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Rating: ⭐⭐�� ½
Genre: Literary Fiction

The narrative focuses on two young people who got to know each other while attending college in the 1990s. After getting married, Jack and Elizabeth take the first steps toward establishing their own life. These two characters are followed throughout the book, first in their youth and then twenty years later, when they are married and have a child. After that, the focus shifts to their private lives, specifically their families, and the difficulties they encounter in their jobs and their parental roles

Since this is a slice-of-life story, I think everyone will be able to relate to something in it. The book does an excellent job of presenting topics such as childhood wounds, career disappointments, challenges of parenthood, struggles of midlife, opportunities for self-discovery, and the pursuit of wellness. You will find something there for you.

The author’s writing is excellent, and the subjects he presents in the story make it a thought-provoking book. Through those two main characters, he offers the readers such a wide range of themes that I think many readers will appreciate. All those themes are very relevant and will remain relevant to us as human beings for a long time.

In my opinion, where “Wellness�� suffers is at its length. This book is overwritten, and it can become a little tedious at times, especially due to the fact that the pace of the book is inconsistent. Even though delving deeply into certain subjects can sometimes be enlightening, it can also be counterproductive because it can slow down the main story and cause you to lose focus. Digression makes the book a challenging task. I didn’t mind the open ending here. Overall, I liked the story, but these drawbacks prevented me from falling in love with it.