I really liked it. I’ll agree the characters felt a little… minimalist? But at the same time, like u/fuckit_sowhat says there’s a atmosphere I like about her writing and I think that ‘minimalism’ adds to that. There’s something light and ethereal to it.

Also, I couldn’t read it without thinking about Mandel’s perspective of just having written a popular book about a pandemic only to have a real life pandemic hit. Definitely would have had me thinking about determinism/destiny/existential type themes if I’d been in her shoes mid pandemic.