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Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 31 March 2021

Told from the points of view of 3 siblings and their mother, this book talks of their past family history and their relationships with each other in the present day. Each of them is misunderstood and in reality they all really love each other but it takes a trip to Europe and some dysfunctionality to actually bring them to realise that. Whether or not you enjoy the book, you're definitely going to want to visit Europe after this one.

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Nice read

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 19 April 2020

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I picked this as it was a recommendation by Hello sunshine (Reeses’s book club). The book is entertaining and engaging. The characters have been sketched pretty well.

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Not what I expected

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 7 September 2022

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This is an enjoyable read but I found myself having to persevere to finish the book. It was not the best book I’ve read this summer and the ending was abrupt and left me feeling unsatisfied.

Anna G

3.5

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 3 June 2022

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I think I’ll give this a 3.5. It wasn’t amazing or even great but I enjoyed reading it and thought the characters and scenes of the cruise and Europe were fun and entertaining. I wouldn’t say it’s 100% light hearted though with a bit of family drama, divorce, alcoholism, suicide, etc in the mix. It’s a tough book to review but it was a quick read and less dark than my normal which I liked.

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Jen Kozerski

This book is HEAVY - not the light-hearted beach read promised - but still good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 9 May 2020

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Overall, I enjoyed this book.

BUT, I think that the publishers made some mistakes with the cover and summary blurb. Like many other readers, I picked up this book thinking that it was going to be fairly light-hearted and have some humorous moments with a sprinkle of drama. Friends, this book is a cocktail of HEAVY topics with a cute little umbrella in the glass.

Once you get past that, the novel is quite good. The characters are fairly complex and all are haunted by demons of the past. Though he is not a character present in the novel, their volatile father/husband and the impact of his relationship with his wife and each of his children is really strongly felt throughout the novel and it isn't very pretty.

I would recommend this book to those looking for a heavy, thoughtful read, and to those who really like to read about complicated family relationships.

I would NOT recommend this book to anyone sensitive to or triggered by mental health, abuse, or addiction issues. I guess that to give a warning like that may seem like a spoiler, but I really think it was a bit irresponsible of the publisher to not include something to indicate that this book could be triggering to readers.

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Sally Gaughan

Thumbs down for me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 7 October 2022

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Couldn’t get into this book. It was recommended to me but I just couldnt get into it. Maybe I will try another time.

Martina A. Nicolls

Family secrets

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 5 March 2021

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The Jetsetters is set from 1983 in Savannah, Georgia, in the United States, to 2015 in Europe. In 1983, Charlotte Perkins is 39 years old when she has a photograph taken with husband Winston, whom she met in Paris, and their three children: six-year-old daughter Lee, son Cord, and baby daughter Regan. Thirty-two years later in 2015, at 71, Charlotte still has that photo. Winston had died and her children didn’t talk to her. Lee is an actress, Cord is a venture capitalist, and Regan is a stay-at-home mother. Charlotte enters the “Become a Jetsetter” essay competition and wins a first-class flight to Athens, Greece, and a 9-day cruise around the Mediterranean, ending in Barcelona, Spain.

On the cruise, they meet a diversity of people, all with their own lives and stories. Family secrets emerge, even Charlotte’s. This is not a comedy, nor is it a tragedy. It has its comic parts and serious issues, but mostly it’s about four people coming to terms with their real selves, and being bold enough to reveal their secrets. Although this book has received high praise, it’s too much of a superficial travelogue for me to enjoy it fully.

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The holiday of a lifetime beckons?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 15 May 2020

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Bittersweet. A story of a family bound together yet torn apart by a tragedy, each one looking to find their way through the fallout to peace, if not happiness. This is an easy-to-read story but deceptively deep, tackling depression, addiction, failure and betrayal and yet it manages to stay afloat despite it’s weighty intent.

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Sam6182109

Beach read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 22 July 2022

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Easy beach read. Somewhat of a slow start in my opinion but I ended up quite enjoying this book.

Patricia

A story about a dysfunctional adult family with an unexpected ending

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 7 June 2021

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Interesting storyline and a fun read . An aging mother who is feeling sorry for herself and adult children who believe their mother is stuck in her old fashioned ways of thinking and doing. They all end up taking a cruise on an ocean liner and getting to really know one another. I found the book amusing and a fun read, because things are not always as they seem. As in real life, people have preconceived ideas, judgments, about others that are not necessarily true, and in fact can be quite the opposite.

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