Thoughts-Adam and Eve by Sena Jeter Naslund

Adam and Eve
Sena Jeter Naslund
Harper Luxe
978-0-06-157927
$26.99, 352 pages
October 2010
Sena Jeter Naslund swept me away in her book Ahab's Wife. I am still recommending this book to readers all the time. I was glued to Four Spirits and Abundance was excellent. When I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of Adam & Eve, I couldn't wait to begin it. Unfortunately, my anxiety from curiosity quickly faded. Reading became a challenge and continuous agitation persisted as I kept waiting for more. The story was confusing and very random, the characters were flat and colorless. I couldn't wait for the story to end, yet as an avid fan, continued to hope it would turn around. I wouldn't give up quite sure the voice of Naslund the phenomenal storyteller would emerge. It didn't.
The synopsis above is published on the publishers website, but it doesn't begin to describe the actual story and randomness of the plot.Here's what just doesn't work. Lucy's husband is killed by a falling grand piano. How bizarre right? Left holding his flash drive, she carries it and his memory with her everywhere. She takes off in a plane, yes she conveniently is a pilot. She agrees to deliver a sealed French Horn case containing an ancient codex, an alternative story of creation. Her plane crashes, and she meets Adam, a nude and attractive man who lives in an Eden like habitat. He believes he is the Adam from the Bible. Who is this Adam? He believes Lucy to be Eve. They are both nude and when a pilot named Riley also crashes, Lucy makes orange clothes out of his parachute. I won't even continue this litany of weird and unusual that approximates more of Ripley's Believe It or Not than a Naslund novel. So disappointing to me after reading three fabulous novels of hers. My recommendation is to read The Book of Genesis again. This one was just a waste of time.
Disclosure: I received this book from William Morrow for review.
© [Wisteria Leigh] and [Bookworm's Dinner], [2010].
Labels: Adam and Eve, biblical, creation, extraterrestrial, mystery, religion, scientists, Sena Jeter Naslund
2 Comments:
LOL - I tried reading this, and after saying WTF about ten times, I just gave up on it! I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on or why I should keep trying to find out!
Rhapsody...I am so glad I'm not alone. WTF is just about what I was thinking too. I should have given up instead of suffering. By the way this is the third book in a row that I was annoyed with. The Cailiffs of Bagdad Georgia was so pathetically unrealistic I through it across the room. LOL
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