Review: This book lures you in
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
There was a TV show long ago where Ray Bradbury is sitting in his office full of all kinds of strange or common items and his eyes land on one and he weaves a story about it.  The Mystery Box is just such a story.  Yvette is busy with 3 kids, teaching classes and washing the same clothes and dishes every day.  She loves her husband and children, but she feels strangely caged by the day to day grind.  One day there is a water main break and in the chaos a UPS box is delivered with someone else name and her address.  She calls UPS but they check and say it is the correct information.  Not knowing what else to do, she opens the box and finds an infant's dress.  Poehler lures us into the story of Mona who actually is the crabby neighbor who lives behind them.  She takes the box to the house and becomes a victim of her own curiosity.  As Mona's story unfolds a few hours every day both Yvette and the reader become aware of the cost of curiosity, what being caged really means and the meaning of safety.  Throw in a mad scientist and the Taliban and you get a mystery wrapped in a riddle that you can't put down.  It is an addicting sort of book you will think of long after you finish it.