Adam & Eve, (Paperback)

from randalrh

I don't know what this book wanted to be when it grew up. There are elements of international conspiracy/thriller, too easily overcome. There are elements of back to nature/horrors of war cautionary tale, too easily abandoned. There are elements of relationships, too easily ambiguous. Naslund wri...

from WordToTheYs

This book was overwritten and overambitious, in my opinion. Firstly, the author introduces the probability of extraterrestrial lifeforms. Next, we revisit the Garden and see a modernized version of Adam and Eve while contemplating mental illness. Then we must reevaluate the whole of Genesis, as a...

from mrstreme

I intentionally waited a few days between finishing Adam and Eve and writing this review so that I could be as objective as possible. Indeed, I hoped that waiting a few days would help me appreciate this novel as I had with other books by Sena Jeter Naslund. Despite the distance in time, I am sti...

from actonbell

Lucy Bergman was married to Thom, a brilliant astrophysicist who quietly made an important discovery concerning extraterrestrial life. Thom kept all his greatest secrets on a flash drive, which he attached to a cord and affectionately hung on Lucy's neck. She considered it an act of faith and tru...

from TrishNYC

In 2017, Lucy Bergmann is walking to meet her husband for lunch when right before her, a piano that was being hoisted up a window falls and kills him. She is traumatized and floats around in grief for about three years. In 2020 she is invited to speak at an event honoring her husband and while on...