The Nest

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

The best way to describe the novel The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is to compare it to The Royal Tenenbaums but without the understated humor. The Plumb children were self-absorbed, entitled and while adults acted like children. In short, the characters were all unlikable and were not the reason I became invested in the novel. What kept me reading was the how. What caused the Matriarch to dip into "the nest" and cause such discourse? It was like an episode of What Would You Do? and anticipated the outcome with all its odd turns of events.

I liked that there was a small sense of acceptance from the three children who were essentially screwed out of their inheritance by their older sibling's actions, however, I didn't feel that said sibling had the comeuppance that I had been hoping for and for that reason wasn't completely satisfied by the end. As a whole, The Nest is a good beach read with a plot that keeps you reading to learn its conclusion.This review was originally posted on First Impressions Reviews