Book Review: See You At Harry's

 


















See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles

Summary: (amazon)

 Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. It seems as though everyone in her family has better things to do than pay attention to her: Mom (when she’s not meditating) helps Dad run the family restaurant; Sarah is taking a gap year after high school; and Holden pretends that Mom and Dad and everyone else doesn’t know he’s gay, even as he fends off bullies at school. Then there’s Charlie: three years old, a "surprise" baby, the center of everyone’s world. He’s devoted to Fern, but he’s annoying, too, always getting his way, always dirty, always commanding attention. If it wasn’t for Ran, Fern’s calm and positive best friend, there’d be nowhere to turn. Ran’s mantra, "All will be well," is soothing in a way that nothing else seems to be. And when Ran says it, Fern can almost believe it’s true. But then tragedy strikes- and Fern feels not only more alone than ever, but also responsible for the accident that has wrenched her family apart. All will not be well. Or at least all will never be the same.

My Thoughts:

I had heard a lot of places that this was a good book. First of all, very little of the story had to do with Fern's family's restaurant. The writing was very bland and the characters were extremely flat. I felt also that only about half of this novel had to do with the tragedy. The other 50% was focused on  Fern's 14 year old, gay,  brother. I found this book boring and I wouldn't recommend it.

My Rating: 2 stars (I didn't like it)

Content: Cautious--tragedy, boys holding hands and dancing 


PG 12 and up