In 1974 six teenagers meet at a summer camp for the arts and become close-knit friends, calling themselves ”The Interestings”. Over the following 400+ pages we get to follow the lives of these six people and let me tell you, it is not that interesting. To tell the turth, the story is incredibly bori...
This was one of my suggestions for our book club based on some reviews I had read about it. While it didn't get selected I'm sorry it didn't as I think it would have made for an excellent discussion. A story about high school teens who meet at a summer camp for gifted children in 1974. Some from ...
Before picking this novel up from a clearance shelf at BAM on a whim, I had never heard of Meg Wolitzer or any of her books. After doing some research, I found out she's been a published writer since the early '80s and has several books to her name. This review is going to focus on one of her recent...
The Interestings follows a group of privileged, self-centered kids from their teenage years at a summer camp for the arts through adulthood. Julie Jacobson is from a simpler background. She meets the group at camp and decides to change her name to Jules. She is enamored and envious of the rich kids....
“You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression.” This is the story of a group of friends who met at an art summer camp in the 1970s. They each have a love for a certain form of art, but not all of them have the chance to make it their signature in life. One of ...
I am gutted and elated and having trouble returning to my ordinary world. I adored this story with themes of creativity and envy and friendship and happiness. It is a gorgeous story told with wit and intelligence and insight. I literally just finished it and am still so overwhelmed in the best way b...
I first heard about this book either through the Bookrageous or through Books on the Nightstand, but I pretty sure I heard about the book through both at some point, and then heard about the book through the New York Times Book Review Podcast, which convinced me that I really did need to read the bo...
This book follows the fortunes of six teenagers who meet at a summer camp and come together as a group. The timeline covers around thirty years and we see how each character actions effects the others and those outside the group. I could not put this down and my only complaint is that the main chara...
Took me so long to get into, roughly 250 pages into a 460-page book, but as soon as I was in tune with the characters, there was so much to take from the book. It's difficult to get into because there isn't an obvious plot line, so much of the book comes across as inconsequential and I think I kept ...
meh. tempted to leave it at that but that's probably what one of the interestings would say at their worst. Look, will this book change your life? Not likely. Are there worse ways to spend 468 pages of your literary life? Definitely. Meg Wolitzer is definitely talented but I think even she must've a...
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