Wellness by Nathan Hill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Nathan Hill’s “The Nix” was my favorite novel of 2016. I laughed so hard and I loved every moment I spent with that novel. Even so, I was worried about requesting “Wellness” since it’s more than 600 pages and what if I didn’t like it?
After a lot of hemming and hawing I requested it any way and slowly started reading it, hoping it wouldn’t be too hard to get through.
I spent the next three days of my vacation wanting to do nothing but read this book. I fell in love with the characters. I laughed, I cried, I was touched, I was mad. I loved following every single meandering thread of story Hill took me down and I exclaimed with joy when he brought it all back and tied it with an awesome knot.
This book singlehandedly made my vacation ten times better than it already was. I came home feeling full of joy and could not stop talking about the book to everyone I saw. I am absolutely confident it will be my favorite read of 2023.
Nathan Hill has done the impossible and his sophomore novel is even better than his breakout novel and his story is funny, meaningful, thought provoking, and tender. I loved and cherished every single minute I spent with it.
I cannot recommend it enough.
Now I really hope he hurries up and writes another novel.
with gratitude to netgalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, Knopf for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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