Hannah

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.

It was a solid 3 until the author killed off the brother. Good but not great especially since I don't like a few of the books on the list. The fact it was the wife's list was also kinda meh. After finishing, I also found it a bit gross that the book opened with the brother finding but not taking the list, given the character committed suicide later. Books can be a lifeline, but they're definitely not the only one, so it just felt wrong. Not saying the author intended that message, but it definitely put me off.

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.

I wanted to know about the science. I wasn't interested in a human interest piece.