Synopsis
We’ve been waiting for an hour. That’s what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering on cursive. That’s the thing I think first. Not: Audrey Hepburn is at my birthday dinner, but Audrey Hepburn is annoyed.
At one point or another, we’ve all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends within her utterly captivating novel, The Dinner List, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day,and the life-changing romance of Me Before You.
When Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also three significant people from her past, and well, Audrey Hepburn. As the appetizers are served, wine poured, and dinner table conversation begins, it becomes clear that there’s a reason these six people have been gathered together.
Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, The Dinner List is a romance for our times. Bon appetit.
At one point or another, we’ve all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends within her utterly captivating novel, The Dinner List, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day,and the life-changing romance of Me Before You.
When Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also three significant people from her past, and well, Audrey Hepburn. As the appetizers are served, wine poured, and dinner table conversation begins, it becomes clear that there’s a reason these six people have been gathered together.
Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, The Dinner List is a romance for our times. Bon appetit.
My Thoughts:
I really loved the premise of this book. I mean who wouldn’t
want to read about a character who gets to choose any five people, dead or
alive, to have dinner with. We all ask
ourselves this question or have been asked by others at some point in our lives.
Disclaimer: I listened to the audiobook which
was narrated by the author herself.
While her voice was lovely, she expressed little to no emotion at all while
speaking making it very difficult to feel what the characters were feeling. I
then tried to read the physical book. It
was better but not by much.
Again, while
the premise stayed strong, the characters fell flat for me as did the
flashbacks to the main character and her love interest’s past. I will say I
enjoy the side characters more than the main characters. Conrad was
delightful. Audrey was more boring than
I had expected her to. Jessica is where
my heart went to. She was a strong
character who kept being pushed aside because of the main characters selfish tendencies. All in all, it was a struggle to finish the
book but as it was for book club, I pushed myself to not DNF it.
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