by Natalie Standiford
might have been the catholic stuff, might have been the girls school, it was laugh out loud funny to me
The premise is interesting enough: the Sullivan family relies on their trust funds, set up by the domineering matriarch of the family, called Almighty. On Christmas, Almighty reveals that one of the family has so offended her that she will immediately disinherit the family and cut off their trust fu...
I really wanted to be nice when I wrote this review. I planned to try and find something positive out of it. But the truth? I just didn't like it. I honestly can't say there was one part of this story I enjoyed. I found all the nicknames/names very kitschy, the Sullivan sisters whiny and selfis...
This is one of those times I wish there were 1/2 star ratings cause this was 3 1/2-3 3/4 stars. I agree it ended rather abuptly and I wasn't entirely happy with who the culprit was but I still liked the 3 girls stories and how they grew over the course of their stories. Norrie's story was my favor...
This is one of those times I wish there were 1/2 star ratings cause this was 3 1/2-3 3/4 stars. I agree it ended rather abuptly and I wasn't entirely happy with who the culprit was but I still liked the 3 girls stories and how they grew over the course of their stories. Norrie's story was my favor...
I feel like the only person who doesn't care for Natalie Standiford's books. Neither this one nor How to Say Goodbye in Robot did anything for me. Standiford's writing is good, her settings and plot are fine, but the characters are just... boring. They all seem so cold and self-involved. Like, the S...
Simply Scandalous! Norrie, Jane and Sassy Sullivan are about to spill all. After their grandmother, Almighty, told everyone that unless the person who gravely offended her confesses in writing before New Years, the entire Sullivan family will be cut from her will. Everyone knows that it must be o...
I find it difficult to verbalize just why I adore Natalie Standiford and her novels so much. There's something almost cinematic about them. Her characters are always unique and they seem to sparkle. They catapult themselves off the page and into my imagination so naturally that it's like they belong...
This reads like a perfect mixture of Hilary McKay and Jane Austen. (Style-wise and situation-wise. For instance, doesn't "Almighty Lou" remind you of Lady Catherine?) I had a lot of fun with the story, the characters and the writing - especially the effortlessly witty, but natural dialogues - and I ...
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