{"id":3627,"date":"2018-11-26T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2018-11-26T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T05:51:48","slug":"review-the-adults-caroline-hulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/11\/26\/review-the-adults-caroline-hulse\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Adults &#8211; Caroline Hulse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/40770013.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: The Adults &#8211; Caroline Hulse\" title=\"Review: The Adults &#8211; Caroline Hulse\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>The Adults<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/caroline-hulse\/\">Caroline Hulse<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/random-house\/\">Random House<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> November 27, 2018 <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 368 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/publisher\/\">Publisher<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>A couple, now separated. Their daughter. Their new partners. One epic Christmas vacation. What could go wrong?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>This razor-sharp novel puts a darkly comic twist on seasonal favorites like <i>Love Actually <\/i>and <i>The Holiday<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Meet <i>The Adults.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Claire and Matt are no longer together but decide that it would be best for their daughter, Scarlett, to have a \u201cnormal\u201d family Christmas. They can\u2019t agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest holiday park, or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did\u2014and it\u2019s too late to pull the plug. Claire brings her new boyfriend, Patrick (never Pat), a seemingly sensible, eligible from a distance Ironman in Waiting. Matt brings the new love of his life, Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient. Scarlett, who is seven, brings her imaginary friend Posey. He\u2019s a giant rabbit. Together the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Forced Fun Activities, drink a little too much after Scarlett\u2019s bedtime, overshare classified secrets about their pasts . . . and before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends where this novel begins\u2014with a tearful, frightened call to the police.<\/p>\n<p>What happened? They said they\u2019d all be adults about this. . . .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B079WMS6ZV\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-adults-caroline-hulse\/1128004125?ean=9780525511748#\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-adults-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780525511748\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40770013-the-adults\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/4stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0003_4-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"4 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/contemporary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0007_contemporary.png?fit=140%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"contemporary icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/holiday\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0000s_0015_holiday.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"holiday\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/m-f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0003_m_f-copy.png?fit=80%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"m\/f\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2018-11-27T06:00:58+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nIs there anything more classic than a tale of family dysfunction during the holidays? \\u00a0National Lampoon's Family Christmas is one of my favorite holiday films, so it's no wonder I loved this\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Llama Reads Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/26\\\/review-the-adults-caroline-hulse\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"The Adults\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Caroline Hulse\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"ReadingLlama\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": 4,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<hr \/>\n<p>Is there anything more classic than a tale of family dysfunction during the holidays? \u00a0National Lampoon&#8217;s Family Christmas is one of my favorite holiday films, so it&#8217;s no wonder I loved this book, as it&#8217;s reminiscent of a British version of it. \u00a0Well, a version where a divorced couple, their 7-year-old (and her imaginary bunny friend), and their respective new partners all decide to rent a lodge at a holiday park over Christmas. \u00a0After all, they owe it to their daughter to be one big happy family, right? \u00a0And honestly, what could go wrong?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Just be normal. Like all of this\u2014creaky toilets, singing Christmas trees, invisible rabbits, five-day weekends, bald men in too short shorts walking round aggressively at 9 A.M.\u2014is normal.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The book starts out with a bang &#8211; literally &#8211; with the transcript of an emergency call saying that someone&#8217;s been shot with an arrow. \u00a0The book is divided into sections for each day of the five day &#8220;weekend,&#8221; interspersed with ad copy for the holiday park and more of the police reports. \u00a0I think this framing worked very well, as the pacing is a bit slower in the beginning, then takes on steam as the holiday shine starts to wear off. \u00a0It&#8217;s told from the POVs of the new partners &#8211; Matt&#8217;s girlfriend, Alex, and Claire&#8217;s boyfriend, Patrick &#8211; as well as their seven-year-old daughter, Scarlett. \u00a0I pretty much immediately disliked Matt and Patrick within the first chapter. \u00a0While we don&#8217;t get his POV, it&#8217;s obvious that he&#8217;s a manchild, a 38-year-old who just bought a skateboard, who prefers to ignore problems rather than dealing with them, like springing the holiday trip on Alex one month beforehand. \u00a0Patrick is desperately insecure, and well aware that Claire is &#8220;punching over his weight.&#8221; \u00a0This comes out in displays of overcompetitveness and an obsession with participating in an Ironman competition. \u00a0Claire, meanwhile, is a paragon of saintly perfection, meticulously planning the holiday down to the hour and happily cooking all the meals. \u00a0Alex was, by far, the character I empathized with most. \u00a0As a scientist, she&#8217;s very methodical and logical,\u00a0down to lecturing about which properties are the best investments, mathematically, during a family game of Monopoly. \u00a0She feels completely out of her element dealing with Scarlett, as she&#8217;s never been a parent and has never particularly wanted to be one. \u00a0I also thought Scarlett&#8217;s POV was well done. \u00a0While there were times I thought she (or Posey) were a bit too mature for a seven year old, for the most part I think Ms. Hulse had a deft touch for the emotions of a child struggling with her parents&#8217; divorce.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You sound proud. You know that&#8217;s the wrong way up, right?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t see what all the fuss is about. Why everyone has to say they are busy all the time. I mean, what are they atoning for?&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd there it was: one of the things Alex most adored about Matt. 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