Readers looking for something a little different will be delightfully surprised by Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley. Jane is tired of the way her family takes her for granted, plus she’s pretty sure her husband is having an affair. So, as she prepares to go out for her anniversary dinner at La Fin du Monde, the upscale and exclusive restaurant on a cliff for which her husband has won a reservation, she determines that tonight is the night she will tell her husband she wants a divorce. And then the entire restaurant is taken hostage by eco-terrorists, and the couple is forced into survival mode.
This book is a riot and had me laughing out loud too many times to count. Told from multiple points of view, Jane and Dan at the End of the World is a fast-paced ride that can easily be enjoyed over a weekend, as I did. I especially appreciated the story-within-a-story aspect of it. With the mystery and humor reminiscent of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette and the movies Game Night and Date Night, this novelwill keep you wondering how it’s all going to work out. I enjoyed listening to the audiobook performed by prolific narrator Hillary Huber.
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