Summer Reading Book Review

I read Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple for my summer reading assignment. The book is set in present time in Seattle. Bernadette, one of the main characters, is an architect who has only created and designed one building and is a major people-phobic. She hates Seattle but her family has to live there because of her husbands job in Microsoft. Elgie, her husband, thinks she is fear-less and later on starts questioning whether she has gone mad. The fellow private-school mothers despise her. Nobody in Seattle likes her and almost all the time she stays in her house. Then Bernadette disappears. It's up to Bee, Elgie and Bernadettes daughter, to find her. It all started when Bee got really good grades on her report card and all she desired to do was go on a cruise to Antarctica. After rummaging through past emails and letters she was able to find her mother.
 
I didn't like this book as much so I'm giving it a 2.5 out of 5. The reason I don't like this book is because most of the book is in email or letter format and that gets boring. Also in the book there are not many exciting parts but when it does get exciting it doesn't last. Semple also included unnecessary pages and conversations. Although I didn't like this book I like Bee's character and personality because I can relate. She is independent, caring, funny. and witty. The next book I will read is The Fault In Our Stars because I've been told it was a great book and it will make you emotional.