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maisonmarsiela's review against another edition
3.0
i have very mixed feelings about this book
i thought the writing was great and i enjoyed reading about the riva siblings (i adored nina), but couldn’t stand reading about mick and june’s relationship. i found it incredibly frustrating - mick was an asshole and i hated that june put up with him. i didn’t really care for the bits about the side characters in part 2 either, they didn’t add much to the story in my opinion
i think i would’ve enjoyed this more had there been less of a focus on mick and june, though i understand that there had to be some background on them/their relationship to better understand the siblings. honestly i think this is an it’s not you, it’s me kind of situation - i just couldn’t get past how much i disliked mick and june’s story
i thought the writing was great and i enjoyed reading about the riva siblings (i adored nina), but couldn’t stand reading about mick and june’s relationship. i found it incredibly frustrating - mick was an asshole and i hated that june put up with him. i didn’t really care for the bits about the side characters in part 2 either, they didn’t add much to the story in my opinion
i think i would’ve enjoyed this more had there been less of a focus on mick and june, though i understand that there had to be some background on them/their relationship to better understand the siblings. honestly i think this is an it’s not you, it’s me kind of situation - i just couldn’t get past how much i disliked mick and june’s story
eloisemarinier's review
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
tieganlucy's review against another edition
4.0
I started off not really being into this but the more I read the more gripped I got. It definitely picks up if you keep going with it
sofia9707's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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
4.25
nelliesummerfield's review
Pretty quick moving and well written, didn’t particularly feel super attached or deeply towards the characters. Nina the most, I was really pleased with her arch and that she got away in the end. The party sequence had too many names I didn’t really care about. Overall good read for the commute because it was easy to jump straight in and put it down but don’t think it’ll stick with me.
meggie82461's review against another edition
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our family histories are simply stories. They are myths we create about the people who came before us, in order to make sense of ourselves.
So, let me start by saying this book definitely isn’t as good as the perfection that is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It isn’t quite as good as Daisy Jones, either. But it is still a good book that is beautifully written and compulsively readable. Most TJR books are best if you go into them blind and this one isn’t an exception. However, due to my usual selection of books, I feel it’s important to note that this is not a romance. In fact, it’s an anti-romance in a lot of ways. It is mostly about family- the people you choose and the ones you’re stuck with- as well as the generational traumas that can accompany families and the choices made by each individual. It does have a lot of fun parts, of course- the main event is a wild, star-studded party. And I love the message, that the best thing you can do with a horrible cycle is to burn it all down and start over.
How were you supposed to change—in ways both big and small—when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?
She was a woman, after all. Living in a world created by men. And she had long known that assholes protect their own. They are faithful to no one but surprisingly protective of each other.
Maybe our parents’ lives are imprinted within us, maybe the only fate there is is the temptation of reliving their mistakes. Maybe, try as we might, we will never be able to outrun the blood that runs through our veins.
Our family histories are simply stories. They are myths we create about the people who came before us, in order to make sense of ourselves.
So, let me start by saying this book definitely isn’t as good as the perfection that is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It isn’t quite as good as Daisy Jones, either. But it is still a good book that is beautifully written and compulsively readable. Most TJR books are best if you go into them blind and this one isn’t an exception. However, due to my usual selection of books, I feel it’s important to note that this is not a romance. In fact, it’s an anti-romance in a lot of ways. It is mostly about family- the people you choose and the ones you’re stuck with- as well as the generational traumas that can accompany families and the choices made by each individual. It does have a lot of fun parts, of course- the main event is a wild, star-studded party. And I love the message, that the best thing you can do with a horrible cycle is to burn it all down and start over.
How were you supposed to change—in ways both big and small—when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?
She was a woman, after all. Living in a world created by men. And she had long known that assholes protect their own. They are faithful to no one but surprisingly protective of each other.
Maybe our parents’ lives are imprinted within us, maybe the only fate there is is the temptation of reliving their mistakes. Maybe, try as we might, we will never be able to outrun the blood that runs through our veins.