Mysterious Ways, Wendy Wunder
Mysterious Ways, Wendy Wunder
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Mysterious Ways
A Novel

Author: Wendy Wunder

Narrator: Georgina Sadler

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2024

Synopsis

From acclaimed author Wendy Wunder comes a sharp and hilarious coming-of-age novel for fans of John Green and Nicola Yoon about an omniscient teenage girl who must grapple with whether there’s such a thing as knowing too much...

Seventeen-year-old Maya knows everything. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. Combine these private miseries with the general state of the world, and it's easy to see why Maya's power starts to get her down…

Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Now, faced with Tyler, a cute guy she actually wants to know everything about, Maya realizes that maybe her power isn't so horrible after all. Maybe she can use it for good. Maybe she can even get the guy. Or maybe there really is such a thing as knowing too much.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

About Wendy Wunder

Wendy Wunder is the star-reviewed author of The Probability of Miracles and The Museum of Intangible Things. When not writing, she often works as a rogue librarian and is currently a bookseller at Porter Square Books. She lives in Boston with her writer-husband, dancer-daughter and two dopey (but adorable) pets with no particular talent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cara on September 09, 2024

Mysterious Ways written by Wendy Wunder was a bit of a flop for me, I don't know if it was the writing style, no connection to the characters, or if it was too YA for me, but I just couldn't get into this book, it was extremely slow getting into, but even throughout the book it was very slow paced.......more

Goodreads review by Jena on October 16, 2024

3.5 stars I'll be honest ... when I first started reading Mysterious Ways, I really did not like it. I felt like the book, despite its surreal premise, lacked direction and a thesis statement. You can also tell that the author has not been a teenager in a while. The humour just didn't work for me. Ho......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on May 17, 2024

I wrote this book, and I hope you like it! Mysterious Ways is about knowing too much about everything and not knowing how to shut it out. It’s about the climate crisis. It’s about college admissions. It’s about girls embracing their power and what the patriarchy does to all of us, regardless of gend......more

Goodreads review by Cym on May 19, 2024

5 ⭐️. Thank you to the author, publisher & Goodreads for this book, won in a giveaway. This book was so amusing. The author perfectly captures how a teenage girl’s brain works lol. The book is factual, humorous, and filled with all the teenage shenanigans you can think of. I appreciate the delicacy,......more

Goodreads review by Literary on March 03, 2024

Teenager Maya has a gift: She's can look at someone and know everything about them. But when she's placed in a psychiatric facility, she learns that knowing too much can be a curse. Until she's released and finds her gift can be used for good. Powerful!......more

Quotes

"Seamlessly moving between the humorous and horrific realities of Maya’s omniscience, Wunder (The Museum of Intangible Things) chronicles the protagonist’s stay at Whispering Pines and her eventual enrollment at a new school where she makes a friend and happens upon potential romance." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The depiction of Gen Z anxieties feels spot on…A humorous and stimulating reading experience.” - Kirkus

"A poignant, funny, and relatable story." - Booklist

"Wunder’s strong voice and intense emotion takes on real Gen Z issues with heart and humor. Maya’s story tells us that just because you’re omniscient doesn’t mean you don’t have things to learn. And her journey is all backed by a great soundtrack."—Gretchen Schreiber, author of Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal

"Sharp, hilarious, heartfelt." —Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Praise for The Probability of Miracles:

"Beautiful." - Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“A witty, clever, meaningful, kind of kooky life-sometimes-stinks-but-it’s-all-we-have tour de force.” - School Library Journal (starred)

"Funny and entertaining." - New York Times Book Review

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