2024 the best elin hilderbrand books review
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket: After tragedy strikes, food blogger Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket.
Hollis Shaw’s life seems picture-perfect. She’s the creator of the popular food blog Hungry with Hollis and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, he leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis’s perfect life—her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline—grow deeper.
So when Hollis hears about something called a “Five-Star Weekend”—one woman organizes a trip for her best friend from each phase of her life: her teenage years, her twenties, her thirties, and midlife—she decides to host her own Five-Star Weekend on Nantucket. But the weekend doesn’t turn out to be a joyful Hallmark movie.
The husband of Hollis’s childhood friend Tatum arranges for Hollis’s first love, Jack Finigan, to spend time with them, stirring up old feelings. Meanwhile, Tatum is forced to play nice with abrasive and elitist Dru-Ann, Hollis’s best friend from UNC Chapel Hill. Dru-Ann’s career as a prominent Chicago sports agent is on the line after her comments about a client’s mental health issues are misconstrued online. Brooke, Hollis’s friend from their thirties, has just discovered that her husband is having an inappropriate relationship with a woman at work. Again! And then there’s Gigi, a stranger to everyone (including Hollis) who reached out to Hollis through her blog. Gigi embodies an unusual grace and, as it happens, has many secrets.
The Five-Star Weekend is a surprising and captivating story about friendship, love, and self-discovery set on Nantucket. It will be a weekend like no other.
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Summer on Nantucket
Winter Bestsellers
ASIN : B0BQMH4631
Publisher : Little, Brown and Company (June 13, 2023)
Publication date : June 13, 2023
Language : English
File size : 2987 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 373 pages
Reviewer: Ride-A-Bike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Definitely a 5 Star-rating for "The Five-Star Weekend"
Review: This is a light, easy read, perfect for vacation time at the beach (which is where I read it). The plot revolves around the main character, Hollis, inviting her daughter and four other friends/acquaintances for a "Girls Out" weekend on Nantucket. With food and drink and boating and pool and beach time and shopping and nightclub dancing and top-rated restaurants and an uninvited guest and all the drama of each invitee . . . well what could go wrong?? It's a page-turning whirlwind weekend with very well-developed characters so you'll feel the emotion of each person's stories and secrets. The author even cleverly inserts several plugs for her novel, "The Hotel Nantucket," at the right times and places. It's as positive a novel as the title of the final chapter (not Epilogue) suggests. My only sadness-when I finished. You'll love "The Five-Star Weekend!!"
Reviewer: A. Austin
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wish there was a 4 1/2 star rating
Review: This was my favorite of the Elin Hilderbrand books I have read - such a variety of interesting characters, a story that build throughout and has some interesting well written side stories that all contribute. Not quite a 5 star for me, but I wish I could give it 4 1/2 stars. A wonderful summer read!
Reviewer: sisweeks
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A wonderful read
Review: This book is it one that you just canât put down but it is a wonderful story about a friend, who is a famous food blogger, and brings together four friends from different times in life for a five star weekend. They each have woes in life that are revealed in the story. This would be a great beach read. Well written.
Reviewer: Lucky Star
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great summer read
Review: I liked the development of charaters and how the story unfolds. It has fun twists, moments of empathy, and was a great escape from every day life.
Reviewer: Shalia Campbell
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great read!
Review: The friendships that the main character had with each lady except one. It was refreshing the different backgrounds of each of the women. The common denominator that they loved the main character. Even as grown women they still find the need to impress and show who is the favorite. The main character wanting to be loved again by her daughter. Needing the approval from her grown child. I can relate to that part. The mystery guest and what she turns out to be and represent to the main character. The main character has a heart of gold and is a true lady despite being pushed to her limit. It's shocking to still have some women being bullies at this age. Not being encouraging to one other. Kicking people when there down. The social status still being what leads instead of a person's heart and having a great spirit. I loved the book well written as always!
Reviewer: Karen Davidson
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great read!
Review: Really enjoyed. Light and interesting. Nothing exceptional about it but very good. Few twists and turns but nothing too much.
Reviewer: Carrie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Couldn't put it down!
Review: I loved this book. The in-depth characters, the dynamics between the women. The beautiful description of the setting, home and food. I wanted to be a star! Excellent read.
Reviewer: Blue lavender
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great characters.
Review: Elin Hilderbrand does it again! Light reading but fun with enough intrigue to hold my interest and love the all the descriptions of Nantucket Island. I typically read heavier, more serious novels so it's a nice break to spend a "weekend" on Nantucket.
Reviewer: Jilla Lonsdale
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Iâve loved EH from the day her first book was published but this one is pure gold. Read it and enjoy the brilliance of her character development and a plot that deepens with every page. This one is pure reading joy â¦
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The print of the book is pathetic. I have another book from the same writer that was bought from the US and it was so much better. Canât believe I wasted 700 rupees on this.
Reviewer: Mrs w
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Well written and great for escapism. Have read a few of the authorâs books now and this one does not disappoint.
Reviewer: Gill Brown
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I always love Elin Hilderbrand books and this was another great one. Itâs a great summer read or anytime read. You canât help but love the characters.
Reviewer: Karen
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Nice beach read that you can pick up and put down through out the day at the beach. I have enjoyed all of her other book just as much has this one
Customers say
Customers find the book great, easy, and light-hearted. They also appreciate the unique storyline and unexpected ending. Readers describe the characters as relatable, interesting, and compelling. They appreciate the good imagery about delicious food and beautiful beaches. They describe the book as entertaining and easy to put down. Additionally, customers say it's easy to like and care about the characters.
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