Hannah

"Richly moving", the blurb says. It started out well but that got lost between all the crass talk, one character walking into what essentially was an orgy clearing, and a step-sister seducing and sucking off Solomon. Yeah. 🤦‍♀️ Also, a lot of death and racism. Death alone doesn't make something moving, especially when some are out of the blue (car accident) or make you mad (Noa). They rarely were even dwelled upon.

I hated Vera Wong, so I wasn't expecting to like this one at all. It was actually really good. There were no guys to suddenly turn bad, or other side characters with an awful twist. There were times I agreed with what was happening and times I didn't. It reminded me of Victim in some ways with the cancel culture/social media aspects. It had the pandemic as a backdrop but didn't really get political, which was nice.

The narrator was awful - spoke too softly and kept trailing off.

Everyone in the book was awful and I found the motive lacking.

The author took many liberties when telling the story. Her own biases and views stood out and detracted from the women. I don't think they would have liked how she wrote some things in regarding their thoughts and feelings.

Went from family political/medical thriller to worshipping at the altar of the king of New Mexico. Such a letdown.