Bernadette Fox has vanished.
When her daughter Bee claims a family trip to Antarctica as a reward for perfect grades, Bernadette, a fiercely intelligent shut-in, throws herself into preparations for the trip. But worn down by years of trying to live the Seattle life she never wanted, Ms. Fox is on the brink of a meltdown. And after a school fundraiser goes disastrously awry at her hands, she disappears, leaving her family to pick up the pieces–which is exactly what Bee does, weaving together an elaborate web of emails, invoices, and school memos that reveals a secret past Bernadette has been hiding for decades.
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I’m torn on Where’d You Go, Bernadette. It was a different type of novel. I did like it’s uniqueness, but I can’t say that I enjoyed it.
I really liked the first half of the novel. You know that Bee’s mother, Bernadette, goes missing 2 days before Christmas. The novels jumps back in time and you read about different emails, letters and memos that got sent by different characters. I loved all of the emails and just the craziness that went on with Bernadette and the parents at Bee’s school.
Then the novel goes into Bernadette’s background and catches up real time as Bee and her father try to hunt down Bernadette. I didn’t love this part. I feel that the novel lost some of it’s uniqueness that it had in the first half and the characters didn’t seem as endearing. Also the ending was open ended (which I always hate) and didn’t wrap up all of the story lines, especially with Bernadette and her husband, Elgie.
3 calculators out of a potential 5. A quick read that was different then my normal novels, but sadly didn’t hold my attention all the way through.
Great review!
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Oh no, I’m sorry this wasn’t as good as you hoped! The premise sounds utterly fantastic I think and I wanted to know more about Bernadette and what happened to her.
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You should read it 🙂
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Not good when a story doesn’t wrap up all the storylines, you feel like you are left dangling then. Great review,
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Thanks! I know, I hate novels like that!
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I totally understand your conflict, I’ve been there many times!
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Thanks DJ!
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Great review! I’m not a fan of open endings, either.
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Thank you! Can’t stand open endings, especially when I know that there isn’t a sequel.
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This one always seems quite popular. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it as much as you’d hoped.
Gemma @ Gemma’s Book Nook
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Thanks Gemma!
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I’ve been seeing this one everywhere, but I keep thinking it’s not for me. I appreciate the honest review!
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There are so many rave reviews, sadly I wasn’t one of them.
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Great review ! Thanks for sharing
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Thank you!
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I’ve seen this everywhere and it just never struck me as my fancy. I really enjoyed your honest review!
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Thank you Christina!
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The blurb sounds intriguing and many of my friends have enjoyed reading it. And I am sorry you didn’t.
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I know, it was disappointing!
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Great review! I hate that the storyline was lost a bit and the ending was lacking.
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Thank you!
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I read this one several years ago and remember the same feelings. It was okay, but I didn’t love it. Nice, honest review Amanda.
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Thank you Carla!
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