"Pineapple Street" by Jenny Jackson is a stunning debut novel that has received high praise from readers and critics alike. Here are some reasons why it deserves a five-star rating:

Engaging Characters: The novel's cast of characters is a diverse and compelling group that draws the reader in from the first page. Jackson has a talent for creating complex, multi-dimensional characters that feel like real people.
Beautiful Prose: Jackson's writing style is lyrical and elegant, with rich descriptions of both the physical and emotional landscapes of her characters. Her prose is both evocative and accessible, making the novel a pleasure to read.
Nuanced Themes: "Pineapple Street" explores themes of family, love, loss, and the search for identity in a way that is both sensitive and nuanced. Jackson's approach to these weighty topics is thoughtful and thought-provoking, inviting the reader to engage with them on a deeper level.
Engrossing Plot: The novel's plot is expertly crafted, with twists and turns that keep the reader hooked until the very end. Jackson has a gift for pacing and tension that keeps the story moving along at a satisfying clip.
Overall, "Pineapple Street" is a stunning debut novel that showcases Jenny Jackson's considerable talents as a writer. Its engaging characters, beautiful prose, nuanced themes, and engrossing plot make it a must-read for anyone who loves literary fiction. If you're looking for a novel that will stay with you long after you finish reading it, "Pineapple Street" is an excellent choice.

This debut novel from Jenny Jackson is a fun glimpse into the lives of the 1%, through an extended family who lives in Brooklyn Heights. Specifically, we follow three women of the Stockton family. Sasha, who married into the family, Georgiana who is the youngest daughter and is struggling with her life’s meaning after falling head over heels in love with someone who won’t truly be hers, and Darley, the oldest daughter who gave up her inheritance when she got married and committed fully to a motherhood role.

This book isn’t wild and plot-driven, but it is funny at times and immerses the reader into this privileged life, and you feel like you have a ring-side seat complete with a big bowl of buttery popcorn.

It is a fun story to lose yourself in and I enjoyed it. The cover is stunning as well!

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada for the electronic advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

This book is a literary fiction story told from 3 different perspectives. It follows the lives 3 narrators. Jenny's writing is very compelling, it made me think of family dynamics. It had humor throughout which made me smile while reading. It flowed well, was an easy read that kept me coming back for more. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys women's fiction and family drama. Go read it, it's very entertaining.

Funny at times but nothing really happened??? The plot line was dull.
I was intrigued by the cover art and synopsis.

This book could be considered a modern version of Danielle Steel, where a wealthy family overcomes interrelational problems.

Apart from the character of Curtis, the narrative is told through the voices of the women, Sasha, of modest origin, and the two sisters, Georgiana and Darcey. Each has her own view of society and what it means to belong to the Stockton family.

This novel is light with serious topics that range from adultery to job loss, from first loves that don't always end well to how we value ourselves. Unfortunately, it would have been better to focus on one character and topic instead of bringing everything at once. There was some funny parts which made me smile and in all, it was enjoyable.

I was initially drawn to Pineapple Street by the cover. I started the book awhile back after it started off slow and came back and finished it this week. It continued to be slow for the first half of the book. That was the first disappointment for me. The second disappointment was the lack of depth of the characters. Maybe they just seemed unrelatable to me; I'm an ethic female whose family immigrated to Canada and never had a lot of wealth, so my empathy for the struggles the characters have is limited. I actually told my co-workers this book sounded very "white & privileged" to me, something I don't really comment on often.

It's about a wealthy family and focuses on the two daughters and their sister in law's points of view. The sisters have grown up having generational wealth. They went to school, finished their degrees, but haven't really struggled before, This book shares their struggles. For the oldest sister, Daley, it's in the form of a job loss; her husband never signed the pre-nup, so their standard of living is at risk the longer he's unemployed. For the younger sister, Georgina, its in the form of a loss of someone she grows close to. The story of Sasha, the sister-in law, it's about feeling not part of the family and like an outsider. It doesn't help that her sister in laws refer to her as the "gold digger" and generally don't assume the best of her.

I'm a bookseller and I don't think this is a title I would recommend. Maybe other people will find it relatable and enjoy it, but it just wasn't for me.
#indigoemployee

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

Read this if you want an inside look at how a monied family behaves and thinks. It's a pretty good read with some good character development.

I really enjoyed it and definitely look forward to reading more from this author.

