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Beach Week: A Novel (2010)

by Susan Coll(Favorite Author)

2.37 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0374109257 (ISBN13: 9780374109257)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Sarah Crichton Books

review 1: I don't know where to start. Seventy-five percent of this novel is exposition where the author tells us what each character is thinking, tells us what they're like, tells us how they're feeling, etc. The characters, as a result of the telling, aren't interesting and are actually quite annoying. Leah's an idiot, Jordan is no better, and Charles doesn't even come across as a real person. The only tolerable character is Noah, who has a brain injury and, therefore, a legitimate reason for the irrational things he does. I skimmed entire chapters, waiting for something, anything, to happen, something besides Leah being worried, or Leah being concerned, or Leah feeling rejected, or Leah feeling misunderstood, or Leah feeling indignant. Just terrible, amateurish wri... moreting.
review 2: A novel about the affluent suburbs of DC...perspectives switch from mom/dad to senior in high school daughter to strange peeping tom. A little bit Real Housewives reality, a little bit Ferris Bueller, I was engrossed in the family's unwinding lives. At one point towards the middle of the novel I was totally transported into the film "American Beauty" and couldn't get it out of my head. The rest of the novel played out like a movie and I must admit,that the film version seemed a lot better than the actual words. I wanted this book to continue into its dark spiral downwards but the author chose a different direction, leaving me feeling disappointed.A neat spin on what otherwise looks like a beach read. less

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