More Than Enough

This is my first book by Anna Quinlen and I went into it expecting an emotional story about family and female friendship with a bit of mystery surrounding the surprising results one of the characters gets from an ancestry test.

Unfortunately, I felt outside of this story the entire time and never felt like I connected with the characters or the plot, which felt both slow moving and too busy at the same time. The storytelling had a disjointed feel due to sudden slips between past and present and the many subplots that weren't given enough depth. When you add in the large cast of (often tertiary) characters, the story had a convoluted and unfocused feel.  

I had had 'more than enough' before the halfway point and should have DNF'd it, but I wanted to know how the ancestry test related to Polly. I got the answer by the end, but it was quick and lackluster. But I appreciated the addition of alpacas in the story ... how could you not be happy about alpacas?

This felt like more of a literary fiction read than the contemporary fiction I was expecting from its blurb. While it's got a great premise and introduces interesting issues, the longwinded and convoluted storytelling wasn't a good fit for me. I'm sure it will find its readers, but unfortunately, I am not one of them. 

Disclaimer: My sincere thanks to Random House for the complimentary digital advanced copy that was given to me in exchange for my honest review.

My Rating: 2 stars

Author: Anna Quinlen

Genre: Literary/Contemporary Fiction Fiction

Type and Source: ebook from publisher via NetGalley

Publisher: Random House

First Published: February 24, 2026

Read: Feb 18-22, 2026

Book Description from GoodReads: A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life—from the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of After Annie

No one knows you like your book club.

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they’ve become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF—Polly’s book club friends have heard about it all.

But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.

Written with Anna Quindlen’s trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, More Than Enough explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.