Disconnected

by Jennifer Weiner

[Leah]

In recent times I have become quite the Jennifer Weiner fan – not always, but her last two or three books have been really good and she has made it into my must buy author list. When I spotted her new novella Disconnected on Netgalley, I requested it immediately and I was so pleased to be accepted. It’s short and sweet and very enjoyable.

Disconnected is a rather on point novella, telling us about the life of Shannon, a drug addict. Drug overdoses have been in the news recently (well, they always are to be fair) but the death of Cory Monteith is one that comes to mind immediately. Drug addictions generally don’t feature in Chick Lit because you can’t really make out a drug addiction to be something fixable as is proved time and time again so I was surprised Jennifer Weiner was so upfront with Sharon’s addiction, it was quite refreshing actually, if also disturbing and I kept questioning why she was getting such weird text messages and what was going on!

Disconnected is a short, 20 minute read, I raced through it before bed time, but it sure does pack a punch! It may have all been over in a flash, but it was incredibly well written and I liked how it all came together in the end – i wasn’t entirely surprised about the outcome, mind you, but I still found it very well done! This was a fantastic short story, and I will just sit anxiously awaiting Jennifer’s next full length novel because it seems like it’s been ages since she’s released a full length book!