Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
I usually love Jennifer Weiner's books--In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, Goodnight Nobody. She tells a good story with well-developed characters. So I was kind of disappointed in Then Came You.
The story involves a rich trophy wife (India) who wants to have a baby via surrogate (Annie) and the college girl (Jules) who donates the egg. Unfortunately, it's hundreds of pages into the book before any of the women meet each other. So until that point, it's like reading 3 separate stories. Plus the tie-up-all-the-loose-ends ending seemed a little too fairy tale-esque to be plausible. And it's hard to know what to make of India, the future mother at the center of the story. She comes off as very calculating for most of the book--until we find out her back story, in which case she becomes a lot more sympathetic. It was a little jarring.
If you haven't read Jennifer Weiner before, do. She's a good writer. Just pick one of her earlier books.
The story involves a rich trophy wife (India) who wants to have a baby via surrogate (Annie) and the college girl (Jules) who donates the egg. Unfortunately, it's hundreds of pages into the book before any of the women meet each other. So until that point, it's like reading 3 separate stories. Plus the tie-up-all-the-loose-ends ending seemed a little too fairy tale-esque to be plausible. And it's hard to know what to make of India, the future mother at the center of the story. She comes off as very calculating for most of the book--until we find out her back story, in which case she becomes a lot more sympathetic. It was a little jarring.
If you haven't read Jennifer Weiner before, do. She's a good writer. Just pick one of her earlier books.
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