The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer ★★★

[Jenni Elyse]

Yay, I finished this one last night, just in time to consider it for April's tag.

As many of you know, I'm a huge fan of Meyer. I love pretty much everything she writes, so it was a no brainer for me to read The Chemist. I wasn't able to get to it as quickly as I wanted to, but that's okay.

I liked the characters and story. I thought it was intriguing and I wanted to keep reading until I finished it so it definitely held my attention. BUT, and I'm not sure if my surgery had anything to do with this or not, I thought it was a little too long and a bit anticlimactic.

Why am I wondering if my surgery had something to do with that feeling? Because when I was reading it before my surgery, I wanted to keep reading, I wanted to know how it all ended, I was coming up with my own theories (none panned out by the way), etc. Then, I ran out of time and didn't get it done before my surgery. After my surgery, I felt some urgency to continue, but I kept falling asleep thanks to my meds and it kind of tainted my view of the whole experience. I'm going to have to reread this sometime and see if my view changes with a reread.

[Amy]

I hope you are starting to feel stronger JE.

[Jenni Elyse]

Amy wrote: "I hope you are starting to feel stronger JE."

Thanks, Amy! I'm doing better each day. I'm still in a lot of pain, but my meds help with that. :)