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jab333 's review for:
All Adults Here
by Emma Straub
This book was alright. I picked it up because I was promised family drama, and I certainly got that! Anyway, here are my opinions of the characters (only the ones that are alive):
Astrid: She's kinda relatable. Wasn't the best mom, but she did what she could. She's fun to read about. I liked her.
Birdie: Nice old lady who cuts hair. Not much to her, but she was nice enough.
Elliot: Meh. I didn't really care for him. He seemed kinda rude and mannerless sometimes, and I just don't really like people who don't have manners.
Porter: No! I do not like her! She slept with a guy she knew was married! DON'T DO THAT! And she didn't have a big enough excuse to do it either, in my opinion. Like, if she'd had a ludicrously hard life, I would've *kinda* understood (but it still would've been inexcusable). But... she just did it because he was a cute guy??? Really??? Do people just sleep with everyone they find cute, no matter their relationship status???
Nick(y): He was fine, I didn't really care for him too much.
Aidan and Zachary: Nightmare children, but sweet enough in Cecilia's POV.
Wendy: A WHOLE QUEEN. Yes, I love Wendy. She is wonderful.
Porter's baby: Wasn't really around for most of the book. Also she's a baby. I don't have any opinions on a baby.
Cecilia: YES. She was probably my favorite character. Funny, free-spirited, and very very ready to do the right thing. Her chapters were probably my favorite of them all.
Julliette: She was kinda funny because she kept saying random French words, but she didn't appear often enough for me to have much of an opinion of her.
August/Robin: AAAA!! Another favorite character! So funny, and hilarious, and funny, and hilarious, and... I already said that already. The point is, I liked this character a lot.
Unfortunately, the characters were not enough for me to give this book a much higher rating, because the plot was sorely lacking. A ton of subplots were just forgotten about. For example: what's gonna happen with Elliot buying the spot on the roundabout?? Is he gonna turn it into a business that'll compete with Birdie's? Hell, I don't know, THE SUBPLOT WAS NEVER RESOLVED.
Anyway. This was fine, but it could've been better. It had tons of potential. Other reviews have complained about the overstuffing of hot-button issues in this book, but I don't mind it. Each person in the family has their own big stuff going on, so it makes sense that they'd all be dealing with at least one or two hot-button issues. They all could've been discussed much deeper, but I'm not complaining too much about this. True rating of this book is 3.5 stars for me.
Astrid: She's kinda relatable. Wasn't the best mom, but she did what she could. She's fun to read about. I liked her.
Birdie: Nice old lady who cuts hair. Not much to her, but she was nice enough.
Elliot: Meh. I didn't really care for him. He seemed kinda rude and mannerless sometimes, and I just don't really like people who don't have manners.
Porter: No! I do not like her! She slept with a guy she knew was married! DON'T DO THAT! And she didn't have a big enough excuse to do it either, in my opinion. Like, if she'd had a ludicrously hard life, I would've *kinda* understood (but it still would've been inexcusable). But... she just did it because he was a cute guy??? Really??? Do people just sleep with everyone they find cute, no matter their relationship status???
Nick(y): He was fine, I didn't really care for him too much.
Aidan and Zachary: Nightmare children, but sweet enough in Cecilia's POV.
Wendy: A WHOLE QUEEN. Yes, I love Wendy. She is wonderful.
Porter's baby: Wasn't really around for most of the book. Also she's a baby. I don't have any opinions on a baby.
Cecilia: YES. She was probably my favorite character. Funny, free-spirited, and very very ready to do the right thing. Her chapters were probably my favorite of them all.
Julliette: She was kinda funny because she kept saying random French words, but she didn't appear often enough for me to have much of an opinion of her.
August/Robin: AAAA!! Another favorite character! So funny, and hilarious, and funny, and hilarious, and... I already said that already. The point is, I liked this character a lot.
Unfortunately, the characters were not enough for me to give this book a much higher rating, because the plot was sorely lacking. A ton of subplots were just forgotten about. For example: what's gonna happen with Elliot buying the spot on the roundabout?? Is he gonna turn it into a business that'll compete with Birdie's? Hell, I don't know, THE SUBPLOT WAS NEVER RESOLVED.
Anyway. This was fine, but it could've been better. It had tons of potential. Other reviews have complained about the overstuffing of hot-button issues in this book, but I don't mind it. Each person in the family has their own big stuff going on, so it makes sense that they'd all be dealing with at least one or two hot-button issues. They all could've been discussed much deeper, but I'm not complaining too much about this. True rating of this book is 3.5 stars for me.