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leslie_d's review against another edition
2.0
I read this for a Book Club and that is the only reason I picked up this book because following various caricatures/family members around as they come to a reckoning surrounding a significant event are stories that tend lack any real appeal for me. And apparently, I haven't the sense of humor for them.
It is well-written, which made it readable, but that didn't make it interesting. Maybe I need to simmer on it; looking for the Book Club meeting to help recover some of it for me.
It is well-written, which made it readable, but that didn't make it interesting. Maybe I need to simmer on it; looking for the Book Club meeting to help recover some of it for me.
kharri815's review against another edition
5.0
I appreciate D’Agostino’s voice, and skilled representation of a variety of family dynamics. I didn’t think I would enjoy his second book as much as his first, but I truly connected with it. The entire story takes place during one turbulent week but nothing feels artificially milked.
the_old_gray_cat's review against another edition
3.0
Absorbing and entertaining novel about a dysfunctional family, but the characters were sometimes not credible.
samanthaliss's review against another edition
1.0
This book was poorly written and the characters were not at all interesting. Gave up half way in.
kelsied's review against another edition
3.0
3. Fast paced, good read. Read like a movie or soap opera and would make a good movie. Lacks some depth and they get a bit annoying at times, but a good read.
maggiesicilia's review against another edition
3.0
The story of a dysfunctional family's reunion after the passing of the patriarch, D'Agostino's The Antiques is pleasantly entertaining. In form true to typical sibling interactions and livelihoods, each character exemplifies a vastly different archetype from the next. The development of the Westfall family as individuals and as a cohort is sharply and expertly developed, complete with references to their pasts and allusions to their futures. This quick read is perfect for fans of Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's The Nest or Ann Patchett's Commonwealth.
raoionna's review against another edition
2.0
An unhappy family learns to be marginally more happy after the death of the patriarch. Sort of a clunker of a novel.
yetanothersusan's review against another edition
3.0
Funny, they say this novel is fast paced. And in some ways I suppose it is, but only because it takes place over the course of a week. And a LOT happens in that week! But the pace of the story itself doesn't seem fast paced. We have Charlie on the west coast. She has a son with some type of undisclosed/undiagnosed disability and a husband who just doesn't do a good job of dealing with it. We have Josef who is the caricature of a sex addict and a blowhard business man always eager for the quick score. And finally Armie who lives in his parent's basement making furniture and pining after the girl he took to senior ball. Their father passes away and they all come home to help their mother deal with the death. In the meantime they are also dealing with all their own issues and the fall out of a storm. A good read.
tai16's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0