Heartwarming journey from beginning to end. Really enjoyed this emotional, fun, highly entertaining and engaging adventure filled with exciting charters, witty dialog, interesting twists and thrilling turns. Great reading!

Family drama that includes mothers, sisters and loss always make for the very best reads.

A dying mother wonders how her children will live after she has left this earth; the children have to learn to come to terms with their loss, their acceptance, and their love for their family during the course of the book.

This is my favorite genre, and the author truly didn't disappoint.

If you're looking for a family drama, It All Comes Down To This fits the bill. Marti, the mother of Claire, Sophie, and Beck, is dying of lung cancer. Instead of actually telling them her wishes, she revises her will with her last demands and tries to "help" her daughters find their way from beyond the grave. She leaves Beck's husband in charge of her will (which, odd?). One of the biggest points of contention in the will is that she wants her daughters to sell her Maine beach house and divide the proceeds three ways. Beck doesn't want to do this; her sisters do. (And this is where the odd storyline with C.J. gets brought in, although that could have been left out and the story have been a bit cleaner).

Sophie is traveling the world, but unable to settle down with anyone or anything. Claire is in love with her sister's husband, which caused the demise of her own marriage. Beck is unhappily married and thinks her husband may be gay. There are other bits of drama, but this is the main one. This could have been more focused if each sister actually showed growth and character development.

The plot was interesting, but it could have been cleaner (and I wish Beck had been more likeable).

It All Comes Down To This is a family drama. Marti, the mother of three girls, knows she is dying - soon - of lung cancer. She decides to continue to orchestrate what happens with her daughters after her death via her will. One of the biggest items is that she wants the girls to sell her Maine beach house and divide the proceeds three ways. Beck doesn't want to do this; her sisters do.

The three sisters have their own drama, their own storylines, and they don't really seem to go anywhere except for the drama involving Beck's husband Paul. I think this book could have been a little more focused, instead of adding to each storyline with other pieces that aren't fleshed out, focus more on the characters. I wanted to see how they develop, not how they squabble with each other. Beck is the most unlikeable, as she seems very stuck in her own ways and willing to just complain that life isn't fair.

Overall, I was interested enough to want to keep reading, but I think this could have gone in different directions and been even better.

While I have enjoyed this authors previous novels I just couldn’t get into this one. I might try it again at a later date but every book cannot be for everyone.

I was expecting this to be a heartwarming and drama filled story of family antics, but I found the book very slow moving and I DNFed at 48%. There were dual story lines that clearly would eventually cross, but at nearly halfway through the book, there were still two distinct storylines. Just when I would get invested in one, focus would switch to the other. I wasn’t feeling connected to any of the characters or what happened to anyone, despite being so far into the book.

It All Comes Down to This was enjoyable enough. While reading, it felt a little like a soap opera with the range of personal problems the sisters were experiencing. I did the like the multi-generational family drama aspect but something felt a little unfinished towards the end. However, it was entertaining and I'm glad I read it.

It All Comes Down to This is a good, not great, book about three sisters navigating life and loss after their mother's death. This is a genre I love, the writing was good and the premise was believable. That being said, a character driven book needs to have characters I care about and this book did not.
The author sets us up initially to be interested in the lives of the Geller sisters. She paints detailed pictures of each woman and we begin to see where the story will go. The issue is the middle part. It drags. The problem has been revealed, but we spend so much time reading about it that when the book finally concludes we feel the ending is rushed. Or perhaps the ending was just not really an ending.
I am a bit surprised by my reaction at the end of this book. I wanted to, and periodically did, like the book very much. I don't take issue with how it ended. I do take issue with the sporadic or choppy execution of that ending.
This is a talented author that I enjoy and will certainly read again. This was not my favorite of her offerings.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's press for the ARC of It All Comes Down to This.

I love a multi-perspective family drama. I didn't necessarily like a few of the characters but I was interested to see how everything played out and I enjoyed Fowler's writing. Overall, an enjoyable read.

while this novel was well-written, i found it a bit difficult to empathize with any of the characters. additionally, the plot was simultaneously implausible and predictable,

Thanks to NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for the advanced reader copy. I think this book just wasn't for me, I tried to start it several times and just couldn't get into the story. I am sure others will enjoy.

