Ron’s Reviews > Where'd You Go, Bernadette > Status Update

End of Part 4. This is really turning into an Idiot Plot. If any one of these people had taken normal precautions or communicated like a grown-up, this wouldn't be happening.

We're a little more than halfway in, and this still feels more like a collection of vignettes than a single story. The characters are fun and the scenes are interesting, but is it going anywhere?

Also, there have been some funny moments, but hardly "uproarious" or "laugh your pants off" as the praise says. Of course, these are the same kind of people who say a book made them sob uncontrollably, so grain of salt.

Started this a week ago. Not bad so far. The characters are fun, and the book makes good use of the epistolary format. Bernadette herself comes off as kind of vapid and bigoted though.

Also, the PPB would normally be the villain's comeuppance, not part of the setup. Maybe this is like the first ten minutes of "The Simpsons", where it's a mini-story that leads us into the proper plot.