As the book is progressing, I am realizing that all the characters are connected through the mom, Margaret. She is a FOX News reporter and nationally famous. She has been harassed online by an anonymous blogger and I think it is her ex husbands new wife, Mitzi. The username is Quinine229 on the blog and Mitzi's birthday is on the leap day. I also think that Margaret is connected to the family because she is physic and has a feeling that her ex husband's son, Bart, is in danger in Afghanistan. A few hours later, she gets a call saying that there is a missing platoon in Afghanistan.
I am enjoying this book because the Quin's seem like a wealthy, New England family from Nantucket, but they have underlying, twisted problems that make the plot more interesting. Patrick is the most interesting to me because he has been working on Wall Street for over 10 years, but gets himself into deep trouble because he took bribes and invested over $25 million in a cancer curing drug. He always mentions how much he loves his wife, but then goes to a Playboy mansion (270, 76). Patrick is also the most successful of the Quin children, but is also the most unhappy. He was the role model of the family until he messed up. He has 3 kids, a large pad in NYC, and a prestigious job, but is always crying, taking drugs not prescribed to him, and drinking. "He married the right girl, bought the right house, fathered three, noisy, beautiful sons" (201). "Patrick is crying, but to say he's crying doesn't begin to describe it. He's sobbing, bellowing, howling" (195). Patrick makes me rethink what success really means. Patrick may be the wealthy son, but his siblings are always glowing with happiness, singing, and laughing. I am interested to see how Patrick's problems are resolved and how his siblings react to his massive mistake.
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