The Five-Star Weekend
Books | Fiction / Women
4.3
(130)
Elin Hilderbrand
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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Author
Elin Hilderbrand
Pages
384
Publisher
Little Brown
Published Date
2024-02-13
ISBN
0316259187 9780316259187
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"Quick enjoyable book. A great book about friendship. All the characters were unique. "
Courtney W
"Beloved food blogger Hollis’ organizes a weekend with her closest friends from different periods of her life and her daughter with whom she has a tense relationship whilst grieving her husband’s death. There was a lot to keep track of with this book. A lot of characters with a lot of conflicts and histories. Usually books like this lose me because I’m unable to keep up, but the pace and reiteration in this book made it easier. With that being said, I found this book to be a little boring. It’s a nice light read for someone if they need to break things up after a heavier book but it just didn’t stand out for me. 3/5"
Krystyn
"What a fun, quick read! Just what I needed for the beach. It also gave me a GREAT idea for my upcoming big birthday!! Men will loathe this book. Upbeat and keeps moving. I don’t think I’ve read anything by Elin Hilderbrand before. I’m not rushing out immediately to do so but I certainly would do it again."
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Chris Brown
"Entertaining. Great writing, intertwining loves, great characters, great stories over decades. A fun listen. "
Sharon Delaney
"Such a cute book. The only reason I gave it 3 stars and not 4 is because at times it was confusing. They switched from one characters point of view to another’s without warning. "
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Sabrina
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Rachel Joy
"just dumb. "
alex
"I kept seeing and hearing about this author so I decided to try out one of her books! I picked up this one because it was available at my library. But I wasn’t really getting the right vibes for this book and found it dull while also being too much. There were so many characters to keep track of as well as all their different backgrounds and how they were connected to the main character. The story itself was okay, I was waiting for it to pick up and get better but it never did. The concept of the 5-star weekend was cool though, so I wish it had played out better. 2.75/5 ⭐️"
Sophie
"A typical Elon Hilderbrand book….easy beach read that’s relatively predictable and ends the way the reader wants!"
Heidi Oneil
"Not my typical read and pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. A quick easy read. Easy to get into the story and characters. Enjoyed the style of writing."
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