Book Review: Dune Road: Jane Green: Books
Book Review: Dune Road: Jane Green: Books
Good beach read, but not my favorite of Green’s books,
By Kristin -
This review is from: Dune Road: A Novel (Hardcover)
I’m a big fan of Jane Green, and did enjoy this book overall, it was entertaining and light for a summer day … but feel like the “rich family in connecticut” formula is getting old fast. Dune Road is set in a wealthy CT town and features characters that are very similar to her other novels. Yes, they’re loaded. Yes, their husbands work on Wall Street. Yes, they wear 3 carat diamond studs. They all use the same interior designers, and drive luxury SUVs. Been there, done that in The Beach House, Swapping Lives, To Have and to Hold…the list goes on. Can’t she think of something totally new and different than writing about rich people in CT?
Also, while Green happens to be English, the peppering of British slang throughout the book doesn’t seem to make sense considering the characters (except for one) are all American, and an American reader unfamiliar with these terms may not understand why Kit is wearing a “vest” to yoga class instead of a tank top, or what on earth “sod’s law” means (in case you’re wondering, it’s the same idea of Murphy’s law).
Although Kit, the main character is recently divorced, you actually root for her to get back with her husband which is a bit odd for a chick lit novel, but I liked the relationship with the two characters and how they worked as a family, even when divorced. I did however see a lot of similarity between her and Daff from The Beach House.
Green also throws in a long lost family member plot (um, didn’t that also happen in The Beach House?)
I’d recommend this as a vacation book but don’t think it’s Green’s best.
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