Review: Dinner Party by Tracy Bloom

Three couples take turns hosting a monthly dinner party. The three women have been close friends for a long time. Their husbands aren't as close. Unexpectedly there is an unattached male introduced into the group at one of the dinner parties by one of the husbands. The interactions at that dinner party and afterward for up to a year make up the story, the good and the bad.

The book bills itself as a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy. I didn't find it so funny. It seemed more of a dark kind of comedy to me. Overall, I give it 3 out of 5 stars. I liked it enough to read on to find out what happened to the characters, but not enough to seek out other books by the same author.

Dinner  Party by Tracy Bloom was released September 26th, 2018 from Bookouture.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions herein are my own and freely given.

Teaser Tuesday: Dinner Party by Tracy Bloom

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purplebooker.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Sometimes Beth felt like she was two people. There was the outside Beth who was capable, reliable, down-to-earth, productive, ready with a laugh and. of course, cuddly. Then there was the inside Beth. She had a constant monologue whispering in her ear: This isn't enough, you're not happy, there must be more to life than this, you're taken for granted, you look hideous, you must make people laugh so that they don't notice that you look hideous, you must look happy and content because why shouldn't you be, you are Beth, capable, reliable, down-to-earth, and of course, cuddly. (26% on my Kindle)

Dinner Party by Tracy Bloom was released September 21st, 2018 from Bookouture.

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