The Dinner List
by Rebecca Serle
ARC - Release Date September 11, 2018
Rating (1-5) - 📘📘📘📘📘Genre -Romantic Comedy, Coming of Age, Metaphysical
Format - Paperback
Pages - 273
*Blurb*
“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 with in 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.
*Review*
Who would your 5 be?
The book starts out as Sabrina finds herself sitting down with the 5 people she wanted to have dinner with....dead or alive. The chapters go back and forth between the dinner itself and Sabrina's life with the guests. It is very easy to follow along with and the chapters are very short which I prefer.
Though I don't find this book to have suspense, twists or romance.....I can't stop reading it. I am curious what will happen when dinner is over. The main part of her life that is being discussed during dinner is her relationship with Tobia. Is this all a dream, will anyone remember what happened or will time reverse so that they can fix any errors they made in their life (ok, I guess you could say it has suspense). There were definitely some situations that I was not expecting and I really felt for Sabrina. The whole time I was reading and hoping that they were going to be able to change the past and wind up in a better future after dinner. I was
The only thing I didn't quite understand was why Conrad was there. Maybe I missed it, but I don't see what made him important enough in her to for her to choose him. Still it recommend this book. It isn't like any other than I've read. Props to the Author.
