The Plumb family have always relied on the Nest - a fund set up by their wealthy father that means that when the youngest child turns 40 they can all have their inheritance. However, when one of the Plumb children gets caught in a compromising situation their mother pulls rank and uses the Nest to fund his recovery…much to the chagrin of the other siblings.

The Nest is a brilliant story of how the other half live and how the sense of privilege transcends down the family line. It is an interesting look at sibling relationships and the dynamics of family life. It also makes you asses what you hold dear or see as important. The Nest is a very good read.

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Unfortunately, after much deliberation, I had to give this up at just under half way through.

I was unable to connect with the characters and the story.

On reading the synopsis, I was hoping this would be a family based drama with touches of humour and characters that I could relate to. I found it to be far to bulked out with unnecessary description and additional characters that didn't enhance the story.

I struggled with the length of the sentences, some leaving me out of breath through lack of full stops. Also, being a Brit, I couldn't fully appreciate the setting and language as it felt far too American. I was constantly having to look up words as I had no idea what they meant.

I did enjoy the subtle humour and the relationship between the siblings, they were dysfunctional to say the least, but I didn't really care about what was happening to them.

I decided to stop reading because I was getting very bored. There seemed to be far too much side story and secondary characters thrown into the mix which started to confuse me.