A review by gwalt118
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church

3.0

In this novel, Elizabeth J. Church chronicles the life of Meridian Wallace, wife of Alden Whetstone, who gives up many of her dreams (academic, professional, personal) for her husband's ambitions. It's a story of a woman who is far too influenced by social pressures and struggles to break free of the confined life she and her husband have created. The beginning of the novel and the end of the novel are excellent; the middle is slow, and I found myself waiting, wishing, hoping for Meridian to take some sort of action. I found myself staunchly disagreeing and sympathizing with Meridian at the same time. The characters in this novel, specifically Meridian, frustrated me immensely. This is a good novel; however, if you're a fan of a lot of action rather than description and contemplative thoughts, you may not enjoy it.