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would think at first glance that this is a light and lively read, You will be mistaken. Although it moves fast, that isn't the result of the varied writing styles, incorporating email banter into the flow, It moves fast because I guarantee as one reads this, some character, some story line will connect quickly with ones' life, Don't we each at times present ourselves to the world with our best bona fides As Patrick ponders at the close of the book, . . "that sliver of wisdom many don't get until they are much, much older if at all, Which is simply this: Most of us end up being fine in the end",

I am taking away from this good read the comment "Yearning to ascend above our daily existence" and again kindly saying to myself, it is time to choose courage over comfort.
Coach Randy is determined to have a successful soccer season this year with his team ofyear old boys, He has more than enough on his own personal plate without having to deal with the demands of a group of Beverly Hills parents that come with a whole load of emotional baggage themselves.
The various secrets and lies are all simmering under the surface and threaten to combust when the young, Colombian assistant coach refuses to play by the Beverly Hills “rules” of minding your own business and not stirring the pot.
As the emails fly wildly back and forth amongst the parents, its clear somethings going to give, Clearly, everything is NOT just fine,

Before I say anything about the novel, I have to say that I picked it up because Ive lived through the “soccer parent” experience, Having had two daughters who both played soccer for many years, I couldnt resist taking a lighthearted look at what many parents take so seriously, I laughed out loud

and suffered slight PTSD! at the start of the book as squabbles broke out about making the “healthy snacks” list tussling over who gets what uniform number and the fiasco better known as Photo Day.
I know these parents they exist! My own personal highlight was pulling one of my daughters off the field in the middle of a practice one evening because there was lightning flashing close by.
The other parents and the coach scoffed at me for leaving the field! During a practice! With a thunderstorm approaching! It was all I could do not to yell: This a house league soccer practice foryear olds.
. . is it really worth risking their lives over! Im SO relieved that we didnt have team communications via email at that time or else I wouldnt have been able to contain myself!

Having said that, I must say that I loved the email format that was used for most of this novel.
The reader really gets a sense of each parents personality through their email missives, from Dianes drunken middleofthenight notes to Jacquis perpetually sunny, optimistic, borderline manic take on life and the team.
Author Paesel really conveyed their personalities well, using not just their words but also their spelling and grammatical errors to give them their own distinct voices, The emails were definitely the fun part of the novel!

The whole soccer theme is just a veneer, though, Beneath the “soccer parent” humour lies a rather dark look at life in Beverly Hills and the sad, empty lives that people are leading, while they try to maintain their perfect outward appearances to the rest of the community.
On the surface the novel is a fun, sexy romp, but it really has more depth to it than Id thought it would, It wont be to everyones tastes dont pick it up if sex scenes offend you, but I really enjoyed it,
Moms and Dads are rallying around theiryear old sons in the Beverly Hills youth soccer league, There is an overthetop friendly coach and an enthusiastic team mom, There is an assistant coach, a divorced mom who regrets the divorce, a divorced copy with the wife resentful over her husband leaving her for the nanny, a mom who strikes her child because she is so unhappy, and a young paid kicking coach that several of the moms lust after.
The team parents communicate primarily by email after each game, some overly enthusiastic and effusive after the games, while others email after drinking too much,
While some of this is humorous, much of it is a commentary on how parents place too much emphasis on the youth leagues, and competitiveness at a young age, how dissatisfied some people are in their marriages and instead of talking to their spouse, they go elsewhere for satisfaction.
It examines how children feel isolated and alone, and how parents reveal their feelings inappropriately in front of their children without understanding how young the children are to deal with these issues.
It deals with anger, depression, affairs, job loss, secrets, and autism,
I enjoyed this novel, and will probably read more by this author,
EverythingIsJustFine BrettPaesel This is a definite favorite! Loved it, easy reading and plain good writing,
After reading the book,I checked out author, No wonder book was so fantastic, Author has many awesome credits,
Read this funny,but REAL book,
Thanks to author,publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book, While I got the book for free,it had no bearing on the rating I gave it, ugh these characters.stars
Its okay. Its really light theres not much of a plot or story, Some of the characters are really relatable and the ones that arent are entertaining, I guess the point is that nothing is as it seems and even the most seemingly privileged and happy people have problems, Despite it being well written with relatable characters, the lack of any substantial plot or any real depth makes it not worth it for me, To be fair, I dont have kids in minor league sports and havent dealt with the parent email chains first hand so maybe Im not the intended audience to appreciate this fully.
I really enjoyed this book, It was an easy read that conveyed much of the story through email exchanges, I noticed a lot of grammatical errors, but I soon realized they were intentional as they were representative of the characters who were writing the emails, The characters were welldeveloped, and I liked that I could really get inside their heads,

I found this book had a great balance of being entertaining and emotional, Overall the book is very wellwritten, and not that this has much relevance for a book review, I think this book could easily translate to a major motion picture,

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest feedback,
I received a copy of this book for free in a Goodreads giveaway,

This book is a satirical, mostly light read about a group of soccer parents and the drama in their lives, The emails, while they can often be humorous, are often way over the top, in a way that seems artificial, and it gets a little repetitive after a while, The plot starts off fairly light and frivolous, but as relationships, affairs, workplace drama, and other developments start, it becomes more serious, even as some of the characters, particularly the annoying coach in the center of it all, seem to keep their ridiculous personas.
The book kind of lags in the middle, when it's mostly the same drama with the same people keeping the same secrets, but as things get more serious, it actually becomes an interesting examination of people who want love and connectedness with other people, but look in all the wrong places for it.
The ending was a bit abrupt, though the weird, almost deus ex machina plot device basically also provides a quick, halfpage summary of what all the various characters are up to at the end, without a satisfying resolution of any of their plot threads.
In a small town, a group of soccer parents communicate via email, There are many colorful characters, some more developed than the others, The book is toldpercent via emails and the rest is told by prose, The book is mostly a fun read but I wish the author had made the entire novel in emails, The random prose is very jarring to the flow of the novel, I understand that the author wants to give more details on some of the events and interactions but it just made the pacing a bit odd, I'm probably in the minority, but I didn't like reading a book in email format, Otherwise, Everything Is Just Fine is a good story, True to life based on the people I know! It's funny and witty, If you have kids and sports, this one is for you, Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review, Everything is Just Fine is full of things I love broken people and ordinary problems that spiral into terrible secrets, The story revolves around a group of parents involved in a children's soccer team, There are some standby stereotypes overzealous mom, philandering husband, semialcoholic divorcee, The characters are well developed, however, and come across as genuine sometimes cringingly so,

Set in Beverly Hills, this is a fun read where you don't feel compelled to root for anyone, The story is told through a series of team reports / group emails, personal correspondence, third person narration and one IM transcript that made me happy the author didn't try to include another one.
The story is also told from different perspectives and, for the most part, it moves along at a good clip,

The only problem is that the plot does sag in the middle and becomes easy to skim read, Anything based so closely on real life always runs the danger of becoming tiresome and that is an issue in this book,

Still, it's a fun read and throws enough curveballs that readers will be entertained, In many parts it reminded me of suburban comedies like Desperate Housewives, American Housewife or even Pretty Wicked Moms,

Word : Group of parents survives a kids soccer season, Rich kids, broken parents and enough schadenfreude to keep you reading 'just one more chapter',

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