Was kind of weirded out that two of the younger characters in the book ended up "together" when they have the same father, different mothers. ( )

I always love Jane Green's books but somehow I missed this one. I was a little hesitant about reading about a child with an eating disorder...would this be the entire book? NO, once again, Green weaves a story---of course making the "picture" part of the title a key. A novel can come out beautifully in the end but what a way to get there---twists, turns, up and down and sideways! I couldn't put it down when I reached Part Two!!! ( )

“You discover something so awful, so life-changing, the only way you can cope is to jump straight into denial.”
― Jane Green, Family Pictures

This was a good book. I enjoyed this book way more then I thought I would. I originally worried because I was unsure it was the book for me. I need not have though as it was warm, interesting and compulsively readable.

I also figured it would be rated higher on here. I admit to being rather surprised it is not. But I see some of my GR friends liked it too..that is good. Family Pictures was a pleasant surprise.

Some people have said it is predictable. It is to an extent. I did figure out the twist almost immediately but that in no way dulled my enjoyment of the book.

I thought the characters were written extremely well and were very realistic, faults and all. I also got quite involved as I wanted to see where the story would go. I was in no way ever bored reading this and I found so many aspects of it realistic.

SPOILERS:

The ending was just wrapped up a tad to perfectly but I was surprisingly OK with that. (It is nice to have a happy ending sometimes as it seems many of my reads lately have horrible endings).

Family Pictures may not be the most original book out there but it is well written and fun, the perfect summer read. I loved it. ( )

Fairly predictable ending. ( )

3.5 A fast read. ( )