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This is such a complex book. I should let its memory simmer a bit before I comment.
Okay. This, to me, was not as good as The Plot, but it is not a mystery as that one was. The "Latecomer" refers to the fourth child born into a family via surrogate about 20 years after her in vitro originated siblings (a girl and two boys). She was the only character I truly liked, but she is not introduced until there are only 100 pages left in the book. The previous pages were spent explaining the myriad probl ...more
Okay. This, to me, was not as good as The Plot, but it is not a mystery as that one was. The "Latecomer" refers to the fourth child born into a family via surrogate about 20 years after her in vitro originated siblings (a girl and two boys). She was the only character I truly liked, but she is not introduced until there are only 100 pages left in the book. The previous pages were spent explaining the myriad probl ...more
3.5 stars
I had a really hard time getting into this book. Johanna and Salo Oppenheimer meet during a tragedy and later marry. They have been trying to start a family with no luck. On their last try they are blessed with triplets. 2 boys and a girl grow up with no connect or bond to each other. As the triplets are off to college Johanna decides to use the remaining embryo and Phoebe is born.
I just did not connect with the characters, as the characters couldn't with each other. But maybe that was ...more
I had a really hard time getting into this book. Johanna and Salo Oppenheimer meet during a tragedy and later marry. They have been trying to start a family with no luck. On their last try they are blessed with triplets. 2 boys and a girl grow up with no connect or bond to each other. As the triplets are off to college Johanna decides to use the remaining embryo and Phoebe is born.
I just did not connect with the characters, as the characters couldn't with each other. But maybe that was ...more
Best book of 2022 so far! Jean Hanff Korelitz is a fabulous writer who struggled to get this book right and her struggles have provided a story that is hard to put down. The Oppenheimer triplets were early test tube babies, their proximity in the womb providing the only closeness they experienced through their childhood. Their mother Johanna wanted nothing more than a loud, boisterous, close family and their father Salo wanted nothing more than to be living in silence with his art. He gets his w
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Mar 22, 2025
Karen
marked it as to-read
