The Book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult

 The Book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult

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Publication Date:Sept. 22, 2020

As with most of Picoult’s works, this is well researched and well written.  

There is a lot of technical language and ideas here both in on the topics of Egyptology as well as physics.  And then there is idea of a book of two ways, parallel lives,  lost and found love, reclaimed choices in life, and, finally, death.  I did find myself skimming over some of the more erudite yet savoring the storyline.

 I almost wish that this very ambitious book had been two (or even three) different ones so that I could better digest all that there was to ponder.  Yet, Piccoult was able to pull it all together in the end.  

While I enjoyed The Book of Two Ways, I was sorry that Dawn’s role as a death doula did not inspire its own separate novel.  While it was integrated with the story as a whole, I thought the preparation for and musings about death would have in of of themselves been an excellent focus for a novel.  A lot was said regarding the end of life, but I felt that it sometimes got lost with everything else going on in the story.