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2.96 AVERAGE
2.96 AVERAGE
Honestly this was just one of the most average books I’ve read. It never really sucked me in but it was decent. It was an interesting story line - just nothing really wowed me compared to other books I’ve read this year.
The author, Amanda Eyre Ward, like me, unabashedly admits, with regards to cruising, that “it turns out I do belong on a balcony, gazing at the sunset, a cool drink and a great book at my side.”
I’m a cruise addict. I was born to be on the sea. More importantly, in this busy world we live in, it’s so wonderful to get closer to my husband by creating an alternative world - a magical place where we can press pause, slow down, have all the cares of the day taken care of, and focus on each other. After almost 30 years married, it’s lovely to have an opportunity to recapture the bliss of dating once more!
Single mom, 71-year-old Charlotte Perkins, and her three adult children have grown apart from one another. When Charlotte enters the Become a Jetsetter contest, she sees it as an opportunity to pull the family back together. She’s shocked when her essay is declared a winner and she’s offered an all-expenses-paid nine-day Mediterranean cruise on the Splendido Marveloso!
I loved vacationing with the Jetsetters! What a trip. The author exposes the messiness of life; mother-daughter relationships, suicide, sibling rivalry, love, truth, and coming out. The vulnerability and courage it takes to reveal our true selves resonated with me as did taking the opportunity to really ‘see’ loved ones for who they truly are - flawed and beautiful. My favourite character was Giovanni! We all need someone like him in our lives to force us to see the beauty in everything and to make the most of the time we have together.
My take away from the novel:
Wine Down Wednesdays - love it. Stealing it.
Be more like Giovanni.
I’m a cruise addict. I was born to be on the sea. More importantly, in this busy world we live in, it’s so wonderful to get closer to my husband by creating an alternative world - a magical place where we can press pause, slow down, have all the cares of the day taken care of, and focus on each other. After almost 30 years married, it’s lovely to have an opportunity to recapture the bliss of dating once more!
Single mom, 71-year-old Charlotte Perkins, and her three adult children have grown apart from one another. When Charlotte enters the Become a Jetsetter contest, she sees it as an opportunity to pull the family back together. She’s shocked when her essay is declared a winner and she’s offered an all-expenses-paid nine-day Mediterranean cruise on the Splendido Marveloso!
I loved vacationing with the Jetsetters! What a trip. The author exposes the messiness of life; mother-daughter relationships, suicide, sibling rivalry, love, truth, and coming out. The vulnerability and courage it takes to reveal our true selves resonated with me as did taking the opportunity to really ‘see’ loved ones for who they truly are - flawed and beautiful. My favourite character was Giovanni! We all need someone like him in our lives to force us to see the beauty in everything and to make the most of the time we have together.
My take away from the novel:
Wine Down Wednesdays - love it. Stealing it.
Be more like Giovanni.
I did not finish this book. I kept picking it up because it was the only one on my nightstand. I gave it 100 plus pages and nothing has really happened. Everyone is boring.
I really enjoyed the way the story was told and the overwhelming theme of mental health
Felt like the author had some idea of a story and then part way through jumped the shark, forgot what they were writing, and then to meet their publishing deadline, threw together a two paragraph, nonsensical epilogue. The more I think about this story, the more bizarre it gets. Reese, is your book club okay?
In The Jetsetters we meet the Perkins family. A estranged family who all come together when the mother Charlotte wins a cruise going from Athens to Barcelona. Charlotte wants her family together, she believes this trip will bring them together and heal them.
Each member of the family had some secrets, secrets that in some cases won't stay hidden for long. They act like a happy family but they are anything but.
I enjoyed very much the places they visited and the tours they took. The places were truly beautiful and the description could travel you there with them. The revelations came at gradually but in the end I had some unanswered questions.
I didn't connect with the characters. I found Charlotte, the mother, the one who made the least effort to connect with her kids, her acts were more about what she wanted and what she thought was important.
I liked how the three siblings came together and they cared about each other. It is a book about a family and as in any family the situations aren't black and white.
* I received a arc from the publisher through Netgalley.
Each member of the family had some secrets, secrets that in some cases won't stay hidden for long. They act like a happy family but they are anything but.
I enjoyed very much the places they visited and the tours they took. The places were truly beautiful and the description could travel you there with them. The revelations came at gradually but in the end I had some unanswered questions.
I didn't connect with the characters. I found Charlotte, the mother, the one who made the least effort to connect with her kids, her acts were more about what she wanted and what she thought was important.
I liked how the three siblings came together and they cared about each other. It is a book about a family and as in any family the situations aren't black and white.
* I received a arc from the publisher through Netgalley.
Had potential but the last half and the ending sunk the ship. The ending was a mess but I enjoyed some of it.
I agree with the person who gave it “3.75 stars”. I felt like the author was able to keep the character voices mostly distinct, and it was a simple, entertaining read. However, the ending was weak and somewhat unclear. That seems to be a theme of recent fiction books in my life, so maybe I have high expectations.