Cynthia D 'Aprix Sweeney's The Nest'

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is an adult fiction about family dynamics. This novel was this months pick for my book club. Hopefully not to many of my book club ladies will read this before we get together. I’m going to be honest here. I was not impressed by this book. I stumbled across this book some time ago, but wasn’t interested. But isn’t that part of what book club is about? Picking up books you normally wouldn’t have.
Normally, when I am reviewing a book, I have no problem coming up with an abundance of things I liked. But I… DID… NOT… ENJOY… THIS… BOOK!
About half way through the book there was a discussion that I found interesting. The basics of said conversion were wether someone needs to tell their family their secret (also
You know your father left a (possibly) sizable inheritance? How about EVERY choice you make as an adult is reliant on receiving The Nest. Because, hey, wouldn’t it be a huge plot twist if that money wasn’t all there? These four adults, didn’t look at The Nest as a gift to add to they life they’ve already build. They all built their lives around the fact that when the youngest turns 40 they get to cash in. Until then, they all live beyond their means. Which is nothing new now a days. But the extent of their dependence on money they haven’t received puts each of their individual world of kilter. So weren’t we all “surprised” when a family emergency used part of that money, leaving a huge unbalance in everyone’s bank
What about the writing style?
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney wrote a very wordy book. She takes half a chapter to say what should have taken maybe a paragraph. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but Sweeney does this through every chapter. Making for a drawn-out story. On top of how long-winded the novel is, there are unnecessarily large words. Almost as if, while writing, Sweeney had a thesaurus by her at all times. To