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3.5***
Four middle-aged siblings have to confront expectations, disappointments, half-truths, obfuscations and down right lies. The impetus for their meeting is that oldest brother Leo has used “the Nest” – a trust fund left by their long-deceased father for them to share equally – for rehab and to pay damages to a teen-aged waitress he injured in an accident while high on cocaine. But the other three have counted on that money, want that money, NEED that mo ...more
3.5***
Four middle-aged siblings have to confront expectations, disappointments, half-truths, obfuscations and down right lies. The impetus for their meeting is that oldest brother Leo has used “the Nest” – a trust fund left by their long-deceased father for them to share equally – for rehab and to pay damages to a teen-aged waitress he injured in an accident while high on cocaine. But the other three have counted on that money, want that money, NEED that mo ...more
They say not to count your chickens before they're hatched. Does knowing you're going to get an inheritance someday cause you to put your life on hold - not ever trying to make something of yourself and your life? It seems like that was the result for the Plumb family, who anticipated an inheritance when the youngest child turned 40. Little did they know that oldest brother had dipped into the nest to bail himself out of trouble.
The characters weren't super likable, but I was sympathetic towards ...more
The characters weren't super likable, but I was sympathetic towards ...more
I gave this book a chance, 120 pages, and I was just not enjoying it. I have too many other books I want to read then to waste my time on this one. All the characters were selfish and the amount of f-bombs that were dropped was just ridiculous. I've also heard from numerous people that this book is overrated, and I trust their opinions. Another over-hyped book that was just not my cup of tea.
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Story of four siblings and their bad choices, reliance on a "nest" that isn't even there and people connected to them.
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