If you can keep the many characters straight, this is a great beach book. Takes place on North Fork of Long Island with both ultra rich and more ordinary people. It definitely makes you think of summer. Fun read!
Summer sizzles in the Orient. The overall feel of this book to me was 'find yourself'. Through huge mistakes, lost loves, jobs, friends and change, find yourself. At times I found the tone sad, judgemental and a bit too much focused on wealth. Most of us aren't wealthy and I hate to break it to you, but I don't need to read about excess wealth. I want to read about people and situations that could occur in my life.
I could relate to Ruthie most of the time. She's older than me and in a different part of her life. But, I could relate to the desperation. The desperation to make things right, to survive through the crap that seemed to be thrown at her this summer. I didn't mind the other characters. I enjoyed Jem and I really enjoyed the emails she wrote to her bff.
Great beach read.
I could relate to Ruthie most of the time. She's older than me and in a different part of her life. But, I could relate to the desperation. The desperation to make things right, to survive through the crap that seemed to be thrown at her this summer. I didn't mind the other characters. I enjoyed Jem and I really enjoyed the emails she wrote to her bff.
Great beach read.
