by Emma Straub
I read this book yesterday and it was an odd little venture. If you like portraitures of family life that don't really go anywhere, this is one of those stories. I feel like it was neither good nor bad. I listened on audiobook and had one uncomfortable moment where I was at a stop light when an extr...
The Posts and their friends go to Mallorca for vacation. Truths come out. People grow up. This is funny and sad and so realistic. I like that Jim and Frannie have to decide what to do with their marriage. I like their solution. I also liked that their son and daughter grow up during this time. She's...
The Vacationers by Emma StraubSylvia a is done with high school and now she wants to do something for the summer and is thinking of going on the family vacation. She can practice her Spanish there.Book also follows James and their parents in Spain. Jim has lost his editorial job, something to do wi...
This was my book club's most recent selection and book we discussed on Sunday. A "lighter" read was preferred by our group and this won the vote based on that assumption. It was indeed a lighter read than our previous selections and overall it was thought to be slighter better than your average bea...
3.5 star read
The Vacationers, one of this summer’s hottest reads, really?!? I loved the cover and the synopsis was okay but the story just didn’t grab me like I anticipated it would. This book has been in many magazines and on many lists so I was excited to get it before this summer was gone. The story takes pla...
Annnnnd another one where I am bewildered by the overabundance of good reviews.The Post family goes on a two-week trip to Mallorca, sadly leaving me with the near certain conviction that now, I will never want to visit that area of Spain, or maybe Spain as a whole. Because if I do, I will think of ...
Received a copy of The Vacationers by Emma Straub through the First Reads Giveaway in exchange for an honest review " 'Buenos dias,' Franny said to the woman in the apron. If she was being truly honest, Franny was slightly disappointed that the women in the market were all wearing perfect...
The Vacationers by Emma Straub is the story of the Post family, some of their friends, and a two week vacation on the island of Mallorca. The story is a day by day account of the two weeks, but through those two weeks, it is the story of the issues the family are collectively and individually dealin...
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