What an incredible story about women! There is a point where you can relate to each woman in way you never expected. The story follows the changes in the relationships of women in a family through childhood, college, adulthood and motherhood - all phases of life - is truly interesting, in depth and relatable. It kept me engaged and reading throughout. Highly recommend.

Jennifer Weiner does it again. Thank you to Netgalley and Atria for this gem of an ARC in exchange for this review.

This book explores two sisters' lives from the 50s to the present. How will they find themselves as the world revolves around them? LOVED this story. Weiner again shows she is a gifted writer as she crafts characters and stories that draw us in. Highly recommend.

I really liked the author's writing and character development. I thought she tackled some very important topics and I liked how it spanned several generations. I thought at times the story dragged on a little bit, like she was trying to tackle too many things, but I loved how it came together at the end.

Loved this story. I loved hearing from both sisters perspectives and going on the journey through their lives. Didn't want it to end!

Oh Ms.Weiner, how you never disappoint! I’ve been a fan for at least the last twelve years or so and with every one of your books, you seem to go deeper and deeper into the female experience, This particular books has so many wonderful and heartbreaking layers, I am not sure I can touch upon them sufficiently. From immigrant grandparents with Yiddish accents (similar to my distant relatives they came over in the 20s), to growing up in the segregated Midwest, from civil, gay rights and women’s rights, raising children and interracial marriage, this book has it all, it’s hard to imagine a book being able to cover so many “hot” topics all in one book, but with a saga of two sisters, somehow it becomes effortless and entirely authentic and real. I loved it,

Mrs. Everything is the story of girls going through life. And honestly, its very difficult to write about or summarize this book. Not because the book is bad or unreadable. Very much the opposite. It's beautiful and complex. And there is so much complexity that I can't even begin to describe how it touches people in different ways.

Bethie and Jo grew up in an Jewish family, struggling to understand a mother who just wanted what was best and a time that served to direct women to be less than they were. How do they navigate through the time to achieve what they wanted in life?

This book is an amazing representation of what it means to be a woman and how female relationships should be pursued. Do yourself a favor and take your time with this, savor the imagery and the emotions.

I received this book for review purposes.

While this book took me awhile to get into, once it hooked me I couldn't put it down. This was a poignant novel that truly captured me. I would highly recommend this book!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC

I’ve heard a lot about Jennifer Weiner but this is my first book by her and it did not disappoint!! Reading Jo and Bethua navigate through so many changes in both their lives and the world around them sucked me right in at the very beginning!

I enjoyed this book. At times I felt it was a little too long. But it was something different and I enjoyed it.

This was a great read. There is a family of 4 mother, father and their two daughters. It is about the struggles that each of them go through as they navigate life. It was a complete departure from most of the books that Ms. Weiner writes. I will say that she goes much deeper here than she usually does and I believe that that is the reason I enjoyed it as much as I did. You never know what twists and turns life will take.

The character development of Bethie was fantastic! I love the queer representation with Jo too-- I haven't seen much mainstream women's fiction with queer main characters.

I expected more from this book. It wasn't the best and it wasn't the greatest. I am still not sure what character I liked the most and which one I disliked the most.

Mrs. Everything is about being a sister, a daughter, a mother, and a woman. It's about how far women have come and how far we still have to go. It's a novel about finding yourself and the ways in which we fail other women, but have to pick up and try to do better. It's about how to balance what we want with what society expects and figure out our identity for ourselves.

I don't feel that I can write an adequate review for this book. It's a bit outside of my comfort zone and I don't feel like I can compare it to other books I have read. The writing is just as exquisite as I would expect of any Jennifer Weiner book and it touched on so many important topics in such meaningful ways.

Did I feel very connected to it? No.

Is it powerful and moving? Yes

It initially was hard for me to get into because I was sitting there wondering what kind of point this book would try to make, but by the end I was crying. I think this is the kind of book that will be even more powerful to reread and I highly encourage you to pick it up.

Content warning for sexual assault, rape, abortion, eating disorder, loss of a parent, and drug abuse.

