Its affecting characters, not-necessarily-nice humor and surprising plot twists make this novel an enchanting ride.” Full review Semple has written a fantastic, funny novel. Its many twists and turns are genuinely surprising. Before she left Hollywood - like Bernadette, Semple now lives in Seattle - she was a producer on Arrested Development, and there is quite a bit of that show’s unexpected, antic plotting in this novel. Maybe this is what Semple learned writing for the television show Mad About You. “Semple’s characters are marvelous: They have untold secrets, personalities with multiple dimensions, moments of failure and grace. But you would have to stop laughing first.” Full review You could stop and pay attention to how apt each new format is, how rarely she repeats herself and how imaginatively she unveils every bit of information. Semple’s storytelling is always front and center, in sharp focus. Yet these pieces are strung together so wittily that Ms. documents, correspondence with a psychiatrist and even an emergency-room bill for a run-in between Bernadette and Audrey. “The tightly constructed Where’d You Go, Bernadette is written in many formats - e-mails, letters, F.B.I.
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