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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
slow-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i’ll give it a 4 star weekend. had a clean ending. covered a lot of hard topics in a sophisticated and heartwarming manner. obviously love the nantucket depictions. all i can say is.. hollis is MUCH better than me- i would’ve been on the news!
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Elin Hilderbrand is my guilty pleasure author and The Five-Star Weekend provided me with my summer book palate cleanser this year. Following the death of her husband, Matthew, Hollis plans a weekend with four friends from each stage of her life to spend a weekend with her at her Nantucket summer house. However, it’s not going to be just the fun weekend Hollis expects, as all her friends have secrets they’re hiding from her. I found each character to be distinct from the others and I liked the concept of the book but I wish the synopsis hadn’t revealed so much, as the secrets turned out to be less juicy than I anticipated, especially the reveals. I’m actually annoyed about the ending because I found it very tragic how Gigi was treated, even though, in my opinion, what she did wasn’t as bad as what Matthew did, yet he was given redemption (I don’t care that he’s dead to be honest). I think Caroline should have discovered her father's nasty cheating, even though she might not have cared, since she was also involved in an affair herself (like father, like daughter lol) but at least that might have made her more sympathetic towards her mother. But, maybe not since she was an entitled brat. Plus, are we forgetting that Hollis was also emotionally cheating? Something about that ending felt sooo icky to me because it was undeserved.