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A Proper Family Holiday was the last thing Lucy was expecting to have. But as a penniless and partnerless house-painter with an expired lease on her flat and a 12-year-old daughter, she could hardly turn down her parents' offer to take them on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Caribbean. She'd just have to put up with her sister Theresa (making no secret of preferring Tuscany as a holiday destination) and brother Simon (worrying that there might be some sinister agenda behind their parents' wish to take them all away) with their various spouses, teenagers, young children, and au pair.
In a luxury hotel, with bright sunshine, swimming, diving, glorious food, and friendly locals, any family tensions should have melted away in the fabulous heat. The children should have been angelic, the teenagers cheerful, the adults relaxed and happy. But...some problems just refuse to be left at home.
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In particular, this book was one that I found very hard to read. I found it very claustrophobic. Other reviewers have described it as "boring", I am not sure that is the correct word. Throughout the book, the impending hurricane is announced, but when it actually happens, near the end, it takes only a few pages and is not really that exciting.
I find all of the characters to a large extent unrealistic and this is a disappointment. I myself have two teenage children, and they simply do not react in a similar fashion to the way Judy Astley describes, neither do any of their friends.
So while I continue to read Judy Astley in bed before I fall asleep, that is unfortunately as far as it goes, especially with this novel.
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