The Club: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

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Four women have participated in their monthly book club for 40 years, bonding over the suggested literature, and have become very good friends. One day, as they read Fifty Shades of Grey, they are intrigued by its content. Considering this a wake-up call, they decide to expand their lives and pursue pleasures that have eluded them.

The blurb reads, "At this club, if your name's on the list, you're not getting out..." Well, sort of. It's a "whodunnit" but you don't even know until near the end who is dead, which made it all a bit convoluted. The plot centers around a collection of celebrity member clubs across the world, dubbed "the Homes" where the rich and famous party hard without cell phones and fans. The Island Home, off the English coast, is the newest venture and CEO and founder, Ned Groom and his team have planned an exclusive three-day launch party, which is by far the most coveted A-list invite of the year. But behind the scenes, tensions are at breaking point. Ned is a narcissistic monster; his trusted assistant, Nikki, has a big secret she's been keeping for decades; Ned's younger brother, Adam, has sacrificed his marriage to be Ned's right-hand man but has been given an impossible ultimatum by his wife; the Head of Membership, Annie, keeps the world's most spoiled celebrities entertained using any means necessary, but at a personal cost; and the Head of Housekeeping, Jess, has ulterior motives spanning years prior to the launch. Within a day, bodies start piling up, and all the dirty secrets come to light, despite desperate measures taken to keep them hidden. This masterly thriller from the pseudonymous Lloyd effectively delays revealing who among the large cast of characters has died violently...Lloyd (husband-and-wife writing team Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos) makes the reader care about even unappealing characters, and the payoff is completely satisfying. Fans of Ruth Ware's One by One will be riveted." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) The story is told from multiple POVs using the third person narration. There is Jess, who is among the housekeeping staff. Adam, who is the CEO’s brother (Ned), Annie, who is responsible for memberships and later becomes the acting CEO, and Nikki, the personal assistant of Ned. The book has many other characters and needs some focusing so you won’t feel lost. For the size of the book, I do think that there were far more characters than required. As with the vast majority of books that cover celebrities, the rich and famous, and how they spend their leisure time, this is trope and stereotype full, and doesn't really show any real evidence that the writer Ellery Lloyd is a pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team. This book feels like an OK daytime TV movie with no real surprises but with interesting enough (stereotype) characters that make it worth watching/reading. 4 out of 12, Two Star read... time to walk... Every book club is different. When you Google “book club books,” you’re hit with a ton of options. Buzzworthy new releases. Popular “it” books of the season. Literary fiction, romance, mystery, the list goes on. While they may be wide-ranging, they all have on goal in common: to get your members talking.

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Listened to this one on audio, which had its pros and cons. The narrator, Tamaryn Payne, did an okay job at keeping the story moving and attempting to give each POV character a distinct voice. Her American accents were a bit stilted, but overall not awful. The biggest problem--there are WAY TOO MANY POV CHARACTERS. It's not Payne's fault there are so many and that they are virtually indistinguishable from each other. I couldn't keep the PA separated from the head of housekeeping separated from this or that celebrity, nor could I keep which bad person did what bad thing to whichever other bad person. There was not really one redeemable character in the bunch and I couldn't tell who was really who by the end and I didn't care (see above). Film and Television Tax Credit Program Program 2.0 (PDF) (Report). California Film Commission. p.9. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2017 . Retrieved October 4, 2018. This was quite an entertaining read for me. The characters were very interesting, their different motives were fascinating. The atmosphere and the setting both were superb. The pacing is the only downside of the story. I think the authors (Husband & Wife) did a pretty good job. As tempers fray and behavior worsens, as things get more sinister by the hour and the body count piles up, some of Island Home's members will begin to wish they'd never made the guest list.

Comedy 'Book Club' Due on Digital Aug. 14, Disc Aug. 28 – Media Play News". Media Play News. July 11, 2018 . Retrieved July 13, 2018. Reese Witherspoon has her name in the credits of some of the most sparkling book-to-screen adaptations to date; including Wild, Big Little Lies, and Little Fires Everywhere. But her love for a great story extends beyond turning it into a hit series. As tempers fray and behavior worsens, as things get more sinister by the hour and the body count piles up, some of Island Home’s members will begin to wish they’d never made the guest list. In November 2017, Paramount Pictures acquired U.S., UK and France distribution rights to the film. [11] It was released on May 18, 2018. [12] Book Club was released on Digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD in August 2018. [13] [14] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] From the author of People Like Her comes a smart and sinister murder mystery set in the secretive world of exclusive celebrity clubs.

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