I’m a bit more than halfway through Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder (2011). So far, I’m enjoying it. More, I would say, than I enjoyed Eugenides’s The Marriage Plot at the middle.
Parading my prejudices: I remember Patchett’s Bel Canto kept me going up until near the end where it fell apart. I’m worrying that Patchett is a good story teller, but not a good story ender, so I’m bracing for disappointment at the end. But I’m having a hard time putting it down at the moment.
I’ll let you know how it comes out.