MacKenzie Scott’s first novel in 13 years is being called ‘baffling’—and critics are left asking what message she’s trying to send

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MacKenzie Scott isn’t like many billionaire philanthropists. She’s given away more than $26 billion while saying almost nothing in public. So when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife finished publishing her first novel in 13 years last month, readers combed it for clues and insights into her inner thoughts.

But what several of them found instead was confusion.