A review by emjay24
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by Janelle Brown

3.0

Here is a book, set nearby, in silicon valley, about 3 women, one whose husband gets super rich (they were already rich) and decides to leave her, her 28ish year old daughter who was trying to make a feminist magazine but has failed and been dumped by her own boyfriend, and a 14 yr old teen daughter who has become the school slut. These women are SO messed up. I think it's being that rich, and living in those suburbs that did it. Watching the detail of the mom's drug addiction was pretty sad, but the rest was just pathetic, especially the older daughter. The story alternates between each's POV so it's interesting to see how they perceive one another vs how we see what's going on in their own head. I would have given it more stars, it was interesting, but it just seemed that they had little redeeming qualities. then the end is just too wrapped up for my liking. you can't go from being mess to great in a snap of a finger. Interesting read though - i liked it, even if i didn't like the characters, although I guess the youngest daughter wasn't that bad.