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Edit to add: I first read this in January of 2013 and re-read it (actually I listened to it) in April of 2014. Excellent narrator! It was just as enjoyable the second time around.
Here's an amusing Marie Semple pitching her book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpbMMu...
January, 2013: Maybe even a 4.5. Original, witty and clever with laugh out loud moments. One of the rare books I'd listen to again. ...more
Here's an amusing Marie Semple pitching her book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpbMMu...
January, 2013: Maybe even a 4.5. Original, witty and clever with laugh out loud moments. One of the rare books I'd listen to again. ...more
4.5 I love the character of Bernadette! This book was a joy to read and I like how the relationship between Elgie and Bee evolved. The only flat part for me was the ending.
This is a FUN read. Bernadette is a little bit of an anti-social wife & mother. She has a wonderful relationship with her 15-year-old daughter Bee and a lovely marriage to a man who works long hours at Microsoft to support his family (and their derelict house).
The story is told through emails, letters, documents, and add-ons from Bee. I love a good epistolary novel, but sometimes all the voices sound the same. That didn't happen here. I always very distinctly heard Bee or Bernadette or Audrey o ...more
The story is told through emails, letters, documents, and add-ons from Bee. I love a good epistolary novel, but sometimes all the voices sound the same. That didn't happen here. I always very distinctly heard Bee or Bernadette or Audrey o ...more
What a fun read this was - I highly recommend the audiobook as the narrator is fantastic! Contemporary myster is maybe too pigeon hole for this book - it's partially told through emails and correspondence and is the story of Bernadette - a reknowned architect turned recluse of sorts who goes missing - leaving her daughter and Microsoft genius husband to piece together where or what happened.
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This was so much fun. I loved that I sometimes loved the characters and sometimes hated them and that there was not a single one who was all good or all bad. They were real and flawed and funny and terrible and amazing. Sometimes much more terrible than amazing. But compelling. The plot wasn't perfect, the characters weren't perfect, but it was compulsively readable.
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Yes, Benadette did get annoying, and on another day I might give this one a 3, but it was the right book for me at the right time. Fast paced, (mostly) smart characters, and some good reminders about what really matters in life.
Dec 27, 2012
Susanne
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3.75 stars
Jan 04, 2013
Terri
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really liked it
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Sep 19, 2013
Amy
marked it as to-read
Dec 31, 2013
Kristy
marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2017
LeeEllen
marked it as to-read
Oct 31, 2017
Alan
marked it as to-read
Sep 21, 2018
Janet T
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