Nicki Freitag’s Reviews > The People We Keep > Status Update

This girl is so tiring. She doesn't want to face the truth, she wants to run away. But like how is this a compelling novel then? This is just an annoying character flaw that doesn't have any consequences, she doesn't reflect or understand why
I'm convinced she'll be a terrible mother.this is a novel about cyclical generational flaws.

This whole plot point with Ethan and Robert is middling and obnoxious. I keep rolling my eyes everytime April spends time with Robert saying they love each other. Give me a break, how old is this man running around with a 19 year old? I don't find this endearing, I find it sickening that Ethan isn't batting an eye about this relationship. This guy sucks too.

Adam talked about getting SA by his stepmother and ironically having statury with a minor. Why was this backstory here if Adam wasn't going to find out? Wtf why have that there then April wasn't going to tell him she was 16 anyway. What a lame excuse. I wanted Adam to feel extremely guilty about this relationship, I'm dead serious about it. It would have slightly changed April's dynamic with men but not that much

Also maybe I'm the asshole for not liking Bob Dylan that much but folk in the 90s seem a lot more indie/alternative than whatever she's working with. Alao soap opera in the 90s is kinda dated too? The only 90s media she talks about is Ren & Stimpy. I was hoping she was as apathetic as maybe Elliot Smith or at least a bit more interesting like Jewel but she seems dated? Like Bob Dylan.

I don't mind a imperfect main character. I'm even interested if they're a bit of asshole. What doesn't help is when they are never called out on their bullshit. This book is too sour in positivity over April that it doesn't seem to understand why she's a flawed character. I was hoping for more about her music career but it seems disinterested in that aspect. More showing that she's songwriting than showing her workin