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The Nest

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Finish date: October 14, 2017

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Jul 29, 2018 BookishStitcher rated it liked it

A family drama about siblings who have become obsessed with the mid-life inheritance they have always assumed they were getting. When the eldest makes a colossal mistake their mother takes "the nest" and spends most of it to bail him out. Forced to confront the loss of all their money the siblings become super whiney. Luckily, they do grow up a bit towards the end. I didn't enjoyed it, but it was less terrible than I had feared it would be. ...more

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Sep 26, 2016 ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ rated it really liked it

Rated 3.5
I'm not sure how I feel about the book. This family is very dysfunctional and greedy too. Instead of being concerned about each other they are concerned about "the nest" seriously they have issues. ...more

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Mar 04, 2018 Karen rated it liked it · review of another edition

Picked this up in Grand Central Station on my way home from a long and boring day at jury duty in lower Manhattan where I finished the book I was reading and thought I was going to have two weeks of boring days yet ahead of me! (Fortunately I only had one more boring day and I was dismissed!).

I had read about this book and kept meaning to read it. Reviews and the book flap both promised dysfunctional but warm and likable characters, and humor. Hmmm... Unfortunately I found neither. In the ridicu ...more

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Jan 20, 2017 GailW rated it it was amazing

Shelves: gen-fiction, ch17, 5-star, aut-debut

This did not turn out to be what I thought it would be and I'm sorry I didn't read it sooner. Great characterization, lovely storyline. I highly recommend. ...more

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May 06, 2020 Martha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, lgbtqia-sexuality, read-2020, read-women-20, unreadshelf2020

This was an easy read about a set of siblings in their forties learning to overcome their incredible entitlement and/or self-absorption. I enjoyed it enough for it to keep my attention, though for some reason just could not reconcile them all being in their forties! Perhaps it's because they all behaved like children, but I basically had a Gossip Girl-esque set in my head and struggled to rid myself of it. It's one of those that I feel like was stuck between something that is truly escapist (and ...more

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