Thanks to Atria and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

When I first read a Jennifer Weiner book was when I was 12 or 13 and it was Certain Girls. I remember loving that book, but never picked up another book by her until Mrs. Everything.
I will admit there are trigger warnings such as: Rape, Abuse, Drug Use, Racism, and Discrimination.
I really love how this book follows multiple generations of women with their happiness, failures, and struggles. It made Jo and Bethy seem very real along with their family.
I highly recommend this book.

This is my 7th Jennifer Weiner novel. I feel like I know a little something about her books, she has written some really amazing books along with a few flops but I can assure you this one is amazing! I loved visiting the decades with Jo and Bethie and while some readers will be so frustrated with their choices I believe this novel is all about the mistakes we make in our lives, overcoming and second chances. Love who you love and be a good human... Wonderful.

Highly recommend!

This would be a good pick for a book club. It was engrossing and hard to put down. I liked reading it.

Jennifer Weiner at her absolute best! I have read every single one of Ms. Weiner’s books and Mrs. Everything is by far her greatest work. A touching and relatable story of two sisters taking different paths in life. At times heartbreaking, always captivating, and absolutely un-put-down-able.

Jennifer Weiner's sweeping novel follows the lives of two sisters as they struggle to find their own way in the world. Bethie becomes a free-spirited nomad while Jo settles into the the role of a traditional American housewife. Despite their differences, each sister is searching for happiness in this ever-changing world. The world needs more stories of women becoming who they are meant to be, so I was excited to pick up this June 2019 book release.

Everyone seems to be raving about Mrs. Everything, but I honestly wasn't impressed. To me, Weiner seemed to take all of today's values and shove them into baby boomers. I felt the novel dwelt too long on their childhood - the entire first half is about Bethie and Jo growing up - but then skipped large chunks of their adult lives when they were interesting, only to cram in the next generation at the end.

Mrs Everything touched on so many themes (molestation, rape, lesbianism, feminism, biracial relations, #metoo, etc.) that it didn't deliver a strong message on any of them. In all, I can't say that I would ever recommend this book, but to each their own.

Sometimes I get nervous reading books that are hyped up because the author is famous, or the publishers want it to be an instant best seller…but then sometimes the hype is real! Mrs. Everything is one of those books where it deserves all the accolades it receives! I absolutely loved it! Jennifer Weiner is new to me, so I’m not just saying this because I have read all her books. This is the first book by her I have ever read, and it was brilliant!

Mrs. Everything is the story of Jo and Bethie, two sisters from Detroit. The story spans their lifetime from young childhood, well into their adult lives. Growing up in the 1950’s they have already established roles in their home. Jo is older and a tomboy, and never seems to get along their mother. Bethie is the girly-girl, pretty one that seems to do everything right. As they continue to grow throughout the decades of women’s lib, free love, Vietnam, sex and drugs their lives take very different shapes. Neither of them is living the life they want but they are too scared to make changes. Is it too late to start over, choose a different path, change the present?

There is so much in this story! I highly recommend you pick this one up. I laughed out loud and I cried. You become so invested in both Jo and Bethie you just want to reach through the pages to protect them and tell them they will survive the traumas that happen.

“Mrs. Everything” by Jennifer Weiner follows the lives of 2 sisters from the 1950's onward. The author has said that this is her take on “Little Women”, which seems true enough as it highlights in some instances how far women have come and at what cost, while also showing how little has changed for women by and large.

The book touches on what it is to be a woman in all the roles that women find themselves, including those they find themselves thrust into and those that the fall into by circumstance or choice. The characters are chronicaled as they struggle, with some limited success to figure out who they are as people independent of those roles.

This would make an excellent book club read as it covered so many topics that would make for good discussion: Racism, sexism, sexual orientation, rape, drugs, motherhood, the freelove era, the #metoo movement, and more.

While there were a lot of plusses for the book, I found the material to be a little bit too much. There were too many issues and at times the pacing seemed a little bit too slow. A good read, but not a great read for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for the eArc in exchange for my honest opinion.