5 words.
Frustrating
Heartbreaking
Imaginative
Tragic
Romantic
Frustrating, because the characters are self-absorbed and I couldn't connect with them.
Heartbreaking, because the whole plot is revolved around dinner with people who are dead or need to have the air cleared with the main character.
Imaginative, because who wouldn't want Audrey Hepburn at their dinner table? It's fun to imagine.
Tragic, because if the way some events unfold.
Romantic, because this dinner is about people who mean something to the main character, even if she has yet to sort out what that means.
I expected this to be a very lighthearted book, and it was anything but. When I think of the question "if you could invite any 5 people, living or dead, to dinner, who would it be?" I don't typically think of the question as something quite so.... dense. I think of people who I love and miss and want to see again, not try to figure out where everything went wrong.
This was a very fast, easy read. The content was much heavier and more emotional than I had expected. I was frustrated by all of the characters, and wanted things to turn out differently at some points, but overall, I agree with the way things ended. I didn't love this book as much as I had hoped I would. But then again, it wasn't at all what I expected either. And that is my fault, not the author's. Overall, the writing style was good and the story kept my attention. It took me about a day and a half to read because I needed to know what happened and how it ended.
I would recommend this book, however, I will definitely let the reader know this is not the lighthearted, whimsical story I had expected to read.
Frustrating
Heartbreaking
Imaginative
Tragic
Romantic
Frustrating, because the characters are self-absorbed and I couldn't connect with them.
Heartbreaking, because the whole plot is revolved around dinner with people who are dead or need to have the air cleared with the main character.
Imaginative, because who wouldn't want Audrey Hepburn at their dinner table? It's fun to imagine.
Tragic, because if the way some events unfold.
Romantic, because this dinner is about people who mean something to the main character, even if she has yet to sort out what that means.
I expected this to be a very lighthearted book, and it was anything but. When I think of the question "if you could invite any 5 people, living or dead, to dinner, who would it be?" I don't typically think of the question as something quite so.... dense. I think of people who I love and miss and want to see again, not try to figure out where everything went wrong.
This was a very fast, easy read. The content was much heavier and more emotional than I had expected. I was frustrated by all of the characters, and wanted things to turn out differently at some points, but overall, I agree with the way things ended. I didn't love this book as much as I had hoped I would. But then again, it wasn't at all what I expected either. And that is my fault, not the author's. Overall, the writing style was good and the story kept my attention. It took me about a day and a half to read because I needed to know what happened and how it ended.
I would recommend this book, however, I will definitely let the reader know this is not the lighthearted, whimsical story I had expected to read.