Transportation. Noun. The act of conveying or the process of being conveyed.
STATE OF WONDER involves the absolute transportation of the reader. This book is a good book, it might even be considered a "Great book" by critics and readers alike. It, however, is not an easy book. Ann Patchett writes so lyrically and expressively that one truly enters the fecundity of the Amazon jungle. You totally experience every drop of sweat, every malarial mosquito and every vine that wraps itself around your body. It is not easy in that while it is hard to put down one needs a respite from the emotion and the twisted plot that twines around you like the anaconda. Honestly, perhaps this novel is too well written. I had to read it in segments, it was so evocative that I needed a break in order to return to reality. While reading this book I was totally transported; I breathed the moist and humid air of Brazil, felt as though, I too, was taking a boat into the jungle and that I was part and parcel of the Lakashi tribe.
This is definitely not a book for those who wish merely to be entertained in a sort of light and temporary divergence from ones normal life. STATE OF WONDER is truly a wonder in it's depth, it's absolute ability to transport the reader to a wholly different existence and mindset.
I would give this novel a very high rating yet I give it with a disclaimer and warning. Do not attempt to read this book unless you are totally willing to fall into a very different world. There's no going back.
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