Don’t let the title of this novel fool you. It’s not a simple beach-book about people having fun. Instead, as Jane Smiley observed, it’s an “ambitious and brilliantly written” first novel that is sometimes amusing and sometimes shocking. It’s written from the perspective of seven characters. My feelings changed each time someone new described what had happened. The author is a former social worker who was trained to be nonjudgmental. This complex and contradictory narrative could be a family dynamics case study for future social workers, future novelists, or for readers who want to see a realistic family drama close-up.
Lombardo, Claire. The Most Fun We Ever Had. Doubleday, 2019, p. 122.