took me some time to read this novel because it's already a good pad 600 and a few pages, but also because he took me into the story, knowing the different characters and it was not easy.
The story begins in 1998 at the wedding of a young man with Lil pretentious. All the best friends Lil were there: Dave, Beth, Sadie , Tall, Emily. They, the rich kids who want sores and highbrow anti-conformists do not understand the very traditional choice of their friend Lil, who married the way they want to hate the bourgeoisie, but which they belong.
But the years pass, everyone makes a living as best he can: Tal is successful as an actor while the career of actress Emily does not take off, Sadie hesitated between several men, Dave makes music ...
marriages, children, the apartment in New York, divorce, finally, they do intersect not: their life is as banal as that of Mr. All-the-world. Some cope with it and even manage to be happy, others do not. But each made his way, friends are lost sight to find themselves in circumstances not always pleasant.
This novel is very contemporary, sauce bobo, riding the wave "New York and September 11." It reads quite well and some eventually become endearing characters, to me, it was Emily and Beth, which pleased me most. But the first 200 pages I was not passionate. In fact, I was a bit lost between the various protagonists which, I think, all looked alike: arrogant, conceited, rich kids, despising the other. But their lives crumbling and the real start of the story had attracted my attention and I continued my reading with interest.
Ultimately, this is not a memorable reading as rather banal: Joann Smith-Rakoff does in my opinion, no immense literary skill or originality, but I'm pretty happy to have discovered. A nice first attempt, despite its flaws, which would have supported, however, have fewer pages and brackets, the player who not necessarily need to explain various innuendoes, it is not completely stupid.
Anyway, thank you once again in Operation Critical Mass Babelio, and the Presses de la Cité.
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