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The first 1/3 was a little slow for me, I think because the dust jacket blurb and all the reviews give away a key detail you'd be better not knowing. So if you can, go into it not knowing much.
Overall it's a beautiful novel. I felt all the love and longing and nostalgia and regret and hope and fear. The sense of time is especially well done, moving too slowly and then too quickly in a way that works so perfectly with the events of the story.
The last page or so I maybe would have cut. It seems like gearing up for some kind of possible sequel which I am really not sure about. I feel like this little contained story was too lovely to mess with.
Morbidly funny, very similar feel to A Series of Unfortunate Events. Kaye Winslet's narration is fantastic. This was a great choice for a family road trip.
Slow to start for me. The list of characters all introduced at once, the first-person collective narration, and the really dense prose all made it difficult to get into. Once I got though the first 30% or so it really took off though. There were a few twists and turns I wasn't expecting expecting and a few I was. Lots of fun 80s cultural refernces. Really, really funny. Satisfying ending. Overall a good time.
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
