I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I think this book can be very impacted but it was too dreary for me to fully connect with it. Wonderful idea thst is tough to execute. Just not my style in the end.

From the publisher: Meet Art and Mimi Brotherton. Devoted siblings and housemates, they’re bound together by the tragic death of their parents. Mathematical genius Art relies on logic, while Mimi prefers to follow her heart.

When Mimi decides she needs more from life than dutifully tending to her brilliant brother, she asks for his help to find love. Art agrees, but on one condition: that she find her soulmate using a strict mathematical principle. Things seem promising, until Mimi meets Frank: a romantic, spontaneous stargazer who’s also a mathematician. Despite Mimi’s obvious affection for the quirky Frank, Art is wary of him from their very first encounter.

As Art's mistrust of Frank grows, so do Mimi's feelings, and the siblings' relationship is brought to a breaking point. Something about Frank doesn't quite add up, and only Art can see it . . .

The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything is a tender, intelligent and uplifting novel about brothers and sisters, true love in all its forms, and how the answers to life’s biggest questions follow a logic of their own.
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My review: Mimi and her brother Art depend on each other for everything…even if they don’t want to admit as such. The idea that things are “not always as they seem at first glance” runs throughout the novel. And admittedly, my predictions and theories did not all turn out to be true. While the start of the book seemed a bit slow, it picked up and I really cared what happened to Mimi, Art, Frank, Ernest, and Rey. Everyone was much more intertwined than at “first glance”. I moved between suspicion, fear, pity, sympathy, laughter, and hope while reading this book. I was never sure which character was in the right until the last part.

Some parts of the novel were a bit confusing and I had to slow down and visualize. But this technique also helps the reader to understand Art’s beautiful mind and the way it works. Gnodde made me worried, upset, frustrated, and relieved all in the last section of the book, The book was interesting, heart wrenching, and heart warming.

4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Paperbacks for an advance digital copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

#TheTheoryofNotQuiteEverything #NetGalley Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this novel.

This is no fault of the book, as it was incredibly well-written. I was just not in the correct headspace to be reading a book about sibling relationships and the ups and downs of that.

But sometime in the future I would love to revisit this, because my own problems aside, this was incredible.

The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything is set to be published on February 28, 2023. Thank you to Harper Perennial and Paperbacks, Harper Paperbacks, NetGalley and the author for the Advanced Reader's Copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I have read a lot of books lately, some, like this one, have been ARCs. It seems like quirky characters are all the rage, and sometimes they are written well. But Art and Naomi are written superbly!! I so enjoyed this book that I stayed up until midnight for 3 nights in a row to finish it. It's clever and witty, and even though there are some tragic and very depressing parts, the gentle weaving of those parts into the story is masterful. You will find yourself rooting for every character and will truly enjoy the unraveling of this unique tale. Do yourself a favor and go get The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything!! [I even love the title!]

This story started off a little slow but I appreciated the perspective of the siblings’ complicated relationships. Navigating and making sense of life after loss is complex and this book highlights how people cope and what they cling to.

This was a good book. Just not for me. I didn’t realize that the title was a play on the film about Steven Hawking.

I’m not a math person so a lot of the references that were being made didn’t make any sense to me and I just grew bored.

This is a good book, it is just not the right book for me. The whole book felt so heavy. I think I expected a Big Bang Theory lightness and more romance, and this was not either of those things.. It tackles very serious issues like suicide, loss of parents, and brain injuries - and they are not passing mentions. Every single character was extremely frustrating to me. I don’t like “complicated family stories” - I avoid them like the plague - and I feel that, at its heart, this book is one of those. However, if you like those types of stories, this would be a great one to read. It’s a testament to the writing that even though it was not my kind of book and the characters had lots of irritating flaws, that I was invested enough to finish it.