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Formerly the Orangecrest Women's Book Club, this club has been meeting regularly since 2008. We are a very casual club and welcome all women readers.

Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend: A Novel

"Worst Vacation Ever--Five Stars, Would Recommend." -- Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House

White Lotus meets Kevin Wilson in this whip-smart social satire about a man who finds himself trapped on an island resort after the sun explodes, and suddenly must choose whether to save himself from the chaos, or help the fellow guests make it off the island alive...

Vacation Checklist: Pack swim trunks. Apply sunscreen. Survive the apocalypse?

Professional underachiever Dan Foster is finally taking a vacation. Sure, his life has been average at best, and yeah, he's never quite lived up to his potential. But after a few Miller Lites in paradise with his girlfriend, Mara, things are starting to look up.

Then the sun explodes.

With the island resort suddenly plunged into darkness (he really should've sprung for the travel insurance), Dan's holiday goes from bad to worse when elite guests stage a coup and commandeer supplies. As temperatures drop and class tensions rise, revolution begins to brew on the island, and Dan accidentally becomes a beacon of hope for the surviving vacationers. But when one six-person plane is discovered that could get them back to the mainland, Dan realizes he has a choice to make.

Does he escape the island with Mara? Or does he stay and fight to become the most unlikely hero of the end of the world?

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384 pages

Average rating: 6.8

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SharonLooksAtBooks
Oct 24, 2024
8/10 stars
What I Liked: A witty dystopian satire about the chaos that happens to vacationers on an island resort in the Bahamas, after the sun explodes. What I Disliked: The cute book cover and clever title somewhat spoiled the suspense. I was sure there would be a happy ending.

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