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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Looks like a challenge but is a very quick and easy read, following the lives of one big family and just reading about the ups and downs of life
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness
Unfortunately I have to add this to my DNF shelf. The prologue showed an explosive scene - the one I was looking for, anticipating, from the blurb on the back. I read about 100 pages and it was chaotic. A tonne of characters that was hard to keep track of. Getting impatient, I flipped forward to try and see how much farther until I got to the interesting plot twist (that we all knew was coming) and it was nearly at the very end. As the book is 600+ pages, I just couldn't do it. I couldn't force myself to read through almost an entire book on an enormous amount of characters before I got to the part that intrigued me in the first place.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was my summer rock. I took it with me everywhere. It has coffee stains, salt water crinkled pages, dog ears, and a very bent spine.
I was excited to read this, but I will admit I had relatively low hopes. I was expecting a Liane Moriarty style ‘mystery’/ family drama that was enjoyable enough to pass the time, but at least 150% longer than it needed to be.
I was pleasantly mistaken.
Grown Ups was an easy read that’s well written with substantial, relatable, and realistic characters. A friend who reviewed this a few months ago made a very good point I’d never considered before - an “easy to read” style of writing is in fact quite difficult to pull off. The words and story flowed off the page, but a lot of meticulous and deliberate work would have gone into making this seem effortless. Especially with so many characters, each of which were well-rounded, with genuine flaws and arcs. I also enjoyed many small tidbits or casual asides that felt so real they hit you in the gut with an OOOOF.
Don’t be turned off by the length - I flew through it and it never felt long for the sake of it.
Enjoy!
I was excited to read this, but I will admit I had relatively low hopes. I was expecting a Liane Moriarty style ‘mystery’/ family drama that was enjoyable enough to pass the time, but at least 150% longer than it needed to be.
I was pleasantly mistaken.
Grown Ups was an easy read that’s well written with substantial, relatable, and realistic characters. A friend who reviewed this a few months ago made a very good point I’d never considered before - an “easy to read” style of writing is in fact quite difficult to pull off. The words and story flowed off the page, but a lot of meticulous and deliberate work would have gone into making this seem effortless. Especially with so many characters, each of which were well-rounded, with genuine flaws and arcs. I also enjoyed many small tidbits or casual asides that felt so real they hit you in the gut with an OOOOF.
Don’t be turned off by the length - I flew through it and it never felt long for the sake of it.
Enjoy!