After reading so much about this book, I really wanted to love it. And, I DID love the writing and parts of the story but the summary that this book is about 6 friends who meet at summer camp and stay in touch is kind of misleading. First off, this is really a book about 2 of the campers. Jules is the center of the book and despite small wanderings about the others, this is about Jules and her relationships with the other campers. Foremost is Ethan, the boy who falls for her at camp but with whom she shares no chemistry. The other characters, even though one is Jules' best friend, are rarely the center of the story.
Jules rejects Ethan, ends up with a nice husband who suffers from depression and gives up her dream of stardom to become a therapist and focus on her own survival. The only of these wildly talented campers that makes it big is Ethan and he makes it REAL big. He ends up married to Ash, Jules' best friend but throughout the book, you know he would rather be married to Jules. But no matter...the other three characters in the book...the token gay kid, the dramatic third girl and the creepy older brother of Ash show up here and there and play, at times, a real part in the main story but we don't really get to know any of them very well. My take away from Jules is that throughout her life, despite their close relationship, she spends most of her time being jealous of Ethan's success (and by association Ash's as well). The fact that these two have money and respect grates on her more than anything else in her life. I think it is a really this love/hate relationship that is the basis of this book. I ended up not loving it but certainly didn't hate it either.
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