Our club liked the book overall, had a bit of trouble getting into it, keeping all the characters straight. But the idea of the friends gathering in their retirement years in a unique location was compelling. We liked how the characters came together at the end.

maybe a 3.5
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There are parts I liked and parts i didn't. I liked that it is a book about older women and I liked the story line for each and to see how it played out. Not sure that it is very realistic - - would you really move to across the world to live with people you haven't seen in 40 years? and in such a different place as Fiji? The beginning seemed like the characters were just "dropped" into the house as each one was introduced. But having said all that , it was interesting to see how they all ended up relating to one another again. worth the read especially for a book club - will stimulate a lot of discussion