This is an ok story, but there were so many things I didn't like about this book. I thought the book would be mostly about the four siblings, but it also devoted much attention on partners, children, children's friends, neighbors, and various other people. Once you add all those people in, there just wasn't much time for character development.
The characters were all selfish and unlikable, making odd decisions that I couldn't relate to at all. Who would pre-spend money from a shared inheritance account when they haven't gotten the money yet?! And even though the siblings were all financially stupid, their partners indulged them. I really can't understand any of their behaviors.
The book also had some technical flaws. It mostly followed a sequential timeline, but sometimes not, so you felt like you were randomly jumping around for no reason (it wasn't too build up suspense or to add to story-telling). At times, there were pronoun reference ambiguity (come on! how is this not caught during editing?). And the way the author explained one of the story lines regarding the publishing world was really hard to understand.
Readaroo Rating: 2 stars
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