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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
What are the odds that three sisters would all get dumped in the same weekend? I don’t know which is worse; Finola whose husband told her he was having an affair 15 minutes before she was to go on the air and interview a young pop singer who happens to be his mistress; or Ali whose fiancé dumped her seven weeks before their wedding by sending his brother to break the news. Zennie wasn’t all that into Clark, but she was still surprised that he broke it off. She was usually the one to call it quits.
Each one deals with the aftermath in their own way. Ali gets help from Daniel in cancelling all the wedding plans and they slowly develop a relationship. Zennie is asked to be a surrogate for her best friend. She never planned to have kids, but is willing to do almost anything for Bernie. She finds being pregnant much more than she bargained for. At first Finola thinks that Nigel is the only one at fault in the break-up of their marriage, but after some hard truths and reflection she finds that maybe she had some blame after all.
Susan Mallery does an excellent job of writing about complicated relationships. Her characters have depth and grow throughout the story. Her wit and humor make it a joy to read any of her novels.
Each one deals with the aftermath in their own way. Ali gets help from Daniel in cancelling all the wedding plans and they slowly develop a relationship. Zennie is asked to be a surrogate for her best friend. She never planned to have kids, but is willing to do almost anything for Bernie. She finds being pregnant much more than she bargained for. At first Finola thinks that Nigel is the only one at fault in the break-up of their marriage, but after some hard truths and reflection she finds that maybe she had some blame after all.
Susan Mallery does an excellent job of writing about complicated relationships. Her characters have depth and grow throughout the story. Her wit and humor make it a joy to read any of her novels.
I got 50% of the way through and just couldn't anymore, so I skipped forward and skimmed the rest. The mother is heinous. Her reaction to her daughter getting ditched by her fiance and her other daughter finding out her husband is having an affair in a really terrible manner is to squawk about not getting grandchildren. She continues to bitch about it at every turn. I genuinely don't understand why her children would come by to help her because she's seriously unsupportive and self centered. Their father's first contact with his daughter about her husband's affair blames her for it, because apparently it's 1954 and if you can't keep your husband from straying you must be doing it wrong. There is a shit ton of fat shaming, and the "fat" daughter copes with the loss of her fiance by eating, because that's what fat people do, right? It's ok though, she gets into a new relationship and is so happy that she starts exercising and eating better and loses weight! Yay! Now she's a complete person worthy of love. There's a third daughter who seems to be asexual and decides to carry a baby for her best friend as a surrogate. That's it, that's her personality. Don't worry guys, in the end she too finds a partner who makes her think that maybe there might be something to that sex stuff, so she too becomes a complete person! Ugh. The one with the husband decides when he inevitably comes crawling back from his thinly disguised Taylor Swift-as-homewrecker mistress that actually, she doesn't want him back and goes off to NYC to host a morning show and that's the last we hear of her.
While the concept of this book was interesting, I think the end result left a little to be desired. My overall impression is that there were too many storylines and not enough real estate to adequately explore each one. My gut is telling me that if this had been a series, where each sister had a dedicated book, things might have been a little better. The way things stand, we never really got into any depth for any of the sisters. In short, I was never really invested in any of the sisters' lives enough to care one way or the other how their dysfunctional relationships ended.
A sweet story of three sisters struggling with relationship and the realities of modern day life. The struggles of balancing careers, friendships, relationships and family, while remaining true to yourself and your ideals come shining through in this novel. Enjoyed, and would recommend for a quick, light read
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Man, missed opportunity to talk about demisexuality! Hello, Zennie, you are completely normal and what you are experiencing has a label and a community, and isn't just you not finding the right man.
This was fun. I was excited to read this.
This was fun. I was excited to read this.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not sure why I persevered through this. I don't even really know what to say besides it had a few cute moments, but was mostly horrific drivel that was fat shaming and women-hating.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming
This was just okay. I didn't particularly care for any of the characters and felt like the writing was quite choppy and disjointed. I think I'll give this author another try because this might be a case of just not clicking with the story.
I skimmed the last half of this more than I really read it because I honestly wasn’t that interested. It was hard to care about the characters for me because there was so much going on with all three of them. I did genuinely like the ending though and I liked that all three sisters finally figured themselves out.