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The Weekend Trip: A totally uplifting and heart-warming romantic comedy Paperback – August 2, 2023
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In Erin’s beachfront home in Ireland, I blink at my former best friends and laugh. Is it awkward we haven’t seen each other in ten years and nobody really knows why? Yes. So I pull out the champagne with a flourish and start blasting our old playlist. It’s a reunion weekend, after all…
But it’s not long before my determination to have fun starts to fizzle. Perhaps inviting new partners was a mistake. I’m already exhausted by Becky’s new girlfriend, and Beth’s husband is trying too hard with the compliments. No, I’m not trying out a “cool silver highlights” look. It’s a grey hair.
Still, at least the others have partners. The most exciting romantic development I can report is a quick flirt with a handsome stranger on the plane over.
Even flighty, non-committal Tara is bringing someone. But if that wasn’t surprising enough, I could never have anticipated Tara’s ‘someone’ would be the man from my flight.
If things weren’t already awkward, they certainly are now…
The weekend was meant to finally bring us all back together. But will this reunion only push us further apart?
A hilarious and uplifting page-turner about the power (and pitfalls) of friendship and romance. Fans of rom-coms by Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes and Mhairi McFarlane will devour this laugh-out-loud tale.
What readers are saying about The Weekend Trip:
‘I cannot recommend this book enough! Just absolutely gorgeous! It’s so relatable and honestly a book I couldn’t put down! This book is a must read!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This book is an absolute delight – a perfect summer read that will fully immerse you in its pages. Its magnetic storytelling and irresistible blend of humour and heart make it utterly unputdownable. Prepare to laugh, feel, and be reminded of the enduring power of friendship.’ @denisebookshelf, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I had the most fun time reading this! I loved it! I couldn't put it down – it had me completely excited to keep reading! Perfect summer read to get lost in!’ @loris2littlelibrary, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I loved this book and could hardly put it down. Very easy to read. Would recommend this to anyone.’ @elenw77, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Captures the intricacies of old friendships and the awkwardness of new romances… Endearing and heart-warming…. A perfect summer read!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘One of my favorite reads in a while!… I loved the entire story!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sharp writing, big dashes of humour and realistic, relatable characters… Once I started reading, it was very difficult to stop.’ After Rain Comes Sunshine, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Screams Beach Read… Wonderful. Full of friendship and growth. A definite must read.’ Lindsay’s Library Blog, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An easy, breezy summer read… A great beach read!’ @bargainsleuthbooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Print length278 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 2, 2023
- Dimensions5.06 x 0.7 x 7.81 inches
- ISBN-101837901007
- ISBN-13978-1837901005
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Product details
- Publisher : Bookouture (August 2, 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 278 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1837901007
- ISBN-13 : 978-1837901005
- Item Weight : 9.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.06 x 0.7 x 7.81 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #394,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #300 in British & Irish Humor & Satire
- #2,765 in Humorous Fiction
- #3,033 in Fiction Satire
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Joanna Bolouri is a bestselling romcom author. Her cat reluctantly allows her and her daughter to live with him in Glasgow.
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4.5/ 5 stars
Thank you, NetGalley and Bookouture, for granting me access to EARC
A very engaging story just wanted to keep reading to discover what happens next.
Five best friends have just graduated from college and promised to always keep in touch. However, life got busy, and they drifted apart for ten years one weekend, they came together to reconnect and build a friendship that could last a lifetime. Does something happen with two sets of partners and five friends, what could go wrong? Will it be awkward after all those years, or will they be able to pick up where they left off
The Weekend Trip by Joanna Bolouri is an uplifting tale of 5 college besties who grew apart after college but rekindled their friendship ten years later during a weekend get-together.
My Reading Experience:
I loved the friendship themes that ran throughout the story. So many of us lose contact with our college friends as we travel our individual paths after graduation. It was heart-warming to watch this group of friends slowly regain their original connection and feel comfortable enough to open up about their struggles. It reaffirms those friendships' genuineness and ability to withstand the test of time.
I also loved the humorous moments, the scandalousness of some storylines, and just the overall fun times of the reunion. Those moments offset the seriousness of what's going on in these friends' lives without compromising the gravity of what the individual people are dealing with.
The story hits so many relatable moments. The characters, their challenges, their successes - they could be anyone's group of friends from college or even high school. It's this relatableness that gives the story its uplifting message. If these five people can come back together and become the lifelong friends they were always meant to be, then we all can have that same experience with just a little effort.
Characters:
Five friends - Erin, Alex, Beth, Tara, and Becky - were close friends and roommates in college. They agreed to stay in touch, sealing that promise on the beach at Loughview House before heading out on their individual journeys. Ten years later, the friends are entirely out of touch, so Erin decides to have a reunion before she sells Loughview House.
Erin inherited Loughview House as college was ending. She becomes a successful actress and marries Scott Flynn, a successful businessman (film and TV catering business). But after the death of her husband, she wants to get away from all the memories the house holds.
Alex is a successful novelist who has been very unlucky in love. She meets the man of her dreams as she is headed to Erin's reunion weekend. But will anything become of it?
Beth married her college sweetheart Paul. Her life was thrown off track when she got an MS diagnosis, but she doesn't want her college friends to know about it.
Tara followed her dream to go to New York, but the only thing that came out of that was drug addiction. She returned to the UK and entered rehab. She arrives for the weekend reunion with her casual date, Adrian.
Becky is a free spirit who follows her dreams wherever they take her. She is a masseuse, currently, and arrives at the reunion weekend with her girlfriend, Christine.
Narration & Pacing:
The Weekend Trip reads at a consistently fast pace. It switches points of view between the five friends but stays in third-person narration as it changes focus. This is the only area that I struggled with. I love the fast pace, but switching POVs between five people sometimes needs clarification. I struggled with remembering who was who and their individual stories.
