From the Bookshelf of Constant Reader…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
*
The Schedule for July through Dec. 2025
By Lynn · 4 posts · 54 views
By Lynn · 4 posts · 54 views
last updated Nov 15, 2025 02:07PM
The Blackhouse - Discussion (including spoilers)
By Gina · 20 posts · 21 views
By Gina · 20 posts · 21 views
last updated 1 hour, 39 min ago
showing 8 of 8 topics
view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
The Schedule for January 2014-June 2014
By Sherry , Doyenne · 20 posts · 139 views
By Sherry , Doyenne · 20 posts · 139 views
last updated Feb 22, 2014 10:36AM
What Members Thought
I love character-driven novels, and that predilection, along with Meg Wolitzer's knack for evoking the spirits of particular eras, kept me reading. Unfortunately, all of the primary characters were consumed by envy and/or an obsession with artistic talent, and (view spoiler)
...more
I think the title is dreadful, but I found myself enjoying the novel in ways I didn't expect. It is the story of six teens who meet at a camp for budding artists and then follows them through the next 35 years. It is about dreams vs. talent, envy vs. love and figuring out who one really is.
...more
Jan 10, 2013
Sandy
marked it as to-read
Jun 26, 2013
Jennie
marked it as to-read
Jul 15, 2013
Rose
marked it as to-read
Jul 20, 2013
Becca
marked it as to-read
Nov 23, 2013
Jenny (Reading Envy)
marked it as to-read
Nov 27, 2013
David
marked it as to-read
Jan 31, 2014
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
Jun 03, 2014
Sherry
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
reading-list,
kindle
Nov 18, 2014
SooYoung
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2016
peg
marked it as to-read




















