Start Without Me

It's hard to succinctly say what I feel about this story. I liked it, but didn't love it. The author is great at developing characters that you care about, or like, or dislike. The ending left me and my book club feeling unsatisfied, though. Too many questions are left unanswered. After I finished the book, I read an interview with the author where he says that he put everything he has to say about the characters into the book. So perhaps the point of the book isn't so much the story as it is the characters themselves. The challenges they face, the mistakes they make, the complicated and messy feelings about family they have are all well developed and thought provoking here. It is a story that enabled our book club to have a great discussion about family, addiction, complicated relationships, and more.

I received this book from Harper Collins as part of their Book Club Girl book club in 2018.