After You by Jojo Moyes

I almost didn't read this when I saw it was a sequel to Me Before You because generally sequels stink.  Glad I did though because this novel about Louisa's life after Will dies was excellent.  Again, Ms. Moyes does not go for the happily ever after ending, which I appreciate.

4.5 stars.

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Ruth Jefferson, a black labor and delivery nurse, is charged with homicide when the newborn son of white supremacists dies.

The look inside the white supremacists movement was horrifying.  I can only hope that I will forget some of what I read.  Looking at Ruth's life is similarly upsetting, but for different reasons.  The way Ruth is treated by the white people around her and how she feels she needs to act because of this subtle racism is so sad.

I would have given this 5 stars, but I found the epilogue kind of hokey.

4.5 stars