I disagree, at least to a point. The passive-aggressive 'my friend attempted suicide, and she's a lot like me' line (I forget exactly how it went) was unnecessary, along with that thing she said about how her father 'does things that affect her life, but it doesn't seem to bother him', but I still think it was completely understandable, and small potatoes when compared to Nick's behavior. Her father married her mother because he thought she would be useful to him, and he cheated on his wife throughout the marriage. Then he abruptly dumps Anne and marries a woman who, nice as she is, is essentially taking her mother's place in his life, and who is nearly young enough to be her older sister.
The way I see it, Lisa is about 19, and so is considered an adult. As such, she is allowed to voice her opinions, whether they're right or not. She is allowed to resent her father. She is allowed to resent Ginny's presence. Going to college is a huge change, and her father's behavior didn't help. I also noticed that Lisa was at least civil towards Ginny, and only took out her feelings on her father, who (as far as I'm concerned) richly deserved it.
Personally, I liked Ginny. I can understand why it took the rest of the group a little while to warm up to her, but they clearly liked and accepted her in the end, and regretted the way they acted towards her. On the other hand, the loud sex on the boat was...yeah. I wouldn't be too impressed with the two of them after losing more than one night's sleep over it! Other than that and the nude swimming, she was a great character, and it showed. Her husband, on the other hand? Total dirtbag.
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