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A review by happiestwhenreading
Same as It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
3.5
The Most Fun We Ever Had was one of my top books of 2019, and I have been eagerly anticipating Lombardo's next book ever since!
Same As It Ever Was has all of Lombardo's signature style - a wide cast of characters, dysfunctional family dynamics, and complicated emotions. She writes characters so deep and full of emotion, it's hard not to cheer for them to come out on top.
In this book, we meet Julia who is a middle-aged mother and wife. This is an aspect of life that doesn't get a lot of attention, and while Julia's character is older than mine, her children are roughly the same age as mine. I really loved reading a story about high school/college-aged kids, as well as a marriage that is well beyond the honeymoon years. It doesn't happen a lot so I could really relate to a lot of the themes happening here.
Mostly, I felt a little bored by this one. There were moments that really shined and I felt so seen, but Lombardo almost got too detailed and lost me a lot of the time. I was anxious for the book to be over because it was long - and borning. It's such a bummer to me because it had so much going for it, but overall, it's just not a story that's going to stick with me.
Same As It Ever Was has all of Lombardo's signature style - a wide cast of characters, dysfunctional family dynamics, and complicated emotions. She writes characters so deep and full of emotion, it's hard not to cheer for them to come out on top.
In this book, we meet Julia who is a middle-aged mother and wife. This is an aspect of life that doesn't get a lot of attention, and while Julia's character is older than mine, her children are roughly the same age as mine. I really loved reading a story about high school/college-aged kids, as well as a marriage that is well beyond the honeymoon years. It doesn't happen a lot so I could really relate to a lot of the themes happening here.
Mostly, I felt a little bored by this one. There were moments that really shined and I felt so seen, but Lombardo almost got too detailed and lost me a lot of the time. I was anxious for the book to be over because it was long - and borning. It's such a bummer to me because it had so much going for it, but overall, it's just not a story that's going to stick with me.