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May 24, 2018Hayley_Simmons rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Bernadette has disappeared just 2 days before Christmas and before a family trip to Antarctica with her husband and daughter, Bee. This is the introduction in the novel. Bee has decided to try to figure out what has happened to her mother by looking closely at communications between anyone who may have had an influence on Bernadette's disappearance and by looking at Bernadette's own communications. The rest of the novel is written as a series of e-mails, documents, notes, etc. I found this book to be quite funny. Maria Semple writes using dry humour, which is not surprising coming from someone who has written for shows such as Mad About You, Ellen, and Arrested Development. I liked Bernadette's quirky character and I liked how the book was formatted. I thought it was creative and entertaining. I was pulled into the story early on and was quite engaged in following along to find out just what happened to Bernadette. I found that I was having to force myself to put the book down and go to sleep. I loved the originality of the story and the final reveal made me so happy! My only complaint is that there were more editing errors than there should be in a published book, which is a pet peeve of mine. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a fun, quirky, entertaining novel and I hope to read more by this author.