Ep. 38: The 10-Year Wait and Insufferable Characters - "Us"

This book had been sitting on my "Want to Read" shelf for a whopping 10 years!Written by David Nicholls, the author of "One Day", I had high hopes for "Us". But to be completely honest, it was overall a miss for me.The story follows Doug, a husband whose wife asks for a divorce just before their family holiday - a "Grand Tour" of Europe. While the premise is intriguing, I found the three main characters insufferable in their own unique ways. In this episode, I vent a little about why I couldn't connect with them and how the long-awaited father-son conversation lacked the realness and substance I was hoping for. Have you ever felt totally disconnected from the characters in a highly anticipated read?