The Last Romantics

Layers upon layers of unforgettable moments of a family who is destined to survive. This is Tara Conklins novel THE LAST ROMANTICS. Children who raise themselves, who find their places, spread their wings, injure them, fly away, and try to return to the nest to resume their order. But we know that life isnt so simple and this sweeping tale of a family who is doing their best to hold it together shows us with the tightest of bonds just how to be as one until they slip when truths are withheld.

A language all their own. A code, if you will, that seems will never be broken. It begins after their father dies and their mother takes a break, the pause, as they refer to it. A brother who is a shining star in his three sisters’ eyes. A sister who has seen too much too young, who takes on a role that robs her of her own childhood. Another sister who is frightened by her shadow withdraws from the life she is meant to live. And, yet another, whose armor is made of words.

THE LAST ROMANTICS connects and inspires. Conklin takes you to a vivid, not always beautiful, world that the Skinners inhabit and shares the lessons that they learn, the moments that are seared forever from their childhood, the love that runs so deep between siblings, the hurt that you hope is reparable, and the knowledge that families are imperfect.

I hate very few books , but sorry this is one! I felt it was totally disjointed. I could not feel any life in any of the characters. The author knows nothing about the subject she attempting to write about.The Last Romantics , hah, the title is the best part of the book. Will not give anyone advice to read this.

Don’t know who the target audience was for this book, but it wasn’t me. It read like it was written for a teenager at best. The characters were shallow and, if there was a plot line, it was boring. Also, things just didn’t make sense to me. Like how a 5 year old can read “War of the Worlds” when she hasn’t been to school yet and her mother spends months on end locked in her room? Who taught her to read…I mean her older sister was still reading Nancy Drew books. Also, when one of the characters meets her future husband she says that 3 days a week he wore a fake mustache and had friends that only knew him as Foder Leyontiev an immigrant from the Soviet Union, but in the next line she says that he was “honest to a fault”…say what?! Seriously, wish I had saved my money on this one.

I very much enjoyed reading the last romantics which kept me interested on every page (and up too late 2 nights in a row finishing it). The writing was beautiful w/out being pretentious, and I found all of the characters nuanced and human. I cared what happened to each of them.

Fiona is a renowned author and while speaking to a group she tells the audience her life beginning when her father dies of a heart attack in his 30s and her mom goes into a deep depression for 3 years leaving the 3 daughters and 1 son to practically raise themselves. The closeness they shared and then distance. Their brother Joe gettting involves in drugs and the choices they make

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