The Dinner

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The darkly suspenseful tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives--all over the course of one meal. Now a major motion picture.

"Chilling, nasty, smart, shocking, and unputdownable."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples mee...show more

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320 pages

Average rating: 5.56

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jablab33
Jan 14, 2024
8/10 stars
Loved that it kept me wanting to read, did not care for the ending.
CeLynasings
Dec 31, 2023
7/10 stars
So many secrets, but what family doesn’t have them. This read well and I would recommend to others
AlexGJ
Aug 16, 2023
2/10 stars
DNF about halfway through. The story is completely boring, fails to keep my attention. The characters are utterly unlikeable and not in a fun psychological twister way. Honestly I can't understand the hype.

Also, I heard in an interview about this book that he meant the 'condition' to be autism but didn't name it because he was afraid that people would be angry with him over it. And he's right. Because I'm autistic and very angry. Autism is not ...read more
Anonymous
Apr 26, 2023
8/10 stars
This was not what I expected. I don't even have a shelf to put this on other than "read."
But that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

This was different than most things I've read. It was short enough to hold my attention and disturbing enough that I wanted to throw my Kindle under the couch a few times. Unlike some, I kind of like not liking any characters. I enjoy an unreliable narrator. I love a slow reveal where little by little you discover that...read more
Anonymous
Feb 02, 2023
6/10 stars
Mmmm, fascism

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