Nilufer Ozmekik's Reviews > The Jetsetters
The Jetsetters
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I don’t like it but I didn’t hate it, too. I’m Switzerland right now. It’s okay reading but not the marvelous book I’ve dreamt of so it means three let’s have a vacation with one of the dysfunctional families stars.
Blurb seemed like interesting and I wished I could read some funny, entertaining dysfunctional, bat-shit crazy family members' stories! But you cannot always get what you want... Sigh... Pour me more wine husband! And stop eating my veggie chips, I'm on a diet, remember! I'm balancing my calories!
Smooth, soft, mediocre, entertaining, beach-side reading for me (even though Halloween, I still enjoy feeling the sea breeze on my face) but it’s not a book I compassionately flip the pages and so intrigued to learn more facts about the characters. I think the progression of the story-telling and presences of unlikable characters didn’t work with me. I found it a little light for my expectations and twisted genre taste.
Charlotte, widow, 70, great prize winner of Mediterranean Cruise, is gathering her family members to join her for the vacation. Eldest daughter Lee has problems to find a proper acting job. When her carrier floats away, she needs to face the secret she kept about their late father.
Middle sibling, Cord, keeping his sexuality as secret and youngest child, Regan, is my most not quite favorite character has a problematic marriage. Her husband confesses once upon a time he fell in love with her sister, Lee.
There are too many dramas, arguments, emotional breakdowns… bla… bla… bla… Final the family members facing their secrets and resentments and we got our unexpected but quiet enjoyable ending. (Actually ending was the best part of the book.)
I didn’t like those family members and I didn’t stand their dramas and their over exaggerated problems. I didn’t find the story as a sincere, poignant, emotional family drama but also I didn’t find this as a chic-lit kind of entertaining, smart reading. But at least I didn’t get bored and the idea of Mediterranean Cruise travels around the marvelous cities of the world is a refreshing plot. (Like last remains of sunshine at the dark and rainy day)
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group to share this ARC COPY with me in exchange my honest review.
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Blurb seemed like interesting and I wished I could read some funny, entertaining dysfunctional, bat-shit crazy family members' stories! But you cannot always get what you want... Sigh... Pour me more wine husband! And stop eating my veggie chips, I'm on a diet, remember! I'm balancing my calories!
Smooth, soft, mediocre, entertaining, beach-side reading for me (even though Halloween, I still enjoy feeling the sea breeze on my face) but it’s not a book I compassionately flip the pages and so intrigued to learn more facts about the characters. I think the progression of the story-telling and presences of unlikable characters didn’t work with me. I found it a little light for my expectations and twisted genre taste.
Charlotte, widow, 70, great prize winner of Mediterranean Cruise, is gathering her family members to join her for the vacation. Eldest daughter Lee has problems to find a proper acting job. When her carrier floats away, she needs to face the secret she kept about their late father.
Middle sibling, Cord, keeping his sexuality as secret and youngest child, Regan, is my most not quite favorite character has a problematic marriage. Her husband confesses once upon a time he fell in love with her sister, Lee.
There are too many dramas, arguments, emotional breakdowns… bla… bla… bla… Final the family members facing their secrets and resentments and we got our unexpected but quiet enjoyable ending. (Actually ending was the best part of the book.)
I didn’t like those family members and I didn’t stand their dramas and their over exaggerated problems. I didn’t find the story as a sincere, poignant, emotional family drama but also I didn’t find this as a chic-lit kind of entertaining, smart reading. But at least I didn’t get bored and the idea of Mediterranean Cruise travels around the marvelous cities of the world is a refreshing plot. (Like last remains of sunshine at the dark and rainy day)
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group to share this ARC COPY with me in exchange my honest review.
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Oct 30, 2019 10:19PM
Good review nilufer. I will still try this out anyway.
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I think you should Javelyn. It’s definitely not a bad book and it’s a soft getaway after heavy dramas and nerve-bending thrillers🤗
Yes you usually require a breather of sorts after going through some mind boggling and nerve wracking novels.
Balancing your calories 😂. My mouth turned down a bit when you mentioned the sea breeze. You wouldn’t fancy a UK one right now. Anyway. Sorry the book didn’t work out so well. Hope your next one is better 🤗😘
You bet it right, Ceecee, I sharpened my survival skills in the winter time of NY so UK will look charming to me after spring time ( let’s say summer. Is it raining at summer,too?In here when we accidentally see small drop a rain, we get panicked and start to scream! ( not a joke, a true observation! )😂😂😂
U.K. is lovely in spring it’s true. It’s rained nearly all October- can you hear the screams??? Add to that the B word screams and you’d hear us from space 😂😂😂
Oh nooo!!! You may be suffering from vitamin D. You better visit me before spring for B word less LA planet break ( we have sunshine but we have also fake humans/ aliens with their phony smiles 🤣🤣🤣)
I agree. I thought it was a three-star read too. I was really surprised to see it made it as a Reese’s book club pick.
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve read it few months ago but I didn’t find anything so special about that one for being a book club choice🤗
Girl ... same... this was just meh 🤷♀️ for me! I loved your review though ❤️ I expected a fun time!