The Paper Palace (Reese’s Book Club) A Novel

The book got here super quick and is in great condition. There aren’t any ripped pages or missing pages. I’ll definitely be ordering more!

One of the best books I’ve read all year. Definitely the best of Reese’s book club that I have read. I tend to read thrillers/mysteries so a novel about a love story is not my usual go-to. Miranda Howley Keller is a beautiful writer. Funny, descriptive, poetic. There is a strong maternal theme which will have any reader with mom issues understanding. The generational gap is a running theme and placed wonderfully throughout the book as we traveled through the 60s through the 90s and into the present. All of the characters are likeable, especially Eleanor the narrator. She is flawed yet relatable. I could see how the dark subjects such as adultry and child abuse could trigger some readers. But the author navigated the drama realistically and heroically for Eleanor in the end. It leaves you to decide. I absolutely adored this book and wish she had a sequel.

This could be my favorite book of all time. An epic novel of love and pain, nature and life, and brilliant characters.Richly detailed and beautifully written.

4.5 wth stars!!I absolutely loved this book (other then the end). This was a book with so many lessons and so many hardships. While going through the past you get to enjoy watching characters blossom. With that there was a lot of pain in so many characters lives throughout. It was necessary. I can see why this book was chosen as a book of the month club book there is ALOT to discuss. Shoot I am discussing with myself nonstop.I think my favorite part is jumping from past to present. I needed that. It was all perfectly placed as well. It gave you background on why you ended up here with these characters. I mean I was in the Paper Palace with all the girls and I grieved with them. It was not all about negative stuff there was a lot of growth and love. It felt like a true story. Like was this someone’s life because I’ll be damned if it didn’t feel like it. And so I give you my second favorite thing is the characters. Omg I love everyone of them and despise many others too. You cheer them on and you cry with them. You second guess everything and wonder what could have been as well. This book was deep for me.Be aware there is a lot triggers and that comes with people writing all these negative reviews. What I say to that is know your boundaries and what you are comfortable with. There are warnings and people say I can’t handle child sexual trauma and that’s understandable. But it’s a part of a story. It builds this story. The pain, the strength, the hopelessness leads to the growth. I don’t think it was done poorly either this is real to some peoples life and I think it felt like it could have happened to anyone. Sadly it has.Now my only critique and the reason I could not give this 5 stars is because the damn ending. She left me. She has me mind boggled. And in some case that’s good.I guess it made me think non-stop about this book, so yea, that’s good. But I need more!! I told my hubby about it because even the next day I am frustrated. He says “is there a part two?” No dang it there is not!!!Get ready to ride the rollercoaster of emotions with this book. I think it is a fabulous summer read.

Children of the 60s/70s will especially relate to many things in this book. The characters were fascinating, and there were only two unlikable characters in the book, in my opinion, and they are supposed to be unlikeable!I found Wallace’s upbringing fascinating and relatable in some ways. I would not have read this book based on the description of a married woman having slept with her childhood friend. To me, that is the secondary story of the book. I loved reading about the childhood of the main character, her mother, her sister, etc. There is a lot of bad language and very explicit sexual terms. This book in no way glamorizes incest or rape at all. So many young women experienced this, especially “back then” and before…and you didn’t talk about it! You swept it under the rug. I think many readers who were sensitive to it may be of a different generation or had a traumatizing experience themselves. Great book, great writing! Excellent character development! I only wish her decision had been different in the end.This will SURELY hit the screen in some capacity. I see Meryl Streep or Diane Keaton as Wallace. Sandra Bullock would make a great Elle, as would Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and other great actresses whose names I don’t know.