anndouglas's review
3.0
Loved the premise for this novel (a novel about five sisters had tremendous appeal for me, given that I am the oldest of four sisters) and I appreciated the character development (each sister is definitely her own person). But the major plot twist involving Suzanne stretched the limits of what I believed was possible (or even remotely plausible) for these characters.
Just as an aside: I was intrigued by the fact that the novel wraps up with a comment about plausibility. The author writes: "What matters isn't always whether stories are true, but whether they could be true -- whether we could rise up and live through them if we were called upon to do so." While most of this novel rang "true" to me, the plot twist that drove most of the novel's action didn't -- and that undermined what was otherwise a very well-written and entertaining novel.
Just as an aside: I was intrigued by the fact that the novel wraps up with a comment about plausibility. The author writes: "What matters isn't always whether stories are true, but whether they could be true -- whether we could rise up and live through them if we were called upon to do so." While most of this novel rang "true" to me, the plot twist that drove most of the novel's action didn't -- and that undermined what was otherwise a very well-written and entertaining novel.
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