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the_pepperwood_chronicles's review against another edition
Painfully brilliant. Captures the strained mother/daughter relationship to a tee. A slap in the face to the culture of McMansions.
mcipher's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of those books full of sentences and paragraphs that you re-read a few times because they just smack you over the head with stuff that is so true it's scary. How did she get it so right??? It was really, really good and introspective without being preachy, there were some fun twists, and I adored the characters. A great beach read with more substance than I expected.
bethnellvaccaro's review against another edition
3.0
A quick read about a family forced to examine itself when the husband leaves with the wife's best friend on the day that their company makes billions.
jonid's review against another edition
4.0
Good writing and an interesting story. I confess that I found the three female characters so amazingly self-obsesses that it strained cedibility. I found it very ard to beleive they could live in the same house and not be aware of what was going on with each other at all; but that said, the painfully self-involvement level is part of the story - so sure they know about the other person that they don't actually have to talk, listen, ask, watch, or think.
fauxbot's review against another edition
2.0
I picked up this book because I really enjoyed "I'll Be You". This one wasn't anything like that, which I had suspected based on the genre alone.
Overall the writing was fine, clear, well supported. But the story was a chick lit version of a summer comic book blockbuster. It's like Brown wanted to shove every hot button issue into a single book, and it just left me feeling strung out and underwhelmed by it all. If she could have skipped a lot of these things and really honed the story down, I think I'd have enjoyed it a lot more. Instead, I just kept wondering why it wasn't over yet.
Overall the writing was fine, clear, well supported. But the story was a chick lit version of a summer comic book blockbuster. It's like Brown wanted to shove every hot button issue into a single book, and it just left me feeling strung out and underwhelmed by it all. If she could have skipped a lot of these things and really honed the story down, I think I'd have enjoyed it a lot more. Instead, I just kept wondering why it wasn't over yet.
jacque18's review against another edition
2.0
I was really liking this book, ready to give it 3 or even 4 stars, until the end. Call me demanding, but unlike life, I like my books and my movies tied up in a neat bow at the end. I don't like to be left hanging, having to fill in the blanks on my own. I wanted to see Janice stick it to her arrogant soon-to-be-ex husband, see Margaret take control of her life and deal with her money problems, and see Lizzie back on a track. I did not want it to end with all three of them eating mint ice cream on the couch. How annoying. I realize that perhaps that wasn't the point of the book - the point was the three women connecting once again - but really, is it too much to ask for a little emotional payoff at the end?
abbythompson's review against another edition
2.0
Soapy and full of angst, there's not much to say about this book except that it is a perfect beach read. So set your expectations appropriately. Easy enough to pick up and put down, doesn't require too much brain power, and you'll care just enough about the mostly unlikable characters to keep reading. (Except Lizzie. I liked her.)