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The Second Home
by Christina Clancy
The Second Home centres around a family's summer home on Cape Cod and a particular summer that changed the lives of teenage siblings Ann, Poppy and their adopted brother Michael forever. We go back to the past and that fateful summer and then meet the siblings again 15 years later, when they must decide the fate of the home following their parents' death. Told from each siblings' perspective, I struggled with this book (although I seem to be in the minority here).
Firstly, I found none of the characters to be very likeable or relatable. Secondly, the author seemed to skate over/make light of important plot points and conversations like they weren't tragic circumstances. Then there were times I was so frustrated with the book that I didn't want to keep reading. However, I did finish The Second Home, only to find the ending to be too neat and perfect after so much turmoil. For me personally, The Second Home was just too inconsistent and unrealistic.
Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the review copy.
Firstly, I found none of the characters to be very likeable or relatable. Secondly, the author seemed to skate over/make light of important plot points and conversations like they weren't tragic circumstances. Then there were times I was so frustrated with the book that I didn't want to keep reading. However, I did finish The Second Home, only to find the ending to be too neat and perfect after so much turmoil. For me personally, The Second Home was just too inconsistent and unrealistic.
Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the review copy.