rebbawskaced 's review for:

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

2.0

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This would have been a 1 star if it wasn't for the very fascinating sections on being a death doula. Otherwise, this was my least favorite book by Picoult. I could get through the text-book levels of detail about Egyptology, but the main character Dawn ruined this book for me. The more I got to know about her, the less likeable she became. For being someone who's supposed to be incredibly intelligent, her logic skills are seriously flawed and her morals are almost non-existent. I was left hoping that both men would just drop her and find someone better, and I ached for her daughter and her abandonment throughout this novel.

Spoiler

Dawn is a selfish asshole and a hypocrite. She goes off on Brian for 'thinking' about cheating on her(which he doesn't actually do), and then jets off to Egypt and abandons her family in order to sleep with her ex...thus cheating on her husband?

Also, what kind of mother leaves her troubled teenage daughter for THREE WEEKS without any sort of warning/discussion beforehand? Terrible mother. Terrible wife. Terrible book.