Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

41 reviews

l6zarras's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nicolestegall's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love to visit Nantucket in my reading. This is probably my favorite Elin Hilderbrand book yet! I enjoyed the way the female friendships in this book were portrayed. There are definitely some difficult circumstances and hard topics, but I believe they are handled very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual harassment

brielowrey's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This book could have been good. The story was a good idea. 
I only liked one of the characters, maybe two. Most were not lovable nor relatable. All were selfish.
The end was rushed and felt unfinished. 
There was a random narrator at the very beginning and randomly popped up, and we never find out who it is. Also, the dog has a narrative ?… but only 430~ pages in and once. It didn’t drive the plot or thought process at all.
The whiplash from the back and forth between the present and past! It was almost hard to keep up with. Tried too hard to have a weaving dynamic of characters.
I really wanted to like it but it felt like a superfluous read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

wangela's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

hellosarahpham's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Car accident

lisamcc9's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

theabee's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Car accident

angietaurus's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Ok story about a widow who invites 4 friends to a girls weekend. 
A big cast of characters, all wildly different. Lots of flash backs. Lots of drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Death of parent

samcanuel's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

What a delightful tale of the drama amongst a group of women on Nantucket! I wish I was drinking a margarita on a beach while reading this. The premise was really interesting and well executed. All of the characters were fleshed out and felt like real women. There were turns every other chapter that kept me hooked!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content