mariemone's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jshenry's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
plants_pages_poultry's review
3.0
Audiobook- The novel portrays one year in the life of an extended family living in LA. The family drama was a bit too melodramatic for me. Soap Opera type drama.
anothersarah's review against another edition
5.0
I love a book where the characters find what they need within themselves and the people they love, outside social expectations! Yes!
brit_tany's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
0.5
livrad's review
2.0
This book gets 4 stars for the atmospheric setting of Los Angeles and how it paints the climate and landscape. It gets 2 stars for everything else.
L.A. Weather is the saga of the giant Alvarado family. The book is a revolving door of characters--none of them likeable in the slightest. Horrible thing after horrible thing is thrown at the family over the course of a year (drowning, divorce, affairs, rape, more divorce, cancer, coma, fire, failing business, financial woes, more divorce) in a telenovela-like plot. However, instead of leaning into the unbelievability with a dash of camp like a telenovela, the book is written as if it is literary fiction. Had it leaned into its accurate genre, it may have been better received.
L.A. Weather is the saga of the giant Alvarado family. The book is a revolving door of characters--none of them likeable in the slightest. Horrible thing after horrible thing is thrown at the family over the course of a year (drowning, divorce, affairs, rape, more divorce, cancer, coma, fire, failing business, financial woes, more divorce) in a telenovela-like plot. However, instead of leaning into the unbelievability with a dash of camp like a telenovela, the book is written as if it is literary fiction. Had it leaned into its accurate genre, it may have been better received.
mdeck24's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
nborge's review
4.0
I struggled with this book. It’s not my favourite genre but it turned out to be a great book. I fell in love with the sisters.