{"id":1428,"date":"2012-03-14T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaosisafriendofmine.com\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2012-03-13T00:50:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T05:50:39","slug":"book-review-then-came-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chaosisafriendofmine.com\/?p=1428","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Then Came You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Then<\/a>Then Came You<\/a> by Jennifer Weiner<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Annie, a young married mother of two, wants to be a surrogate mother to earn money to help her husband with their ever growing pile of bills. Jules, a college student, is considering donating her eggs to earn enough money to send her father to rehab. India, a wealthy Manhattanite, want a child to secure her inheritance from her husband. Her step-daughter Bettina is out to prove that India is a gold-digger and a liar.<\/p>\n

This book alternated narration between the four above characters. These characters were well-developed – quite a bit of back-story for them was revealed in their respective narration. Eventually, all of their lives end up intersecting, somewhat unrealistically I thought. I really had a problem with the ending of this book. I thought that India was unlikeable and her choices near the end of the book seemed horrible to me. Maybe I’m too vengeful, but I was not happy with how her life turned out.<\/p>\n

I listened to the audio version of this book which in this case I think lessened my enjoyment of it. Each character was narrated by a different woman: Karen Ziemba, Ava Cash, Jenni Barber and Annalynne McCord. I thought Annalynne McCord’s portrayal of Jules was awful. She sounded tired and like she was reading a list of items, not telling a story. Karen Ziemba’s narration of India’s story wasn’t much better. Since two out of the four narrators sounded like they were reading lists, I wonder if it’s more the director’s fault. Either way, it got on my nerves.<\/p>\n

I liked this book enough that I’ll give another of Weiner’s books a try some day.
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Buy this book at:
\nAmazon<\/a>\"\" Kindle Store<\/a>\"\" Powell’s Books<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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