thriller, I stay away from most of those, and could be a win for readers open to a more literary slow burn character study. Recommended!