Fall Reading Challenge: The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle (Jaclyn’s Review)

 

The Dinner List
written by Rebecca Serle
published by Flatiron Books, 2018

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book as part of the Fall Reading Challenge hosted by BookSparks.

Did I enjoy this book? I liked this book! This is a topic that seemingly everyone talks about, but this is the first time I’ve seen the idea actually turned into a book. The main character has made a list of the five people, living or dead, whom she would like to have dinner with. On her 30th birthday, she walks into a restaurant to find all five of them waiting for her. This was well written and well researched (since Audrey Hepburn is one of the dinner guests). This was a great book.

 

Would I recommend it? Absolutely! This was a great read, and I really enjoyed it.

 

 

About the book – from Goodreads: 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 within 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.

Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, The Dinner List is a romance for our times. Bon appetit.

 

 

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** This post first appeared on Every Free Chance Books (everyfreechance.com) on November 27, 2018.