Setting:
An estate called Loughview House on the coast of Ireland is the setting for this story. It provided a meaningful backdrop for all five friends.
Read if you're in the mood for:
An emotional, funny, and inspiring contemporary friendship story
A fast-paced tale full of lovably flawed characters
A novel that resembles such TV shows as Friends or How I Met Your Mother
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2023
The Weekend Trip by Joanna Bolouri is an uplifting tale of 5 college besties who grew apart after college but rekindled their friendship ten years later during a weekend get-together.
My Reading Experience:
I loved the friendship themes that ran throughout the story. So many of us lose contact with our college friends as we travel our individual paths after graduation. It was heart-warming to watch this group of friends slowly regain their original connection and feel comfortable enough to open up about their struggles. It reaffirms those friendships' genuineness and ability to withstand the test of time.
I also loved the humorous moments, the scandalousness of some storylines, and just the overall fun times of the reunion. Those moments offset the seriousness of what's going on in these friends' lives without compromising the gravity of what the individual people are dealing with.
The story hits so many relatable moments. The characters, their challenges, their successes - they could be anyone's group of friends from college or even high school. It's this relatableness that gives the story its uplifting message. If these five people can come back together and become the lifelong friends they were always meant to be, then we all can have that same experience with just a little effort.
Characters:
Five friends - Erin, Alex, Beth, Tara, and Becky - were close friends and roommates in college. They agreed to stay in touch, sealing that promise on the beach at Loughview House before heading out on their individual journeys. Ten years later, the friends are entirely out of touch, so Erin decides to have a reunion before she sells Loughview House.
Erin inherited Loughview House as college was ending. She becomes a successful actress and marries Scott Flynn, a successful businessman (film and TV catering business). But after the death of her husband, she wants to get away from all the memories the house holds.
Alex is a successful novelist who has been very unlucky in love. She meets the man of her dreams as she is headed to Erin's reunion weekend. But will anything become of it?
Beth married her college sweetheart Paul. Her life was thrown off track when she got an MS diagnosis, but she doesn't want her college friends to know about it.
Tara followed her dream to go to New York, but the only thing that came out of that was drug addiction. She returned to the UK and entered rehab. She arrives for the weekend reunion with her casual date, Adrian.
Becky is a free spirit who follows her dreams wherever they take her. She is a masseuse, currently, and arrives at the reunion weekend with her girlfriend, Christine.
Narration & Pacing:
The Weekend Trip reads at a consistently fast pace. It switches points of view between the five friends but stays in third-person narration as it changes focus. This is the only area that I struggled with. I love the fast pace, but switching POVs between five people sometimes needs clarification. I struggled with remembering who was who and their individual stories.
Setting:
An estate called Loughview House on the coast of Ireland is the setting for this story. It provided a meaningful backdrop for all five friends.
Read if you're in the mood for:
An emotional, funny, and inspiring contemporary friendship story
A fast-paced tale full of lovably flawed characters
A novel that resembles such TV shows as Friends or How I Met Your Mother
Erin, the host, is a rising star on the silver screen, and was married to a big wig caterer and chef who died some months earlier. Erin is set to sell her beachfront house that she inherited from family; it was where she and the women she has invited home for several years while at uni. The group drifted apart and only kept in contact with the occasional like on a Facebook or Instagram post.
Beth and Paul have been together since university and live a quiet life. She’s always been sort of a klutz, and even in her early 20s, she’s had tingling in her limbs. Two years ago she was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, MS, and currently uses a cane. She does not want to make Erin feel any worse after losing her husband, so Paul reluctantly agrees to keep her diagnosis from her friends.
Becky has always been the free spirit of the group. She was always into holistic healing, crystals, chakras, Ouija boards and anything that was not society’s norms. She’s a lesbian, and for the past few years has lived with a psychiatrist, but Becky senses time is running out on her relationship. She’s changed herself so much for Christine, the way she dresses, the career she has, even the way she expresses herself.
Tara got out of rehab several months prior, after living the high life in New York. She met a great American guy named Aiden, who works in a veterinarian’s office. Like Alex, she suffers from self-worth issues, and has always been the wild child of the group. When she and Aiden arrive at Erin’s house, Alex is floored to see her Aiden, the guy from the plane, whom she has told everyone there she wants to date if he dumps his girlfriend. She decides to pretend he is not THAT guy and Aiden goes along with it.
The seemingly different personalities meld once they get together again, although they are all keeping secrets from each other. I really enjoyed how this story unfolded. The Aiden problem plays a big part of the plot, as does Becky’s toxic relationship. Each of the women featured in the story has some realizations about their life that need to be made, and with the help of the group, they reconnect and reaffirm their lives’ decisions.
I connected with Alex immediately because she’s always struggled with her weight and has horrible internal self-esteem issues. Even though she’s this great success and sells millions of her books, she hasn’t found satisfaction with her personal life. And who could not empathize with Erin, who had all her dreams come true, only to have her life shattered in an instant? Then there’s Beth, who struggles with her illness in silence; all she ever wanted was a husband and a family, and now that seems unlikely.
This was a great beach read for summer 2023! And it’s so affordable on Kindle that this is another Bargain Sleuth-approved book!
Top reviews from other countries
. The genre isn't one I. Choose very often and the characters didn't inspire much interest initially but as they developed and I became more involved I couldn't put it down.
Lots of comedy. Lots of bad language. A range of emotions and some tangled relationships.
Not a lot of relatable experiences but recognisable common themes.
The friendships were deep set, if ignored for periods but that is life, as is the rediscovery and resumption once again.
although not really from my preferred reading genre, I'm pleased I read to the end.