The Nature of Fragile things by Susan Meissner is tale of a woman’s perseverance to make her life one of happiness. To get there though, Sophie goes through many trials. I really struggled with Sophie’s character. I just didn’t feel like she had a lot of emotions and that made it hard to relate to her. The author did a nice job taking the reader to the early 1900s San Francisco. Her description of the earthquake that rocked the city painted a heartbreaking tragedy. The tiny bread crumbs of Sophie’s past were done well and kept me curious what else she could be hiding; however, when finally get all the pieces the twist that takes place was not as jarring or twisty as I expected. Overall, I liked the setting best but struggled to relate with Sophie which left me not as into the actual plot of the story.