so-soThis story is reminiscent of stories already told involving a dying parent with plans to reunite their children with plans in the will to sell a jointly owned inherited home. The story is different yet the same anticipated plot. It becomes more complicated when his relationship with one of the sisters is exposed. Again, the family need to share their secrets and lives in order to move forward and possibly reunite the family again.
so-soReally struggled to get into this book. The characters just felt a bit boring and I never really became invested in any of them. I did like the ending but can't say I'd recommend.
4/2023
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Finished:
Murder in the Cathedral #winterreadathon
What Darkness Brings #libraryfind #historicalmystery
Ongoing throughout December:
Shadow and Light #nonfiction #winterreadathon
Always in December #sundaybuddyread
Just started:
Northern Light #workread #fiction
It All Comes Down to This #libraryfind #fiction
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Just starting this- feeling nostalgic because the book is set on Mount Desert Island, which my family & I have visited 3x. Longing to go back.
so-soI really liked the start of this book, but it felt really rushed to wrap things up toward the end. I think I would have preferred a longer book with more character development.
pickI went in with very low expectations and ended up really enjoying this. I still wish she‘d go back to historical fiction, but her second try at contemporary is much improved!
When Marti dies, her will stipulates her daughters sell her vacation house in Maine and split the proceeds, but oldest Beck moves in and doesn‘t want to sell. Meanwhile Claire is living through a divorce after a surprise revelation. Youngest Sophie is in deep money trouble.
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so-soI do love a complicated family story but somehow this one did not sit well with me. When it comes down to it, I am not sure I liked any of the Geller sisters. They appeared so selfish at times, but something made me keep going. The author does a good job of recognizing the messiness of this family and that actually helped it sit better for me. This is a juicy and at time salacious book and would be perfect for the beach.
so-soThis #audiobook centers around the Geller sisters. Adults, these women each are quite different and reconnect after the death of their mother. Eldest daughter Beck, put family before her writing aspirations but the family secrets emerge from her husband, her mother and her two younger sisters, Claire and Sophie. None of these characters are particularly likable which makes it hard to connect with this gossipy family drama. Not what I hoped for!
so-soThree sisters are charged with meeting at their family‘s summer cottage in Maine one last time following their mother‘s death and then selling it. There are secrets galore, lies galore and deceitful behavior galore (disguised as well-meaning). I‘m far from a saint, but these characters were some of the most self-centered, unsympathetic that I‘ve read. Did not care for any of the bunch, and the story (told in various voices) was all over the 🔻
pick#NetGalley #Audio #ARC Another messy family drama - this started at rough for me but I ended up really enjoying. Three sisters are left a summer cottage in Maine, where their mother wants them to visit one last time before she requires them to sell the home. Of course each sister and their dying mother is holding unto secrets, regrets and disappointments. Wonderful narration held my interest and kept me listening. Needed tighter editing!
#AudioBaking I‘m enjoying parts of this book BUT it feels SO long….I feel like most books I‘ve read recently need tighter editing (IMO) #ARC #Audio #NetGalley - I do love the cover art
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