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melissarochelle 's review for:
The Jetsetters
by Amanda Eyre Ward
The cover would make you think..."OH! This looks kind of bright and shiny." It is so far from that. These people have PROBLEMS and there is literally nothing light-hearted about how they come to terms with those problems. It's not necessarily the book I have problems with though it didn't WOW me.
***TRIGGER WARNING & SPOILERS AHEAD***
That part I understand so well -- I'm the youngest, I have always been treated like I'm a teenager because that's the age I was when my siblings became "adults". They've forgotten that eventually I became an adult, too. The interactions between the siblings and there mom are so relatable.
The suicidal dad and (later) sister though...not something I expected based on the description. Is suicide really a plot device now? Is that the trend novels are moving toward? Are authors (and their book marketers -- and I'm including Reese's Book Club as a marketer) consciously doing this? I'm an author, I'm gonna make this "unique" by including a suicide, but let's not include that in the blurb because it's gonna be a "surprise" for the reader. It's a plot twist, get it? Let's give this one a bright & shiny cover with umbrellas -- no one will ever see the dark & twisty suicide coming!
Well...you fooled me again publishers. Please stop.
Maybe I'm hyper-sensitive to this right now? Or maybe it's time I give up on contemporary novels for a bit. When they all start to became the same book, it becomes tedious and BORING. One successful dysfunctional family novel means that EVERY publisher wants to push THEIR dysfunctional family dramas to the front. Remember when Gone Girl came out and EVERYTHING WAS GONE GIRL AFTER THAT? Well, we're there with the dysfunctional family trend. It's DONE NOW. YOU'VE KILLED IT FOR ME.
I'm ready for something new. I feel like Buffy in the musical episode. Please give me something to sing about, ya'll!
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Spoiler
I'm gonna keep it pretty simple. There's two different suicides (one only an attempt) featured and LOTS of characters that should be medicated for their depression. There is no introspection, they just kind of vomit out all of their problems (or bottle them up) and assume that everyone around them didn't grow up, too.That part I understand so well -- I'm the youngest, I have always been treated like I'm a teenager because that's the age I was when my siblings became "adults". They've forgotten that eventually I became an adult, too. The interactions between the siblings and there mom are so relatable.
The suicidal dad and (later) sister though...not something I expected based on the description. Is suicide really a plot device now? Is that the trend novels are moving toward? Are authors (and their book marketers -- and I'm including Reese's Book Club as a marketer) consciously doing this? I'm an author, I'm gonna make this "unique" by including a suicide, but let's not include that in the blurb because it's gonna be a "surprise" for the reader. It's a plot twist, get it? Let's give this one a bright & shiny cover with umbrellas -- no one will ever see the dark & twisty suicide coming!
Well...you fooled me again publishers. Please stop.
Maybe I'm hyper-sensitive to this right now? Or maybe it's time I give up on contemporary novels for a bit. When they all start to became the same book, it becomes tedious and BORING. One successful dysfunctional family novel means that EVERY publisher wants to push THEIR dysfunctional family dramas to the front. Remember when Gone Girl came out and EVERYTHING WAS GONE GIRL AFTER THAT? Well, we're there with the dysfunctional family trend. It's DONE NOW. YOU'VE KILLED IT FOR ME.
I'm ready for something new. I feel like Buffy in the musical episode. Please give me something to sing about, ya'll!
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