What readers think of Seven Days of Us, plus links to write your own review.

The Birch family is quarantined for the week between Christmas and New Year's when their oldest daughter comes home from treating victims of the Haag epidemic abroad. Every member has a secret or is misunderstood and being together for a whole week forces them to confront deep seeded feelings and redefine how they view each other. I was able to relate to each member of this family or saw someone I know in them. I found myself rooting for them all even Phoebe who is a bit harder to like in the beginning. If you like books with lots of family drama, Seven Days of Us should certainly be on your TBR list for fall!

This is a charming, funny book that the reader will enjoy. Olivia, the oldest daughter of the Birch family, is a doctor working in Liberia caring for patients who have contracted the "Haag Virus". She is returning home to her family to spend the Christmas holidays, her first time home in a number of years. In so doing, however, she must be quarantined to ensure she hasn't contracted the disease. Of course, this means the whole family and whoever decides to come into the house must also be quarantined.
Each of the members of the family all have issues, and when they get together they all come in to play!
Needless to say, there's a lot of angst, tears, and lots of love! This is truly an enjoyable book.

I guess I am going to be the odd one out here. Or maybe it's because I'm dealing with some dysfunctional family issues right now! I've tried several times to get into this book, and it just isn't happening. I was really looking forward to it, and at face value it sounds wonderful. One thing of note: I at least want to like a character or two, And none of these seem all that likeable, Seriously. For some reason, I was pulled out of the story quite often by the switching around, and trying to keep up. There were too many secrets/issues that seemed crazy to keep hidden, and that really bothered me too. I hate having to give a not so good review, and for what's it's worth, I will continue to try and read this book a few more times.

This quick paced novel about a mildly dysfunctional family quarantined together over Christmas has moments of warmth and wit. The plot revolves around the relationships of a food critic, his wife, and their two daughters, Phoebe and Olivia. Some of the circumstances this family finds itself confronting just seem to strain belief a bit, but if you can put that out of your mind, the storytelling is enjoyable. Phoebe is an especially fun character as she is quite shallow and most of the humor centers on her. Readers who enjoyed The Nest will probably eat this novel up. Personally, I wasn't one of those readers, but of the two novels, I believe this one is more interesting, more humorous and has better developed characters.