Hmmmmm.
So I am giving this four stars, but maybe because I feel I should. It was my Book of the Month pick and they warned that this book would be....different. It was.
I wasn't totally enamored of this character or of this story. I expected more, I think. Lots of science that was deep (I skimmed it) and not really necessary for what ended up being the main theme of the story. Some readers have said it WAS necessary as a backdrop to the whole mystery of "where is Charlie in the universe?," but it was too much for me. I thought maybe there'd be a ghost story here, or something mystical. The story meandered, and the resolution was very disappointing for me, just so simple. I agree that there was not really a plot. It plods along as our main character, Helen, becomes re-engaged in her college roommate's life because she gets a phone call from her - after she dies. Helen has one child, which seems out of character for this unemotional scientist (not that all scientists are unemotional, just this one), and is obviously a tool for the author as a connector to Charlie's child. Anyway, this review is about as convoluted as the book as I am not going to try to give you an outline of the story. I'd just say, skip this one.
