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We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
4.0
emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is about what a person would do to keep their family happy. 
Some so many people will identify with this book because while we are following an Irish American family there are so many people in this family who feel like members of almost any family. Throughout this story, we follow the Brennan family and how each of them has been thrust into their current predicament because of an event that happened five years earlier. 
These characters are all flawed and have to deal with the lies that they have told to "keep their family safe." I thought that this book hit on a lot of topics that so many people are dealing with in today's world.
My only real dislike about this book is that the pacing was very slow for a book that is less than 300 pages it felt very long.