TLDR: very long, wouldn’t read again, but glad I did read it. 

I truly don’t know what I thought this book was going to be, but I can confidently say that this wasn’t it. This book is split into book one and book two which makes sense because it really felt like two separate books. (Massive sidenote: as of writing this review, I read this book two months ago and it just hit me that book one is breast because they talk a lot about boobs and book two is eggs because they talk about fertility and that was extremely clever and makes me enjoy this book a little more. Back to the review.)

I appreciated that this story explores difficult and uncomfortable conversations and took into account how money and social status play into it. I really liked how the book explored the relationship between sisters, as well as mother and daughter and really delved into what it means to be a mother. It’s pretty interesting because I enjoyed the story telling structure of the first book which consisted of our main character’s perspective spliced with journal entries from her niece that’d been visiting her, whereas I enjoyed the actual story of the second book which followed fertility, insemenation & IVF, and the kids that are born from it and the various ways it could impact them. 

While I enjoyed the story, it did feel like it took a while to get through. I read and listened to it at the same time and I genuinely feel like if I didn’t listen to it, I would not have been able to stay focused enough to get through it.