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Star shows how much power parents can hold over their children
3.5 stars
Congrats to Nancy Star for having her novel chosen for Kindle First picks! I am going to start my review by stating that I do not think I am really the target audience for this novel – there are too many dysfunctional people in the story for me. That being said, I enjoyed most of the novel and was curious where the story was headed. The unhappy Tangle family takes a trip to Martha’s Vineyard one summer where a horrific accident occurs (I actually had to look up whether this could actually happen and it can sadly). The various family members react differently, but each in a way that negatively impacts his or her life. About halfway through the novel, various family secrets begin to come to light- some believable and others that were not as realistic. I found it a little to swallow that the mother Glory would disappear for periods of time and that neither of her daughters, Mimi or Ginger, would notice when they both regularly visited her and that the secret Glory kept could really be hidden for such a long period of time.
I would not want to spend time with any of these characters which definitely impacted my view of the novel. While I felt sorry for each of them, I also really wanted to tell them all to resolve their issues and face the consequences of figuring out what went wrong and why. Sisters One, Two, Three makes the point that choices made by parents can impact children for the rest of their lives; a useful reminder for me as I parent my children. Thanks to Lake Union Publishing for the chance to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
December 2016 · Kindle Store