A review by jennareadsbooks
The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

3.0

2.5 stars. A family drama that left me wanting. For some reason, I was so bored while reading this. I’ve seen some really great reviews of this one so kept reading, but I just didn’t find it funny or interesting. For me it felt well-written but lacked emotion. The characters weren’t likable at all, and even in getting into their pasts didn’t reveal much about why they turned out the way they did. I can get behind an unlikable character, so it’s not just that, but more like a combo of unlikable and uninteresting. Just meh. Really wanted this to work for me and kept hoping it would pick up but it didn’t.