A few of the Friends had also read Still Alice by the same author, and found Alice to be the more powerful book. We decided that Alice had more of an impact on the reader because it is so much more likely that one of us would get early onset Alzheimer's than that one of us would get left neglect. We also thought that it seemed like Genova had more experience with Alzheimer's, so she was able to show it to the reader more convincingly.
In terms of the narrative, I preferred Left Neglected, but that may be for the very reason that Alice was so powerful, and more than a little frightening.
Next up: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain This one was next up on my nightstand anyway, so I'm excited to read it!
Still Reading: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Still Listening to: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
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