Where'd You Go, Bernadette

I too found this rather strange all around. Mother is bizarre - maybe too smart. THe whole email thing was weird. I felt sorry for the daughter at every level. Father was non-existent really, and somehow almost didn't seem to care about what was going on. How do you let yourself live in a filthy, leaky home when you should be caring for your daughter's needs, both physically and mentally? Would never recommend this book to... Read Full Review

Am I missing something? I really dislike this book as a whole. yes, there were some funny parts but I dispise the whole email set up it drove me nuts, made the story really hard to follow. I also don't like the father's character and how he treats bernadette and how the daughter is just a brat and they allow her to be just because she is smart. bernadette is too dependant on what her husband thinks of her and puts out a poor... Read Full Review

As a a whole, I enjoyed the book. I laughed a good deal, both for actually funny stuff or in an "oh gosh, these people!" kind of way (which was clearly the authors intention). The author wrote the characters well...I both liked and disliked Bernadette - she's weird, quirky, loves her kid, doesn't get caught up in petty school drama, but is simultaneously petty, irrational, a bit insane and makes such dumb decisions. The... Read Full Review

I hated the character, but I believe she was written purposely that way. For the first 2/3, the book was below average. It felt like a peek into the life of some terrible woman and her rotten life, most issues which were caused by her. However the last third really knocked it out of the park. I couldn’t put it down! I liked it so much better that the movie, which really does not follow the plot of the book and should be considered... Read Full Review

I know the book's been pretty celebrated so I figured since the movie was like 8/10, I would enjoy the the book that much more. The format is a series of notes, newsletters and emails between the main characters which really I was super into. But, girl, the amount of subtle racism and classism was unbearable, truly. There's weird email exchanges between Bernadette & her south Asian assistant, Manjula that made me feel kind... Read Full Review