Wickett's Remedy: A Novel Audiobook

" master wordsmith returns with some new tricks, which i thought were rad. "

" Bee Season was much much better...this book could play out cool as a theater production but as a novel it was a bit choppy and hard to follow. "

" Sad. Really enjoyed the story, though!!! I loved all the side notes and the two parts of the stories! "

" I wanted to love this book, but the multiple voices and the subject matter left me feeling ho-hum. At least it was short. There were good moments, but overall the book did not sing. "

" I loved the way this book was written with the side comments. I also love anyting about the influenza pandemic. "

" Great overview of the 1918 influenza epidemic, interwoven with story of a patent medicine/soda pop business. . . . Good characters, compelling story. "

" I really just wish that it had less ambiguous endings. I liked the format of this book - it had "notes" in the margins of the pages from a collective "us". Seemingly, the collective memories and opinions of those who have "passed". A good book to read when you have the flu. "

" A quick book to read. Creative format. Same girl who wrote Bee Season, I think. Good for Moms. "

" I had a hard time getting used to the format of this book at first, but after a while I was okay with it. I liked the history in this book, and the setting came through perfectly. I loved the characters, and I was sad to have the story end! I would like to read more fiction from that time period. "

" Strange story, a strange ending. But not too bad. "

" This book seemed captivating (since I'd read from the author before) but I had to return it back to the library and it didn't seem worthy of renewing... Still, I can't say that it was horrible since I didn't finish it. "

" Average writing and story, but fun to read. I especially enjoyed the bits of "ephemera" at the end of each chapter. "

" Read two of her books - not sure what the appeal is. "

" The book on tape that just wouldn't die...maybe I would have liked it more if I had read not listened to it. I can still hear the little ding-ding-ding echo of each interlude. It did finally get interesting with the influenza outbreak - I like historical fiction and epidemeology. "

" Great topic not as great read. But good. "

" Really well-crafted and clever. Plus who doesn't love a good read about the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic? "

" The story of a woman whose husband dies in the great 1918 (?) flu epidemic. Pretty good. "

" Totally random book. Readable, but the topic is SO esoteric and the story doesn't really go anywhere... you keep wondering what the point is. "

" This book was mildly interesting. It focused on the flu epidemic of 1918. Some of the history was definitely interesting but the stories were not really. "

" It took me about a third of the way into it before I figured out what the flash forwards were about. After that I wished I could go back and re-read parts. It was good and interesting. "

" I liked this historical novel about the 1918 flu epidemic. "

" Sad. Really enjoyed the story, though!!! I loved all the side notes and the two parts of the stories! "

" arggh! agree with the good and bad reviews of this book!! finished though!! "

" Poor showing for a second novel... "

" The best book I've ever read about a flu epidemic. "

" What an odd book. The main story was really quite good. The period newspaper pieces helped set the scene. The odd inputs from obscure characters were annoying. I have enough trouble reading a book without undue interuptions without the author constantly interupting the flow of her own story. "

" I was kinda into the story line about the main character and her husband Wickett, but then the author was doing this cutesy thing where each chapter was interspliced with these faux old-timey ads for rootbeer or something and it was just boring. I LOVED Bee Season, so this was disappointing. "

" Utterly different from Bee Season, but almost as weird. "

" Disappointing. I couldn't get into any of the characters in this novel and the "ending" was very unsatisfying. Very unlike Bee Season, which I loved. "

" This is a multi-dimensional, intricately woven book. A little odd and strange, but I enjoyed it and learned some interesting historical happenings surrounding the early twentieth century. "

" I wasn't sure I would enjoy this one as much as I did. It is a trip back in time during the Spanish influenza outbreak. The things that were done to make medical history...wow! "