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Twelve Rooms With A View (2010)

by Theresa Rebeck(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0307394166 (ISBN13: 9780307394163)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Crown

review 1: Wow! I really enjoyed this book. The first couple chapters were able to really hook me in. There are some spoilers that follow, so stop reading now if you haven't read the book yet. I quite enjoyed Tina and I felt like she deserved better than her sisters being complete b***hes to her all the time. The whole book I kept thinking that I would be beyond furious if my mother died and my sisters kept things about her life and passing from me. Honestly I felt like 'The Building' and all that it could do was a little far fetched, but otherwise the who plot to kick both families out was exciting. I loved the little quirks that the building has and LOVED the workmans stairwell in the building. Very cool. From the very first time we meet Pete I like him. I didn't see them getting t... moreogether at all but I think it really works. I'm kinda upset about the ending. I feel like it was too rushed. Although the book was more about the apartment, not the families.Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I am planning on reading Theresa Rebeck's other works.
review 2: Tina Finn is has been living in an old trailer and cleaning houses to make ends meet. When her mother dies, she borrows the money to go to the funeral, and there, she sees her two sisters that she hasn't seen in ages. They inform her that their mother had died intestate, no will, so they would be inheriting a fabulous eleven million dollar apartment. They figure possession is nine-tenths of the law, so her sisters, move Tina in right away! Tina is entranced with the apartment, trying to understand her mother's life. After her mom married Bill, she never saw her kids. Bill thought the girls only wanted his money so he didn't want them around. The apartment was originally in Bill's first wife's family and he inherited when she died. Bill wanted the apartment to go to his second wife so she would always have a place, not to her white trash daughters. But, Bill has two sons, who are contesting the will. They find Tina camped out in the apartment and try to have her arrested. The building tenants want Tina out. They'll put a cloud on the title if they have to; the apartment can only be sold if the board of the building says so. Tina is torn asunder, and to make matters worse, she has no money, no job and no friends. Her sisters treat her like an idiot and Tina just wants to do what is right. Twelve Rooms with a View is fantastic! I read it in one sitting, I couldn't put it down. Ms. Rebeck writes in such a way that I was captivated with the apartment and with all the eccentric characters. I loved it! less

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