robinhigdon's review against another edition
2.0
finished this book only because it was all i had to listen to. would not recommend.
kerrireads32's review against another edition
1.0
Normally I enjoy Jane Green but this was a disaster. The plot was either completely predictable or just whiny and annoying about not being rich anymore. I couldn't stand the third person point of view that was used, and how often it switched from character to character. It distracted from the story. I finished the book, thinking it would get better.
It didn't.
It didn't.
annalew22's review against another edition
3.0
Fairly predictable story about a woman going through a divorce and trying to figure out her life after marriage and going from a McMansion to a smaller home. It was an easy, light and fluffy read even though I was able to tell what was going to happen early on.
allysbookcorner23's review
4.0
Another great read from Jane Green. Her novels are a great go-to for me when I'm in a reading slump. They just bring a smile to my face, and get me emotionally involved in the characters and what is happening to them. She always has characters that have such a great girl friendship. The storyline of Dune Road did not disappoint with lovable characters and interesting events that just get you hooked. It's a great chick-flick in a book. Really enjoyed it, and I always have one of her novels on my bookshelf.
saba_ts's review
A great read. If you're trying to figure out how to get your life out of a bad place, this is a great story to inspire a new beginning.
lindaj's review
1.0
I wasted an Audible.com credit and 2 hours of listening time on this book. I am loathe to spend additional time detailing all the reasons I couldn't finish, so I'll just list some.
1. Flimsy (no) plot.
2. Shallow characters.
3. Trite phrasing - is there a computer program available to authors that spews out whole canned sentences or paragraphs after being given a few prompts (divorced woman meets handsome slightly mysterious man at her yoga class)?
I was looking for something a little lighter but made a bad choice with this one.
1. Flimsy (no) plot.
2. Shallow characters.
3. Trite phrasing - is there a computer program available to authors that spews out whole canned sentences or paragraphs after being given a few prompts (divorced woman meets handsome slightly mysterious man at her yoga class)?
I was looking for something a little lighter but made a bad choice with this one.
saras's review
1.0
What are the odds that a person would have two unrelated con artists show up in her life? Luckily she has several true-blue and perceptive friends. I finished it to see what happened, and it was rather ridiculous.
erraticelle's review
3.0
This was not my favorite of Jane Green's novels. The plot lines were overly fantastical with far too many things going on at once. Though she does manage to develop the characters well and keeps each separate plot line moving well, the story becomes far too unrealistic and it just gets overwhelmed with activity and unfortunate events and circumstances. I found this novel to be more juvenile than her other books due to plot and story development, though the writing style seems more progressive than her prior novels. It was a very fast read, which I think saved it somewhat. Had the plot line slowed at all I think this may have been a book I put down. In fact, the quick moving plot and attention to detail are the only things that saved this book for me and bumped it from two stars to three. If I didn't have a history of reading Jane Green's novels and didn't know what she is capable of, I don't know that I would read another one after this.