I did this one on audiobook a while (few months) ago and I thought I had reviewed it and apparently I had not. My review will be more of a grasping through memory of the book and it's events. Now that I'm thinking about it all, I remember the conflicts between the sisters after the death of their mother and I remember the need to keep a property and I cannot remember the ending. However, interesting enough, I do remember potential affairs or love interests that kept me intrigued. I also remember that I wasn't blown away like A Good Neighborhood. A few months later, I'll say it's a solid book, with good characters and enough tension and intrigue to keep you interested.

This novel rotates between the perspectives of five characters - sisters Beck, Claire and Sophie whose mother dies at the beginning of the book leaving instructions for them to sell her vacation house in Maine, Beck’s husband Paul, and CJ who has just arrived in Maine after prison and whose story takes a little longer to intersect with the rest.

There is a plot to the book, but I’d say it’s more a character driven dysfunctional family novel - more about how the characters re-define themselves and their relationships to each other in the wake of the mom’s death (or getting out of prison in CJ’s case). Fans of family dramas from authors like Emma Straub and Laurie Frankel should enjoy this one. It wasn’t a 5 star book for me like Fowler’s previous book A Good Neighborhood, but it was still a great read.

Really enjoyed this one. The family dynamics were surprising and interesting throughout. Would reco.

It All Comes Down To This, another great story by Therese Anne Fowler, I really love her way of keeping us immersed in her stories and characters, after reading "A good neighbor" I became a fan of her books and this new was not the exception, but the same gripping moments that will keep you wanting more.

Marti is dying she has been very ill with cancer and is about to put her three daughters on a crazy journey as soon as they read what she expected from them. A story that will keep you wanting more and will unveil many secrets the three sisters didn't even know.

It is a story full of secrets that will start to unfold sooner or later revealing the cold hard truth, three sisters Sophia, Beck, and Claire seem not even alike and don't even trust each other, their relationship is somehow broken or needs to be mended. Beck wants to keep the house now she will have to convince her sister to do this.

Good story, with great characters I did enjoy it.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy of It All Comes Down To This in exchange for my honest review.

Three sisters, one dying mother and a plan she made for them after her death sets this book in motion. Each sister could not be more different and have ties to the cottage their mom wants them to sell. Old secrets are revealed and though the sisters may be different their bond is strong.
.
Thank you #StMartinsPress and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review .

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was an okay read for me. I liked some of the characters a lot but ended up being mad at Bec most of the time. I thought she acted immature for her age throughout the book. I thought the story was very predictable in parts. I was not a fan of the brother-in-law and sister-in-law storyline.

In 2021 I really enjoyed Therese Anne Fowler’s writing in A Good Neighborhood, even though the story itself left me both sad and frustrated. While a family drama, the plot involves societal expectations of people, especially as neighbors. Engaging and thought-provoking, the book was a go-to recommendation for me, and it just barely missed making my top reads list for the year. Because of this, I had extremely high expectations for It All Comes Down to This. Unfortunately, my expectations were too high to be met.
It All Comes Down to This is a family drama that left me wanting more. I was hooked in the beginning of the book, learning about the Gellar sisters. As I continued to read, my interest level dwindled, and I took a 2.5 month break from the book. When I finally resumed this past week via audiobook, I remembered exactly where I’d left off, and I was happy to finish the second half of the book. Other than a feeling of completion (for me) and the resolution of much of the drama, the book didn’t leave me with anything like the deeper commentary on social issues that A Good Neighborhood included.
Thanks to St Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion - this one is available everywhere now. It reads as a beach read family drama, so I think you’ll enjoy it more if you go into it with those expectations.

This is my first time reading a book by Therese Anne Fowler, and I enjoyed it. I like character-driven novels about messy lives. Thanks for letting me check it out!

I started out engaged and wanting to know more about the Geller sisters, but the longer I read, the less I cared. While I don’t have any siblings, it seemed far from what a normal adult sibling relationship is like.

I was slightly disappointed since everyone was raving about the author. I did like her writing style and will give her another chance.