Review: Are we all to placid?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
I rarely if ever read horror books.  I love a real English mystery and reading about how the English people perceive Americans.  The characters in this book moved from a small flat in London to a gated community in America where there was no rain, only perpetual sun.  They are greeted with warmth and graciousness and it is only after they get settled in do they begin to feel that all of this quick friendship and placid behavior has something dark behind it,. I found reinforcement for my attitude about quick friendships from this book and the realization that too much warmth and smiles often belies what is behind them. I know two of our current candidates for mayor in new york because of personal interaction and both are nasty egoists.  I think that everyone has to look behind the placid facades and recognize that.  If you find friends who question the world and will even put up a battle now and then you have a chance at having friends no matter how much older or younger they are.