State of Wonder

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I cried at the end of this book. Not because it was sad (though it was) and not because it was happy (though it was) but because I felt fully and completely satisfied with the world Patchett created and was sad it had to end. Talking this over with my sister later we would comment, "didn't you think it was wierd that..." and the other would say "yeah, but..." and that was the whole book--full of wonderful, wierd surprises that you completely believed and moved the story along. Like Bel Canto, State of Wonder makes the fantastic seem plausible and makes you care about the characters and their world.

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