The Five-Star Weekend

Really basic writing that is not very creative. Felt very “real housewife”

Way too much girl drama. I generally like Hiderband’s books, this one, not so much. Predictable and silly.

Love this author, and this was a great book! Definitely something I would want to do with my own friends.

This book was refreshing, a great summer read. I enjoy Hilderbrand’s style of writing. I’ve read a few other books of hers and have liked them all about the same. She has a way of making her characters flawed in realistic ways. In this book (much like her others) you get five very different women brought together by a common thread and each is struggling with her life in some way though others may not see that from the outside. The different perspectives keep you turning the pages and makes the book fly by!

“The loneliest place in the world, she realizes, is between two other people.”

I absolutely love that I chose to listen to this book vs. read it on paper. I normally READ books. However if I had read this book, honestly I would not have finished it. I really love the characters and I really LOVED that I was able to HEAR their voices! It brought the book so MUCH more to LIFE!

Can we just talk about how much I LOVED poor Brook for a moment. I mean really girl, get it together!
This book made me feel like I was right in the middle of a season of Desperate Housewives of Orange County! I mean really it was just hilarious and full of depth at the same time.