Then Came You

A Novel

De: Jennifer Weiner

Narrado por: Jenni Barber, Aya Cash, Annalynne McCord, Karen Ziemba

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner takes readers into the heart of women’s lives in an unforgettable, timely tale.

Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior on a full scholarship who plans on selling her “pedigree” eggs to help save her father from addiction.

Annie Barrow, a struggling Pennsylvania housewife, thinks that carrying another woman’s child will help her recover a sense of purpose and will bring in some much-needed cash.

India Bishop, thirty-eight (really, forty-three) and recently married to the wealthy Marcus Croft, yearns for a baby for reasons that have more to do with money than with love. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to Jules and Annie to make her dreams come true.

But each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Bettina, Marcus’s privileged daughter, becomes suspicious that her new stepmother is not what she seems...

Told with Jennifer Weiner’s trademark wit and sharp observations, Then Came You is a hilarious, tender, and timely tale that explores themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and charity, the rights of a parent and the measure of a mother.

Full of interesting surprises!

A good Saturday book full of interesting twists and turns. In the end, a real feel good book.

Great story

It took me a while to get invested and I found one of the main characters in particular unlikeable, but about a 3rd of the way in I got into it and ended up really loving the book. The book is told from the perspective of 3 different women, and though each of their chapters is prefaced by their name, the 3 narrators were different enough that I had no trouble telling them apart even if I couldn’t remember who’s part of the book I was in (say after a break, or if I fell asleep listening).
The story is interesting and the 3 women who tell it sucked me in in the end and I found the ending especially great and would recommend this book to a friend.

Seemed abridged

This book started out great, lots of characters with as many story lines & I guess not enough time to fully developed them all. I was disappointed.

Jennifer Weiner Fan!

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

If you are a Jennifer Weiner fan, you will enjoy this book.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes, I would see it.

Great Listen if you are a Jennifer Weiner book

If you could sum up Then Came You in three words, what would they be?

Captivating, entertaining, predictable

What other book might you compare Then Came You to and why?

Any of Weiner's other works!

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

India

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, it was too much

Any additional comments?

I found the book predictable at parts which made it less than a 5 star for me!

A nice brainless novel

An easy listen with engaging characters. Characters lacked some depth but ended up surprising me in the end. Good plot line that had me wanting to know what was going to happen next.

A little slow starting off, but overall very good!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Entertaining, with some twists and turns you don't expect, along with some heart felt moments. Overall, a good read. :)

End redeems it

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No I probably wouldn't - I love several Jennifer Weiner books, but in this one, I struggled with not relating to any of the characters. I seldom put down books, and this one that I did. Eventually I picked it back up and was glad I did, but still.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I liked the ending. It was realistic and resolved well.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

The four different voices were nice.

Easy listening...

Well produced and read (multiple characters), easy to follow, a great book to listen to while going about mundane tasks like cleaning, walking the dog, etc. A good story, if not a bit light on topics that could use a bit more depth (though it is Jennifer Weiner, so I did know this going in!).

Moving story about complicated decisions

Then Came You is a story that entwines several women and each one's impact in the making of a child. Weiner does an excellent job of crafting each woman's tale and then weaving them together. Having different voices for each woman helps distinguish them to the listener and adds to the overall quality of the performance. I truly enjoyed this book, which was at times heartbreaking and endearing at others.