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wonder_in's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
kreadtin's review against another edition
3.75
This was ok. It wasn’t super memorable, but I do have some stand-out lines that really resonated with me and my own situation. I feel a little mirrored to Gwyn and could understand how she felt and what was going on with her and Thomas.
lkthomas07's review against another edition
3.0
Eh. I mean, I liked the setting and the characters - and it was an interesting concept. But there just wasn’t enough meat here to make this that good.
[PopSugar Challenge 2023: a book about divorce]
Read flying to Aswan from Cairo, and between Aswan & Abu Simbel.
[PopSugar Challenge 2023: a book about divorce]
Read flying to Aswan from Cairo, and between Aswan & Abu Simbel.
emilyisreading2024's review against another edition
3.0
Based on the title and the cover, I expected this to be a light and fluffy "chick lit" type book. I don't mean that to be disparaging; I like that type of book sometimes. In any event, I was surprised to find that this book was more serious and thoughtful than I had imagined it would be. I really enjoyed the stories of both Gwn and Maggie. I thought it was a little unlikely that Nate would try to hide so much, but maybe I'm just naive. I liked reading about the women's internal struggles and their decision-making processes. This was my favorite passage: "You can do the work to honor what you created, or you don’t. But if you don’t, you get to the same point with the next person, don’t you? You get to the same point, the same questioning, until you push through it. Until you are brave enough to not expect anyone else to see in you what you can’t see in yourself."
k_cavacini's review against another edition
3.0
While I enjoyed The Divorce Party I didn't like it as much as Dave's previous novel, London is the Best City in America. I didn't feel as interested in the characters or as involved in the story. I still enjoy Dave as an author and will definitely read other books by her.
pinksy's review against another edition
2.0
Sadly this book was no where near as good as I’d hoped for.
It just didn’t grip me and there were too many characters and things going on, I just didn’t feel like it tied together well. Real shame
It just didn’t grip me and there were too many characters and things going on, I just didn’t feel like it tied together well. Real shame
jaesting's review against another edition
5.0
The Divorce Part by Laura Dave is one of the best books I have read in awhile. You know a book is good when it only takes me 3 days to read it!
The whole book takes place in one day. Maggie is about to meet her future in-laws at their Divorce Party. Yes, Divorce Party. The couple, Gwyn and Thomas, is throwing in the towel after nearly 35 years of marriage. Thomas has found religion (or at least that is his version of him growing apart from his wife) and doesn’t see Gwyn as part of his journey into Buddhism. Gwyn decides the throw a Divorce Party to celebrate the end of the relationship and the beginning of their new futures.
Then we have Maggie and Nate, Gwyn and Thomas’ son. Newly engaged, about to start a restaurant business of their own, and head over heels for each other. Maggie has been a commitment phobe her whole life mostly because of the traumatic experience of her mother walking out on her when she was younger. Maggie hangs in there through each revealed secret until Nate’s sister Georgia spills the biggest secret of Nate’s past. I didn’t blame Maggie for second guessing her entire relationship and future with Nate at that point. I don’t want to give any spoilers because I want you to go devour the book like I did but you will discover just how clever Gwyn is as her story unravels to the very end.
The story is told by alternating back and forth between Maggie and Gwyn. I love the way Laura Dave writes. Page after page the back story of these two women are told as secrets are revealed about each man and how Maggie and Gwyn are seeing their lives unfold before them. Dave is a very gifted story teller. She keeps you hanging at the end of every chapter. You do have to read chapter in succession because they build upon each other. Dave makes you feel as if you are right there at the side of each character watching the story unfold. It is the way these 2 women analyze their lives(past, present and future) that makes the reader get sucked in.
I highly recommend this book for a lazy weekend when you can shut off the phone, grab a cup of coffee and relax with a good story!
Laura Dave is the author of London is the Best City in America, which was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Self Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Redbook, and The New York Observer. She lives in New York City; visit her online at lauradave.com. The rights to the story to be made into a movie were bought by Jennifer Aniston’s production company!!!!
The whole book takes place in one day. Maggie is about to meet her future in-laws at their Divorce Party. Yes, Divorce Party. The couple, Gwyn and Thomas, is throwing in the towel after nearly 35 years of marriage. Thomas has found religion (or at least that is his version of him growing apart from his wife) and doesn’t see Gwyn as part of his journey into Buddhism. Gwyn decides the throw a Divorce Party to celebrate the end of the relationship and the beginning of their new futures.
Then we have Maggie and Nate, Gwyn and Thomas’ son. Newly engaged, about to start a restaurant business of their own, and head over heels for each other. Maggie has been a commitment phobe her whole life mostly because of the traumatic experience of her mother walking out on her when she was younger. Maggie hangs in there through each revealed secret until Nate’s sister Georgia spills the biggest secret of Nate’s past. I didn’t blame Maggie for second guessing her entire relationship and future with Nate at that point. I don’t want to give any spoilers because I want you to go devour the book like I did but you will discover just how clever Gwyn is as her story unravels to the very end.
The story is told by alternating back and forth between Maggie and Gwyn. I love the way Laura Dave writes. Page after page the back story of these two women are told as secrets are revealed about each man and how Maggie and Gwyn are seeing their lives unfold before them. Dave is a very gifted story teller. She keeps you hanging at the end of every chapter. You do have to read chapter in succession because they build upon each other. Dave makes you feel as if you are right there at the side of each character watching the story unfold. It is the way these 2 women analyze their lives(past, present and future) that makes the reader get sucked in.
I highly recommend this book for a lazy weekend when you can shut off the phone, grab a cup of coffee and relax with a good story!
Laura Dave is the author of London is the Best City in America, which was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Self Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Redbook, and The New York Observer. She lives in New York City; visit her online at lauradave.com. The rights to the story to be made into a movie were bought by Jennifer Aniston’s production company!!!!
casellce13's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
lyssey's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0