The book: set on one day over twenty years, the history of a relationship in snap shot. An entertaining light weight read, chick lit, a fluffy romance. Many felt that the book was written with a film in mind. Some thought it formulaic although others like it and thought the description of Dexter's meteoric rise and then fall into media land shadows, with the drugs, alcohol and shallow wife, was very realistic. Critics who couldn't make it: Alison - hated it! The promised HEA never happened and she felt cheated! Cindy - thought it started well, but it became clichéd, fluffy and disappointing. It was an entertaining read, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good book club read.
Words to describe it: funfair goldfish, tale of our times, strangely familiar, predictable, easy read/light, chick lit/flick, non- committal, enthralling.
Marks out of 10 - between 3 - 9: so a book that split the group in it's enjoyment levels and didn't generate much discussion.
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Thursday 9th June
at
128 Harbord Street (Amanda & Peter's)
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Next Meeting
Thursday 9th June
at
128 Harbord Street (Amanda & Peter's)
