
The Summer Place A Novel
Reviews

I had been looking forward to this book. I recall enjoying one of Jennifer Weiner’s previous books, and this one was highly anticipated. I was excited to get this one off a library hold and I dug right in. Unfortunately, I rode the struggle bus throughout the entire book. This one reminded me a lot of Danielle Steele’s books. There was a lot of story building but not a lot of storytelling. I endured pages-long paragraphs that were bland and pointless. The characters felt flat and were not at all likeable. The only character I didn’t dislike was the house, but the house and its role in the story was weak as well. It would have made more sense if the house had a bigger part in the whole story, but instead it was just inserted randomly in places that didn’t quite feel right. I have little else to say about this book. Obviously, I didn’t enjoy it, and I wouldn’t recommend it to any of my book buddies.

