WIJFR: Where'd You Go Bernadette (SP)

Stefibeth

Uhm... so Elgin impregnated his assistant and at the end it was just... forgotten about?  How do you ignore a pregnancy/baby?!  I don't know what I was expecting exactly, but it just seems like the topic kind of went away at the end in the interest of wrapping up the story nicely.  

Did I miss something?  Anyone else have thoughts on this?  It really rubbed me the wrong way for some reason.  

mrsvedo

It's been awhile since I read this but I remember that irking me too. Not enough to change my rating of the book, but I was bothered a bit.

j*&p*

Yeah, I was not cool with that at all either. I guess in the scheme of things, what Bernadette did was just as much contributing to the breakdown of their marriage without the physical consequences of a baby. I guess in the crazy mixed up mess of a relationship, they just decided to deal with it and still make things work somehow?

Slytherpuff

I'm one of the few people who hated the book.  This is partly why.

beebe918

This book was my answer for the disappointing endings poll the other day.  

For awhile after the pregnancy was revealed in the book I KNEW the assistant was delusional.  There kept being signs pointing to the fact that the pregnancy was real and I just remained in denial.  

I do feel like I remember Bernadette referencing something about understanding about the pregnancy or something in the last few pages but yeah I agree it was not wrapped up well.

brie&drew

I gave it 3 stars because I liked the writing and the main character, but I had a lot of issues with the ending. Things were just too neatly tied up and not really addressed.