A review by melaniesokolowski
The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares

4.0

Well, it took to about page 50 before I was completely hooked, I finished it in about 2 hours after that. Everything that happened, I didn't expect or I did expect it but didn't really think it would happen...but it did. This book is definitely one I can relate to in countless ways, in fact I think it fit me pretty perfectly in the sense of having a beautifully broken mess of a family. I think maybe that's why I enjoyed this book so much, a lot of times in literature the divorce bit gets played out in the cliche way of a nasty split but I thoroughly enjoyed how this novel centered on the kids and the relationships between them. I recommend this to anyone, but more specifically to kids of divorced families with a whole assortment of siblings ranging from step to half to full and to anything in between.


Oh and ps...page 288 ;-)