solqdalavida

** spoiler alert ** the first 30-50 pages of this dysfunctional family was interesting. i kept thinking something better was going to happen early on. for a while it was hard to continue to read the un-ending idiotic parenting that was going on, but i stuck with it. finally, the older kids hit jr. high/high school and began seeing the downfall of their parents more clearly, and finally hoping for better in their own life. if the kids would have fallen into the same trap, i would have quit reading the book, but i guess there would not have been a book. i loved seeing the fight come out in the kids. i was so glad that the three older kids made a better life for themselves. i kind of still wonder about maureen though. the parents self-absorption appalls me, disgusts me, upsets me. they did have a few glimmers of potential in their lives, but it was never enough to put a dent into all the "bad" things they did. i don't think i will ever get over the dad taking jeannette to the bar to hood-wink the pool playing guy. he allowed the guy to take jeannette up to his apartment! what in the world was he thinking? when i read other's review of the book that said that the parents did love the kids it really bothers me. i guess i think they never really loved the kids the way i think of loving kids. they loved themselves first, then the thought about the kids. dysfunctional.

2022-09-03 04:32