The High Season takes through Ruthie Beamish and her summer. Ruthie believes loves her house, her house and her daughter. Living in Orient is everything she wants it to be. That is until the summer comes. Her family moves out of their house so it can be rented for the summer. This is how they pays for that gorgeous and expensive house. This particular summer changes everything.
I enjoyed the idea behind Ruthie living in such a glitzy place, it was similar to The Hamptons, being it is the go to place for the wealthy to get away. But as the same time, I can’t imagine having to move out my house for the entire summer either. Her daughter Jen, hates it and who could really blame her. Packing up your room and living in a house somewhere else other than the home you are for 3 quarters of the year.
A woman Adeline has rented the house for the summer, and she is all too ready to just step right in Ruthie’s place and her life. I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt, that she was just a woman vacationing, the problem is I just couldn’t past her actions, and Mike’s as well. The living situation between Ruthie and Mike was a little on the strange side already. And it seemed that Ruthie was all too busy living the wealthy and somewhat snotty life and didn’t have much time for her daughter either.
Character wise, I had a hard time liking or even connecting with most of them. And there were a lot of them, Ruthie and Jem were the only ones I really liked. With so many characters to keep up with, I just had a hard time keeping up. I did however love the setting, it was described so well, and you just felt like you’re there. Drama, don’t even get me started on the drama. There was plenty to go around too, that I did feel awful for Ruthie and Jem a few times.
The best part and what saved this one for me was how Ruthie handled everything that was going on and the ending was better than I expected. Overall, this did make for a pretty good little read, a good for the summer too. I might sound as i didn’t enjoy this, but I did end up enjoying it more than I though, it just took a little time to get there.
I enjoyed the idea behind Ruthie living in such a glitzy place, it was similar to The Hamptons, being it is the go to place for the wealthy to get away. But as the same time, I can’t imagine having to move out my house for the entire summer either. Her daughter Jen, hates it and who could really blame her. Packing up your room and living in a house somewhere else other than the home you are for 3 quarters of the year.
A woman Adeline has rented the house for the summer, and she is all too ready to just step right in Ruthie’s place and her life. I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt, that she was just a woman vacationing, the problem is I just couldn’t past her actions, and Mike’s as well. The living situation between Ruthie and Mike was a little on the strange side already. And it seemed that Ruthie was all too busy living the wealthy and somewhat snotty life and didn’t have much time for her daughter either.
Character wise, I had a hard time liking or even connecting with most of them. And there were a lot of them, Ruthie and Jem were the only ones I really liked. With so many characters to keep up with, I just had a hard time keeping up. I did however love the setting, it was described so well, and you just felt like you’re there. Drama, don’t even get me started on the drama. There was plenty to go around too, that I did feel awful for Ruthie and Jem a few times.
The best part and what saved this one for me was how Ruthie handled everything that was going on and the ending was better than I expected. Overall, this did make for a pretty good little read, a good for the summer too. I might sound as i didn’t enjoy this, but I did end up enjoying it more than I though, it just took a little time to get there.