Meg Mitchell Moore

Gosh.

Well, I really liked the beginning of this book. I was really relating to the characters, it felt like it was a slow examination of a family under what has become the typical pressures of a certain kind of family when it felt like it went careening off the tracks.


All of a sudden every darn member of this family has an insane secret or lie (or two) Except Maya, thank you Maya.

These are some awfully bombastic crazy things going on in their lives. And a mountain lion attack! And no one likes to tell anyone anything ever. Even though these are all insane things. I just don't know how this family functioned in any capacity with the amount of secrecy that went on.

One of my pet peeves in books is when we are just waiting and waiting for something to inevitably happen. This book had this going on in like twelve different directions. The author tried valiantly to tie up all the loose ends. Some were dealt with more satisfactorily than others - the plagiarism detour was so abrupt I feel like I am not sure why we went through that at all.

I did really enjoy the first half though. I'd love to read something by this author that sticks to more plausible storylines (or at least tamps down the amount of enormous problems/reveals).
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This is the story of a family who had fame and are now grappling with its effects. Timothy is sad that roles no longer come his way. Amy has stayed on Block Island, while her famous brother sought fame. And Sam, a Disney child star, had a recent incident with social media that she is trying to escape.
So, now, the family is coming together to stage a Shakespeare production for the summer. They deal with family ups and downs, coming to terms with their varying degrees of fame, and in Sam's case - a bit of growing up.
Just OK.… (més)