A Straight To The Point Review: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by: Maria Semple

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by: Maria Semple (2012)

Genre: Fiction
330 pages

Source: The Library

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Goodreads Summary: 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.

Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle—and people in general—has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.

To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence—creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.

My Review

Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a must read.

Here is why…

It’s Hilarious, Unique, Complex, and Real.

It’s full of Redemption, Betrayal, Love, and Laughter.

The characters are Enjoyable, Crazy, Adorable, and Smart.

It’s also Shocking, Well Written, Hopeful, and Beautiful.

The Bottom Line: Where’d You Go, Bernadette is fantastic. Read it.

**What did you think of my new straight to the point review? I had fun writing it, but I want your opinion! I won't do these kinds of reviews often, but I thought it would be nice to spice my reviews up a little bit from time to time.