Sandra Hunter

I have to agree with reviewer Victoria McKinney. The author's egotistic and self-promotion at the cost of her own husband and small child is of a piece with the people with whom she chooses to work. A friend who'd also read the book said it was a clear revelation of what it took in order to work at Facebook and similar organizations. Outside fiction, I haven't read another book where the narrative voice is so consistently flawed and unreliable.

I leapt into this book. I loved the wit and pace and the quirks of all the family members. I loved Reilly's themes of racism, homophobia and OCD that were woven organically throughout. Eventually, though, I kept losing track of the large cast of characters, and began to feel distanced by long info-dump speeches and the sense that the author was trying hard to be endlessly funny. The story meandered and then rushed to a conclusion related by numerous characters. I particularly found Ell's voice strained and I even found myself irritated by V. But Reilly is an amazing talent and I'm looking forward to her next work.