Book review: The Wives of Los Alamos

Title: The Wives of Los Alamos
Author: TaraShea Nesbit
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Summary: During World War II, scientists were moved to New Mexico for a top secret project to build what was ultimately the atomic bomb.  The scientists' families were moved along with them.  They couldn't tell anybody where they were going or when they were coming back.  The wives knew nothing about what their husbands were working on for years (there were some women scientists there too, but they were the minority).  These families were thrown together with other families and forced to live in fake town of sorts.  Houses were assigned based on family size, things were rationed, and any communication was reviewed and censored.

Rating:  I've never quite read a book like this before.  There were no real characters and everything was written in the plural first person.  It was really frustrating to read a book with no characters. I originally gave this three stars but I downgraded to two because while I finished it, nothing really happened.  The lack of characters didn't provide any depth as to how the families dealt with the realization of what the men had been working on for the past several years and how their wives and children (those who were old enough to understand) felt about it. It was alluded to, but as with everything else in this book, nothing was really explored.