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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
Not the best. Narrator was terrible most of the time. Not the kind of story I enjoy but I had to finish it.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. It's been a while since I read a book that made me laugh out loud, this book did that and more, it was a perfect, refreshing fun chicklit read and I of course loved that the women involved in it were all members of the same book club. I especially loved how at the beginning of each chapter there are notes on various books, that the bookclub is reading or has read, these notes were so entertaining. As many suspect a bookclub isn't all about discussing books, sometimes it's about gossip and throwing shade. A perfect feel good read. #crimesagainstabookclub #kathycooperman #netgalley #goodreads #tea_sipping_bookworm #amazonaustralia #litsy #thestorygraph #chicklit #bookqueen #bookstagram
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Updated 2021
Wow, I don't know how I fell out of love with this book over four years and three or four readings, but it doesn't seem so spectacular anymore. In fact, the protagonists seem less heroic and more downright selfish—not to mention that Chloe is stereotypical, and it seemed like they were jumping to conclusions about Oscar!
Anyway, it's 3-3.5 stars now.
*****
Everything I hoped for...
I don't know what qualifies as a beach read, but this might be it. Two women putting their lives on the line so that they can protect their children--or even have any at all is one thing; to do it so cleverly and to have the absentee mother of one of the protagonists step in at the end just made it that much better. I don't remember the last time I read a book where I smiled all the way through the last two or three chapters.
Wow, I don't know how I fell out of love with this book over four years and three or four readings, but it doesn't seem so spectacular anymore. In fact, the protagonists seem less heroic and more downright selfish—not to mention that Chloe is stereotypical, and it seemed like they were jumping to conclusions about Oscar!
Anyway, it's 3-3.5 stars now.
*****
Everything I hoped for...
I don't know what qualifies as a beach read, but this might be it. Two women putting their lives on the line so that they can protect their children--or even have any at all is one thing; to do it so cleverly and to have the absentee mother of one of the protagonists step in at the end just made it that much better. I don't remember the last time I read a book where I smiled all the way through the last two or three chapters.
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was okay reading throughout, I liked the book references at the start of each chapter. But the ending just wasn't it for me, I don't know what I was expecting or whether I needed it written slightly differently but it suddenly became rushed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
After a few serious books, I needed a light read. This one met the need perfectly and surprised me at how entertaining it was.
Annie is a stay at home mom in a middle class suburb near a much more affluent one. She is delighted when a casual acquaintance invites her to a book club meeting in her luxury home. But Annie soon realizes that it is really an occasion for the well-to-do women to drink and gossip about their friends and nobody really reads the book.
Annie’s son is diagnosed with Autism and the school comes up with an intensive and expensive program of tutoring and therapy. Annie’s best friend since college is Sarah, who is tall, red-haired and drop dead gorgeous. Sarah is an attorney in a high pressure position. Sarah is also desperate to get pregnant but when she quits her job the money to continue the IVF treatments is suddenly gone. The two friends console each other and come up with a plan—Annie (research chemist) will manufacture an anti-aging cream that Sarah will create a myth of a French doctor with a secret herbal ingredient and sell these exclusive jars to the wealthy women of the book club for $2,000 each. But Annie wants her creation to be unique and to make the women feel better about themselves—solution—add a tiny amount of her brother’s cocaine stash. The inevitable happens and they are discovered. Chaos ensues.
I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this one. But I found myself chuckling all the way through. Both of the two main characters were likable but Sarah was the most likable and in the end the most sympathetic. Even the book club ladies get to be more likable as we get to know them and their individual circumstances. Each chapter is introduced with the title of a book and the opinion of the woman about it. Recommend to readers of humor, books-about-books, and book clubs.
Kind of a fun idea, but would have been better written by someone else. Narration all over the place, too hippity hoppity around to create a compelling enough arc. I kept reading because I wanted to know, and by god I am GOING to book club this month, but overall meh.