Where'd You Go, Bernadette
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

by Maria Semple

2012•Comedy•349 pages

Taste attributes: comedydramamysteryfresh & originalrealisticemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA realistic comic novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyDramaMysteryEmpowerment/personal growthComplex relationship

Subjects

Domestic fiction.Missing personsMothers and daughtersAntarcticaWomen architectsPhobiasFemmes architectesPersonnes disparues

Details

Author
Maria Semple
Published
2012
Pages
349
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