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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
Good read. I wanted to like it more. Not sure why I didn't.
Definitely different for Jennifer Weiner. A little heavy if you're looking for a summer, breezy beach read. But I think she did a nice job with a touchy subject and kept it feeling real.
Loved all the Philly/SJ references and a great story. One of my favorites in a while from the author.
I have read all of Jennifer Weiner's books and was filled with anticipation to read this one as well. The topics covered in this book are much darker than we have seen in her previous books; addiction, struggling marriage, Alzheimer's, etc., so I knew this book was going to be different from what we usually get from her books. The problem was that the character development was not deep enough for the topics covered. I was not emotionally invested in any of the relationships with the main character. Maybe this book was written this way on purpose to show the selfishness of the addict? I was left feeling like there was no point in her mother's confession of being an alcoholic. I really didn't care if she stayed with her husband or not because he was more of an anecdote than anything else. Her relationship with her best friend was portrayed as important, but yet again there wasn't anything that really made me care about Janet. Overall, this book was disappointing with just a few paragraphs here and there that reminded me of why I came to love this author so much to begin with.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting
Moderate: Dementia, Car accident
This book was ok, but it made me a bit angry because I had no sympathy and didn't like the main character at all.
It was okay. I lost interest and got bored toward the end and almost didn't care what happened.
This book was very honest about human relationships and the need to feel like and to appaer to others as though we have it all figured out and we are in the right. It's also very honest about how it is to feel unhappy and out of control in what we think of as a priveledged situation when the world around us is telling us we must be so happy and feel so blessed.