Reviews for Jo's Boys

The average rating for Jo's Boys based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-01 00:00:00 Reynold Ellis ****4.5 Stars****

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-06 00:00:00 Brandon Messmer I'm so mad at this book. Shapiro spins a fantastic premise - a woman who grew up having her mother obsessively take borderline porno pictures of her as a child to satisfy her artistic cravings as well as the fame this found her, and how this ruined their relationship - and then fails miserably at the execution. The idea of a mother putting her art first as well as the question of exploitation is interesting, along with the question of privacy - who has the rights to these pictures, really? But all Shapiro dishes out in fact is a lot of melodrama and people constantly interrupting each other in really poor dialog attempts as well as over the top juvenile fantasies of the rich (brand name dropping, celebrity name dropping, lengthy descriptions of size two outfits etc). This had so much potential and not only did it not live up to it but it also gave the reader the distinct feeling that growth on the protagonist's part was embracing her infamy and allowing for it to continue further which I found pretty dubious and troubling.