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The Last Book Party

par Karen Dukess

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML: "The Last Book Party is a delight. Reading this story of a young woman trying to find herself while surrounded by the bohemian literary scene during a summer on the Cape in the late '80s, I found myself nodding along in so many moments and dreading the last page. Karen Dukess has rendered a wonderful world to spend time in."�?? Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980's New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod. In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant brother. With her professional ambitions floundering, Eve jumps at the chance to attend an early summer gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her burgeoning crush on the hosts' artistic son, Eve lands a new job as Henry Grey's research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie's exclusive and famed "Book Party"�?? where attendees dress as literary characters. But by the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. A coming-of-age story, written with a lyrical sense of place and a profound appreciation for the sustaining power of books, Karen Dukess's The Last Book Party shows what happens when youth and experience collide and what it takes to find your own voice… (plus d'informations)

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Ready for some escape and expecting a bit of enjoyment, this collection of characters, time, and place seemed promising. But even light reading needs some satisfying thread that holds things together. I kept hoping to find that tread, hoping that the main character, the plot, or something would improve, but it never did. Disappointing. (

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rebwaring | Aug 14, 2023 |

I have complicated thoughts about this book that I'm pretty sure will only apply to me and not most readers. Parts of the book I wanted to give a solid 5 stars, but other parts I wanted to give 3. It was riveting - and I read it in less than 24 hours - but it felt bland in the end. I loved Eve's personal writing journey and professional career struggles, I loved how the author wrote about her struggles and doubts and insecurities, but...I found the "romance" portions of the book weirdly predictable and flat. I really felt like all of the characters were well developed and likable in very different ways, and I wanted to spend more time with all of them...it really was just the romance portions of all of their lives that I felt secondary when I wanted to know more about their creative stories and their other relationships not involving Eve.

This one was tricky to rate. A very enjoyable read for sure, but my personal taste varied greatly throughout. (

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KimZoot | Jan 2, 2022 |

Many mispronunciations - ugh. Kind of a terrible narrator.

Another coming-of-age type novel that really showcases that you don’t know what you don’t know and the folly of youth. I was a 25-year-old woman once and remember how thinking that youth was the end-all-be-all and trumped everything. That my youth and vigor could overwhelm and dominate any sort of situation. The inherent self-centeredness of being young, it's cute if maddening in how much she doesn't see/understand/notice. Eve thinks her affair with Henry should obliterate everything else in his life and her realization that it hardly touched him was cringe-worthy to watch (could I get any more hyphenated phrases in this review?).

Overall though, not much happens except that Eve comes to realize that she was fooling herself all along and that there’s no fool like an old fool - this is pointed at Henry who is left adrift in his life after decades of being the center of attention. At least Eve wasn’t as timid and afraid as the last young fictional woman I read about. (

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Bookmarque | Jul 23, 2021 |

Could not finish this book at all. It was too wordy and I thought the plot was going nowhere. I didn't even get to page 50 which is my normal cut off for a book I didn't like. (

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sweetbabyjane58 | Dec 9, 2020 |

The perfect beach read! We visit Truro at the Cape every year. Due to Covid-19, we might not get there this year, so it was a treat to virtually visit familiar places through this book. Add to that a want-to-be writer, book and author references, and a late 1980s literary scene (that has changed in many ways, but with industry truths that remain the same), and you've got a delightful read.

You also get Eve, our 25-year-old main character who thinks she has the casual side of romantic relationships figured out. (The older me wants to have a heart-to-heart with her and steer her in the right direction!) But she's fun and hesitant, strong and vulnerable, outgoing and unsure. She takes chances. Sometimes I cringed at her decisions and sometimes I laughed out loud or marveled at her insight about complicated relationships, career paths, and moral choices.

Ultimately, I bet you'll cheer for her as I did. (

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DonnaMarieMerritt | Jun 22, 2020 |

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Walking up the dirt driveway to the summer home of Henry Grey, I reminded myself that I was an invited guest.

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Maybe that's what marriage was, a Möbius strip of togetherness, so that no matter how much a couple twisted and turned away from each other, even toward someone else, the attachment remained.

As I looked up and around the majestic store at the volumes of books, I was sure that many of them, even many of the brilliant ones, were written simply because someone wanted to tell a story.

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:

"The Last Book Party is a delight. Reading this story of a young woman trying to find herself while surrounded by the bohemian literary scene during a summer on the Cape in the late '80s, I found myself nodding along in so many moments and dreading the last page. Karen Dukess has rendered a wonderful world to spend time in."�?? Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980's New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod.

In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant brother. With her professional ambitions floundering, Eve jumps at the chance to attend an early summer gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her burgeoning crush on the hosts' artistic son, Eve lands a new job as Henry Grey's research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie's exclusive and famed "Book Party"�?? where attendees dress as literary characters. But by the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems.

A coming-of-age story, written with a lyrical sense of place and a profound appreciation for the sustaining power of books, Karen Dukess's The Last Book Party shows what happens when youth and experience collide and what it takes to find your own voice

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