A review by cdjdhj
A Family Affair by Robyn Carr

2.0

After seeing this book recommended by a book blogger, I decided to give it a try. I had not read anything by Robyn Carr before but had heard her name in connection with the Virgin River series on Netflix. I bought the book used, and had I not had a few dollars invested in it, I never would have finished it. This is the story of a family with three grown children in the year following their father's unexpected and untimely death. This book read like as bad Hallmark movie or the cheesy soap operas my mom used to watch during the 1960s and 70s. The author throws in such "current hot topics" as alzheimer's, autism, adoption and affairs, but the book wasn't really about any of these things. In fact, I'm not really sure what the book was about, except that the family stayed a family after daddy died and straightened out all their problems in therapy. Also, the family members all had a lot of sex, but not with each other (thank goodness!). The plot was formulaic and predictable. Of the all-white, affluent cast of cast of characters, not one was interesting or likable. In short, I did not like this book at all. It seemed to drag on and on, with much repetition. I had another book by this author on my "to read" shelf, but decided to return both this book and the other Robyn Carr book to the used bookstore in my town. I also tried watching Carr's Netflix series, Virgin River, and found I didn't like that much either. In short, Robyn Carr is just not my cup of tea.