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judithdcollins's review
5.0
Fly away home is the beautifully written story of Sylvie, a politicians wife, and her two daughters Diana and Lizzie. In the wake and aftermath of scandal these three women are forced to face the truth about themselves including who they are, who they want to be and what they want out of life. The women deal with past issues as well as present. Weiner does a wonderful job of taking the serious issues of commitment, self-esteem, identity and choices and mixing them with comical moments.
asurges's review
2.0
The cover of this book says it all: three chicks on a beach. Yes, it's THE book you want to pack for a trip to the beach. Just in case you missed it. Next thing you know, chick-lit books will have covers with airplanes on them and the title "Perfect Plane Reading."
That said, Jennifer Weiner is pretty much always a good read and a lot less syrupy than her sorority sister Emily Giffin. I agree with my friend Diana, who said Weiner needs to get her sense of humor back, and I add that she needs to get rid of storylines involving the overachieving older sister and fucked-up little sister who usually does drugs or has way too much sex. But while half of me looks archly at a Weiner book and judges the other half of me for reading it, I read it anyway. And quickly. Weiner just writes well, and the characters are interesting.
And I read this on the beach. Which was the perfect place for it.
That said, Jennifer Weiner is pretty much always a good read and a lot less syrupy than her sorority sister Emily Giffin. I agree with my friend Diana, who said Weiner needs to get her sense of humor back, and I add that she needs to get rid of storylines involving the overachieving older sister and fucked-up little sister who usually does drugs or has way too much sex. But while half of me looks archly at a Weiner book and judges the other half of me for reading it, I read it anyway. And quickly. Weiner just writes well, and the characters are interesting.
And I read this on the beach. Which was the perfect place for it.
bethtmorris's review
2.0
Two stars but this is not a negative review! It truly was just 'okay'. Easy read and it dovetailed nicely with the latest political scandal.
triciamc1238's review
2.0
Meh, I think I'm done reading Jennifer Weiner. She totally phoned this one in. Nothing interesting and I couldn't have cared less about these characters. Wish I had back the hours it took to read this one.
betty816's review
3.0
Although it was completely predictable, it was still a fun fast read. I enjoy her writing, and find her quite easy to red.... But like I said, I knew what was happening way before it happened!