Did not finish. I tried. Sorry. Found it boring. Made my head fuzzy. The setting was also not a place I was interested in. I couldn't muster up enough like or curiosity about Marina to continue.
I had a hard time staying interested. The most compelling relationships got the least weight (Karen & Marina, Anders & Easter). I will give Patchett another try, probably with Bel Canto, by all accounts her best. I can tell she's a skilled writer; this just wasn't the book for me.
I'll come right out and say it: I've never really liked an Ann Patchett book before, and it's not for lack of trying. I know, I know, *everyone* loved _Bel Canto_ and cried and cried at the ending. Not me. _Patron Saint of Liars_? Yawn. _The Magician's Assistant_? Meh. But this, this is really somet...
I thought that this book was really great but the ending really disappointed me. I felt like she wanted to get the book over quickly and everything in the end was summed up in the last few pages with a lot of loose ends.
Alas, I did not reach a state of wonder reading this. I would say I was in State(s) of: Interest, Appreciation, Mild Irritation, Interest Modified by Moments of Irritation, Shock, and then Milder Shock that dwindled into a State of General Annoyance, which would possibly make it the longest book tit...
I had a good time with this book, and would like to give it 4 stars for enjoyment, but some significant flaws detract from my ability to recommend it to others.State of Wonder is about a scientist, Dr. Marina Singh, working for a pharmaceutical company that is attempting to develop a new fertility d...
I was really disappointed with this book. I loved Magician's Assistant and heard all the hype on this one and waited forever for it from the library and then read it and just felt UGHH. Everything, and I mean, everything in this novel is just too convenient and interconnected. It was well written...
This book gets a solid "meh." I didn't connect with it, never felt that it had anything deeper or meaningful to say about about life, about medicine, about family or children, and then, near the end, one thing made me enraged. I don't know what Ann Patchett was trying to achieve with this book, but...
I used to think I wanted to travel to the Amazon and explore the jungle. What a dreamer. I've been dissuaded by a work of fiction. The bugs, the humidity, the ease of getting lost, the large river which holds unseen monsters....I'll continue to admire the jungle from afar. Marina Singh travels t...
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