finished reading

This is a much-hyped book.  But I don't get the hype.  It's the story of a 1% family, the wealthiest of the wealthy who are discovering that maybe their uber wealth isn't as desirable as it once was.  The narrative shifts between the pretentious voices of the Stockton family: Darley, the eldest daughter who has given up her career in finance to be a mother; Georgiana, the youngest of the family who is an oblivious brat; and Sasha, the interloper who married Cord--Darley and Georgiana's brother.  Remarkably, they are unaware of their elitism and snobbery.  I didn't connect with any of the characters.

This book didn't work for me.  It is a light, summery read but there isn't really anything going on.  I didn't feel like it was a commentary on elitism, it seemed like a glimpse into it.  

From the publisher:

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully guarded, old-money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and inheritance for motherhood, sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. Sasha, middle-class and from New England, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider, wondering how she might ever understand their WASP-y ways. Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t (and really shouldn’t) have and must confront the kind of person she wants to be.

Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart escapist novel that sparkles with wit. It’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots and everything in between, and the insanity of first love.