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A review by bookishbrookeish
California Girls by Susan Mallery
3.0
In California Girls, three sisters at different relationship stages are left by their significant others in the same week (one boyfriend, one husband, one fiancée). The book follows them over one summer as each sister picks up the pieces in her own way.
I enjoyed the book overall. It was an easy read and the story was mostly enjoyable. I liked Ali’s story the best out of all of them. I liked the bits and pieces we learned about the mom’s past as well. I also thought it was a nice change of pace that the book focused on sisters in addition to romantic relationships.
The things that didn’t work for me - the oldest sister was not super likable for most of the book. The middle sister’s story seemed 100% outrageous to me. I kind of wished the mom’s story had replaced the middle sister’s. We could have seen her life/reactions going through the same thing as her daughters. It could have been a neat alternating timeline.
All in all, California Girls was a decent read. If it was a movie I would describe it as a decent rental for a rainy day but not worth going to see at a theatre, if that makes sense to anyone other than me.
I enjoyed the book overall. It was an easy read and the story was mostly enjoyable. I liked Ali’s story the best out of all of them. I liked the bits and pieces we learned about the mom’s past as well. I also thought it was a nice change of pace that the book focused on sisters in addition to romantic relationships.
The things that didn’t work for me - the oldest sister was not super likable for most of the book. The middle sister’s story seemed 100% outrageous to me. I kind of wished the mom’s story had replaced the middle sister’s. We could have seen her life/reactions going through the same thing as her daughters. It could have been a neat alternating timeline.
All in all, California Girls was a decent read. If it was a movie I would describe it as a decent rental for a rainy day but not worth going to see at a theatre, if that makes sense to anyone other than me.