Maria Semple's Today Will Be Different
Semple's latest is in the same mold as her bestselling Where'd You Go, Bernadette, dealing as it does with frazzled motherhood and marriage in a complicated age, but it doesn't hold together quite as well for me. It has some really intriguing parts--I loved the parts about the protagonist's long-ago work as the art director of a cartoon show, and the reveal of her family background was very well done--but it is a bit scattered, and the end just felt very abrupt. Now, it is also highly readable and entertaining! Semple is super funny and I love the way she tells a story. This just kind of veered away from being compelling and then came to a screeching halt, sort of. B/B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on October 4th.
I totally agree with your assessment of this book. It felt lesser, but still so fun! I feel like Maria Semple is going to be one of those writers I just always read. It was a good one to read after Uprooted which was so violent & long.
ReplyDeleteAgreed re: Semple as a must-read author!
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