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I loved the complexity, all the secrets and how unlikeable and nasty these characters were made for quite the fun and entertaining read. Would recommend it! I felt that the character of Jake was very unlikeable and this made me wonder why Lexi hadn’t spotted all his awful traits before the lottery win. ( a bit unbelievable.) I also thought Emily’s chapters weren’t really written in fifteen year old’s language. (Very adult concepts in places.) friends have done the lottery for 15 years, 4 friends decide it’s too ‘common’ and want to stop playing with immediate effect Obviously you researched your story and spoke to some winners but did the seed grow from you wondering how you and your family would react to a win ? Did the way the characters developed scare you a little? I suppose none of us know how we would react to such a huge amount of money unless it happened to us, however if the personality already has a sort of deviousness or selfishness at it's core, then money would definitely increase those properties which may have ordinarily gone unnoticed or indeed unpunished as with Jake. In 2020, Parks entered a deal with MPCA and Engage Productions for cinematic adaptations of her books. [6]
WARNING: None of the characters are likable, although I did admire Lexi's desire to continue working and donate a portion of the lottery winnings to charity. I also felt that Lexi had many good lines -- even when she was at her lowest point. I just love Adele Parks from the first book of hers I read years ago I am yet to find one I don't love.But then the unthinkable happens. There’s a rift in the group. Someone is caught in a lie. And soon after, six numbers come up that change everything forever. All in all, this is a decent read with some moments that will make you gasp and moments that will make you think. If you ever thought you wanted to win the lottery, this is a great book to let you know why you don't. Most people would think a huge lottery win would be a dream come true; but be careful what you wish for! the story shows what strong emotions greed and envy are, and can make people do the most unthinkable things. How do you manage it? … Caring so much for people you don’t even know? In my experience, it’s cruel enough caring for those you do.
For 15 years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends, the Pearsons and the Heathcotes. Over dinner parties, they’ve discussed the important stuff – kids, marriages, jobs and houses – and they’ve laughed off their disappointment when they failed to win anything more than a tenner. A very thought provoking book about a large Lottery win. Made me wonder how I’d react to such a win. I found the first few chapters made me feel uncomfortable especially the rejection of the other syndicate members and what happened to Emily at school. The problem for me was that some of the dialogue just went on and on and on and on and ... well you get the point. It was long, drawn out, and unfortunately pretty boring. I felt as though so much of it could have been cut out of the book...After a bit of a rift the lottery syndicate dissolves, Lexi and Jake still go with it and astoundingly win 17.8 million pounds the week after with the same six numbers!!
We follow the story mostly focused on Lexi’s point of view, however, we also get a glimpse of other people’s stories as well, which I think for me was refreshing and kept the pace moving in a nice manner. Lexi and Jake carry on and BINGO ( and here as readers we need that pinch of salt ) the next week....they win! This was such an easy book to read... though I found myself actually annoyed at how fast Jake went through money. They spent and spent and didn't think to keep count. Lexi was the most sensible of the lot. This whole story just shows how money can turn people, change them. It started with 6 friends and their children, also close friends. It ended with arguments, assault, kidnap and lies.
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Lexi and Jake live in an ordinary house with their two children. They struggle to make ends meet. They struggle to give their children the best they can. They have a group of friends others would be enviable of. They have been through births, deaths, happy and significant times in each other’s lives. They even still get together once a week after all these years of friendship. They also play the weekly lottery together as a group and imagine what it would be like if they actually won. What they would buy? Where they would go and what they would give to charity? Their win will split their friendship, when they expect a share of the winnings, when it appears they are not getting g a single penny,they are not giving in lightly even if it means hiring lawyers. And thus begins not only the unraveling of years long friendships, but secrets, deceits, lies and hidden agendas which had been hidden for many years. As the group breaks apart, their children who have been friends since birth must decide whose side they are taking. And some of them decide to take their jealousy a bit too far. While there are many reasons I didn’t care for him, I cannot get over how ridiculous he was with spending the money. I literally had massive anxiety as I was trying to calculate how much money the family could potentially have left after his impulse spending.
a b "Adele Parks: 'I think I am a really good writer' ". The Independent. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012 . Retrieved 23 November 2021. From when the lottery was won, it felt like a rollercoaster of events spiralling out of control, without giving any spoilers away, Jake's sprees left me breathless and agitated !! Although the book featured several compelling twists and turns, author Adele Parks used waaaay too many words to tell her story. Lexi Greenwood is determined to use much of the winnings to promote good causes but the rest of the Greenwood family launch into an extravagant and self-indulgent spending spree for which, as often occurs in such matters, there are consequences. There are various strands to the plot culminating in a near catastrophe and, as the story unfolds, we view the action through the eyes of both Lexi and her teenage daughter, Emily. There is a subplot involving a foreign national, Toma, who has lost his family in a tragedy which, initially seems tangential, but later becomes very much part of the ongoing narrative. What happens to Bridget Jones when she finally marries the wonderful man of her dreams? The much-imitated heroine is named Connie Green this time around, and she's the focus of Londoner Parks's Continue reading »
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