It is a delightful witty debut novel!
I’ve been posting some quotes in my stories while reading just because it is so good and funny. Usually I don’t bookmark my books, there are not too many quotes to be that memorable but here it was every couple pages - some smart remark or hilarious dialogue which you want to screenshot and share with your besties.
The story is told through the lens of three absolutely different female characters and all of them have their very distinct voices and a story. They are not perfect (Georgina was very annoying at many points) and you can empathise with most mistakes they make (again, Georgina behaviour was not something I can relate or excuse but so there are people in real life like that, Sasha was my favourite).
Small details were outstanding - you can taste food (and google some unfamiliar names), see their cluttered luxurious interiors and fancy clothes.And you really want to walk Pineapple Street and see it through a lens of these characters

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing a copy of Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson in exchange for an honest review. This book centres around the Stockton family, headed by parents Chip and Tilda. An old money family who made their fortune in New York real estate, they still live in Brooklyn Heights and more specifically on Pineapple Street. This book is about money, class, and privilege and the ways in which these impact relationships both in and outside of the family. Darley left a successful job to raise her children. Marrying for love, she gives up her inheritance refusing to have a prenuptial agreement. Cord marries Sasha, who his sisters call “the gold digger” behind her back due to her middle-class upbringing and erroneously believing she refused to sign a prenup. Georgiana, falls in love with her co-worker who shouldn’t have been available to her and finds purpose when things don’t go as planned. Darley, Sasha, and Georgiana all take turns narrating this story. When Cord and Sasha inherit the Pineapple Street home, the ties that bind this family together are so tightly wound that Sasha struggles to feel like she truly belongs and these people are “not my family”, even if only said in jest. Since we only learn about Cord from his wife and sisters’ perspectives, we see how hard it is to break barriers of family traditions, class, and struggle to fit-in to this world while still being yourself. All three women somehow find their way past the expectations of the traditional upper-class family and find happiness on their own terms. At times funny, at times frustrating, and at times full of heart, this book is perfect for those who enjoy reading about family drama and women not being defined by their upbringing.

This was definitely what I’d call an escapist read. I was always excited to pick it up and disappear into another world (granted, that world was located 30 miles from my house!). I know that the lesson of the book is that money doesn’t yield happiness, but man did this book make me yearn for a couple of mill. But def an easy read and a great palette cleanser!

I loved this book! I can totally see this as a popular streaming series. The characters are not particularly likeable, and not a lot happens in the book, but I could not tear myself away from it. It reminded me of Sally Rooney’s books but set in NYC. I have a feeling this book will be extremely popular, and possibly polarizing, but definitely a conversation starter. I definitely recommend this!

Thanks to Net Galley and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read the AC of this novel by Jenny Jackson.
I give it 4 stars and a big thumbs up. Great Read. It caught me by surprise , not my usual genre but I found it very addictive . She tells the story of old Family money, from the different perspective of each generation. If you marry in to it, or are born in to it. The younger generation start to question this "old" money and what it means to them and world at large. Read it , you wont be disappointed

Sadly I wasn’t a fan…

The entire time reading, I kept thinking to myself: “What is the actual point of this story? Where’s the author going with this?”

And in the end, the story was a snooze with zero climax and I finished the book realizing that I won’t remember it next week.

Too bad it seems that the hype around this novel was driven because the author was a supposed mega person in the writing/editing world (which I know not much about).

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my complimentary eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Please excuse my tardiness in posting my review.

My TBR list is continuously growing and I keep finding so many amazing books being requested + added to my pile!
So much gratitude for this copy shared with me, always xo

I quite enjoyed this family saga of the one percent. I don't know exactly WHY I liked it so much, considering how awful, bratty and unlikable the majority of characters are and honestly who gives a F about rich people and their champagne problems—but there was something about the lot on Pineapple Street that made me chug along devouring this book quickly and end it fully satisfied. Jenny Jackson did an excellent job of setting the three main female protagonists up with their own POVs, juxtaposing them with each other, to get a full picture of all the miscommunications, misunderstandings and family biases that play against each other in a dysfunctional and WASPish family.

Pineapple Street features The Stocktons: Darley, Georgiana and recently inducted middle-class sister-in-law Sasha. When Sasha and her husband Cord move into the recently vacated Stockton family home on Pineapple Street (and are barred from changing a single thing, DEAR) Sasha realizes she'll never feel at home in a family that secretly refers to her as the gold digger. Meanwhile younger sister Georgiana is flirting with the romantic tragedy of her life and growing a conscience about the insane amount of money she's sitting on in her trust. Older sister Darley, now a stay at home mom, wrestles with the life she's chosen and then her own financial decisions when her husband loses his job. And above it all the matriarch Tilda Stockton swans around making everyone feel hilariously subpar. She was amazing I want to see her played by Meryl Streep in a movie.

I really liked Jackson's writing style, it was tight, comedic and somehow hit the perfect note of judgmental empathy. We're not meant to feel sorry for these assholes, but the character growth is there and so is the humour. Also, the marriages in this book are real romance goals. I loved them. I couldn't help rooting for each woman when it was her turn to lead the story, even though, objectively, they were all kind of the worst.

Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House for the review copy in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this family saga. I really enjoyed seeing the relationships between family members from each sides especially Georgiana, Darley and Sasha. I did find the character of Georgiana extremely spoiled and selfish but I am aware that was probably the point the author was going for and she did redeem herself in the end. I do thinkmy favorite character was Cord and I was really rooting for him and Sasha. I was glad they had their happily ever after. I read another review that wrote about how they disliked that nothing really happened in this book but I think that was one of the things I enjoyed the most. It was just a good story about the relationships between family members and especially how those relationships work between a wealthy family. I really liked this book.

Pineapple Street. is a book that is very aptly named. Pineapple in the dictionary has many meanings other than a delicious fruit that is a challenge to determine its ripeness. In this book, the other definitions of pineapple meaning welcoming and hospitable is almost antithetical to what goes on in a family of wealthy social class. Yet another definition indicates imperialism or capitalism. All the meanings are appropriate for this book which is very well written. Parents who are both from means and who have bequeathed trust funds for all three of their children. Three adult children: one who is finding herself and decides that she does not belong and needs to do something that is of greater good; a second who is oblivious to class differences such that he marries 'beneath' him and whose wife is accused of being a 'GD' -- gold digger; and another daughter who had passed over her substantial trust into her children's hands before her whole world that she knew and grew up in faded away. The writing is excellent; the pace is fast moving. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and it gave me plenty to think about afterwards.

Because of events in my own life, it took me a little bit of time to get into this book. But once I did I was hooked. It’s been a long time since a book has enticed me to stay up past when I should be going to bed and it was a welcome feeling. That was how I spent my childhood until I graduated high school and real life got in the way of escaping to books. What a nice change of pace to fall completely into a book.

Pineapple Street is the story of a family and how they each cope with personal challenges. There’s a wife who never felt accepted by her husband’s family, a daughter too embarrassed to tell her parents her husband lost his job, a younger sister struggling with loss, and a brother caught in the middle. The book is told from three different perspectives which I loved. Each chapter is told from a different person’s perspective, the two sisters and the sister-in-law. I’m naturally a curious person and always wondering why someone did or said something, fictional or not, so it was a relief when something happened and I knew in the upcoming chapters I’d find out what everyone thought about it. I thought the pacing was spot on and didn’t feel the story lagged in any spot.

I’ve been working in nonprofits for most of my adult years and was thrilled to see an accurate portrayal of one. It’s not too often grant writers or members of marketing get to be a named character. Yes there were the important program staff who are the legs of the operation, but the admin staff were also shown centre stage without being shamed for how much they get paid. When the chapters followed Georgia, I couldn’t help but compare her office to mine. The things she and her colleagues discussed or worried about, being trained to watch every dollar spent, going to conferences, and throwing elegant galas/benefits (without spending too much money). This portrayal really struck me while reading the book - the author or someone they know has obviously spent time working in a nonprofit office.

10/10 would recommend to anyone who enjoys contemporary fiction and family drama. You’ll feel a whole range of emotions towards the characters but in the end feel satisfied where they end up (or at least I did).

Sadly I was unable to finish this book. It felt like it was lacking a plot and I just kept waiting for something to happen.

The synopsis sounded so great and I had high expectations but sadly I had to DNF this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this ebook

The Stocktons are an affluent family in New York, the kids Georginia, Cord and Darley and have always enjoyed the finer things in life. Each of them have grown up and lived vary different lives in that Cord has married Sasha and have three kids, Darley is also married to Malcom and they have kids and Georginia is single and still looking for love. The book tells the story of their lives and their relationships with each other. Each chapter switches from the POV of Georginia and Darley and they experience.

This book was outside my typical genre but there was so much hype around it I was excited to read it. I would say the beginning started off a bit slow for me but as I kept reading it hooked me more and more. I got more invested in the characters as the story went on and wanted to see what would happen. Overall, there isn’t much to this book and not a lot really happens. I enjoyed Georginia’s storyline the best and found her relationship with Brady fascinating. This one was average for me but I do think many readers would enjoy it and should give it a try.

I have mixed feelings about this book. There were things I liked and things I didn’t like. It’s very character driven, and for the most part I didn’t care much about the characters and what would happen to them. There were parts of the story that were funny, and kept me engaged however, I didn’t relate to most of the characters (other than Sasha). Most likely because they’re all centred around an incredibly wealthy family in New York, which is not remotely close to my life! Overall it was somewhat enjoyable, I just think this book was not meant for me! The ending was also lack lustre and a bit forgettable.

Thank you NetGalley for the arc!