A review by westernskynaida
Keep It In The Family by John Marrs

3.75

I’ll give this a number rating in the morning because I need to sleep on what to give it

Oh man, this book. This one is full of twists. Which isn’t a bad thing, but it definitely keeps you on your toes. I was really hopeful about this book but it’s definitely one that I’m not sure about

This book flips between a couple of narrators in present time, an unknown past narrator and periodic articles - which make an interesting break of all the drama. At one point I thought I needed a spreadsheet because of all the characters and connections

The reason I’m torn on this book is that while I loved the rapid succession of twists that happened, I’m also really annoyed. I feel the ending makes sense for all the characters (and is an interesting take on generational abuse), but I’m annoyed because some characters who I actually enjoyed got dealt a crappy card. Maybe I’m just bitter about it, but it’ll be the reason this isn’t given one of the higher numbers

All in all, if you’ve heard things and were recommended this book, I’d recommend reading it yourself

I was trying to figure out why I didn’t enjoy the ending for this book and my wife gave a very good reason for it. Unlike other books that have a whiplash of twists and turns, usually there is a sense of justice at the end. This one really didn’t have the justice for the characters I felt had a terrible card dealt - like George