You Only Call When You're in Trouble by Stephen McCauley

3.33 AVERAGE

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alxelawrence's review

3.25
emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

readballoon's review against another edition

3.75
dark emotional reflective tense 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
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natlbugz's review

3.5
emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

pixiegold's review against another edition

3.0
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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jedbird's review against another edition

3.5
Family drama, academic drama, workplace drama, occasionally funny, occasionally cringe. It was okay, though I don't think my life was improved by reading it. 

ksprokes's review

3.25
adventurous funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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rissasreads's review against another edition

2.0
slow-paced
Very boring audiobook, all of the voices sounded the same to me, so it was hard to decipher who was talking.. I feel like I got nothing out of this book, it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever read, but I wouldn’t recommend it. 

stefanireedmeyer's review

3.75
dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a_nandi's review

2.0
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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minty's review

3.0
This is so much like a ton of these books, but I liked it quite a bit--debated 3 or 4 stars. The characters were compelling and sympathetic, their problems decently interesting. Definitely the travails of a bunch of white people, which is part of why i can't give this more stars.

I also liked that the mom was a recent transplant to Woodstock--not far from me.