Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

• All Critics: 20
• Positive: 17
• Negative: 3

• The Washington Post | 12 Jul 2011

  ...is most centrally about women being each other’s fairy godmothers, each other’s “mysterious benefactors” — with money, with inspiration, with love, with learning, with luxury.

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• Kirkus Reviews | 1 Jun 2011

  The conflicts enmeshing all these characters...are gripping, and Weiner’s elucidation of socio-economic determinism is as sharp as ever.

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• Book'd Out | 18 Jul 2011

  Then Came You is a rather lack lustre, formulaic novel from a writer I had higher expectations of.

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• Book Line And Sinker | 12 Jul 2011

  There are complications and major plot reveals, but none really moved me and I just couldn’t warm to the ending.

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• She Knows | 4 May 2012

  A very timely story, this novel will cause both laughter and tears and provide insight into surrogacy issues.

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• Chron.com | 10 Jul 2011

  With writing that flows like a conversation between best friends — effortless but meaningful — Then Came You is the perfect summer read.

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• Write Meg | 5 Jun 2012

  ...is a fascinating web of interlocking stories, uniting four women who have little in common superficially but are linked by one big thing someone.

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• Luxury Reading | 26 Jul 2011

  ...Jennifer Weiner has once again created a novel that will be a delight to fans of women’s fiction, and characters that many women will be able to relate to.

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• The Blue Bookcase | 13 May 2012

  ...one thing I loved, that is almost enough to make me recommend Then Came You to my friends and family: Jennifer Weiner nailed people's various reactions to surrogacy.

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• The Globe and Mail | 24 Jul 2011

  Then Came You is a perfect summer read, complete with soap opera-like vignettes, romance and fantasy.

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• Jessica Lawlor | 1 Aug 2011

  ...I loved the plot of THEN CAME YOU. This book examined issues around fertility, surrogacy and money.

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• mommablogsalot | 14 Aug 2012

  I also liked that the story felt very realistic even when unexpected things are happening. Her characters were very fleshed out making all of them easy to relate...

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• Kritters Ramblings | 12 Jul 2011

  With each chapter based on a different character - it was easy and enjoyable to get to know each one and then see their stories mix and mingle.

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• Bookworm Ink | 10 May 2012

  I loved how different all its heroines were, and how such an unlikely bunch came together.

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• The Reading Frenzy | 10 Aug 2011

  This is a story of friendship, of love, of pain, of forgiveness and of redemption, it will touch every reader on a personal level and leave them with that all elusive glass half full feeling.

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• Reading with Martinis | 12 Jul 2011

  I couldn’t put this novel down because I was so invested in the characters and the plot. Weiner also evoked much emotion from me.

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• The Roanoke Times | 18 Aug 2012

  Seeing how things come together is beautiful and leaves the reader wanting the story to go on and on.

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• Book Addiction | 20 Jan 2012

  ...this book was definitely compelling and the characters really made their way into my heart.

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• Book It. | 9 Jul 2012

  There were so many “main” characters that none of them were particularly well developed.

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• Planet Books | 7 Jul 2011

  The pages within the covers were filled with a story that brings the reader into the lives of four women. Four very different women all bound together by a child.

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