State of Wonder
Review by Jenica Hardy
For Book Club in February, we read and discussed State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. The conversation was lively as there was a wide variety of opinion about the book! Opinions varied from “Readable but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone” to “One of the best books I’ve read in a long time.” A main plot point of the book was about a doctor living with an Amazonian tribe whose women could get pregnant well into old age. The doctor was there to discover the cause of this prolonged fertility and to develop a drug to address infertility. There was much discussion about how realistic this was. Sadly, this conversation did not bear much fruit (unlike the women of this tribe) since we all conceded we really had no idea how realistic it was. Obviously a group of science-minded women. While we all had different thoughts about the book there was across the board agreement that one action by the main character at the end of the book was ridiculous and completely unnecessary for the plot. I will not say what it was for those who are still interested in reading it, but trust me; you will know it when you see it. And you will not like it.
For March we will be discussing Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Join us on Thursday, March 8th at 8:00 pm at my home!
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