I am so happy that I opted to read this book. This author is new to me, and she’s very much a hidden gem. She constructed this story that takes you outside the box, and in a sense outside of your comfort zone. There was so much beauty and depth in the way the story was told. It was a lighter side of a sometimes dark and sad subject. The characters form a bond on this journey and you feel their connection as they strive to experience their last days living life to fullest. As you watch each person navigate this experience, and you get a glimpse of how their life has revolved up to this point it brings upon your own personal reflection of life. Life is what you make it, and each day is an unknown, but that is the beauty of being alive.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Laurenhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngLauren2021-08-29 22:59:532021-08-31 09:04:59Dire’s Club by Kimberly Packard- Review by Lauren West
Charlotte Claybrooke is a woman with a career as a life coach, but she feels like she is drowning in the all consuming grief resulting from a tragedy ten years in her past which she still has not gotten over, she feels like an imposter in her own life and that the lies she feeds to those around her and those who look to her for advice and counsel are starting to pile up around her and all she wants to do is escape, so she fills in the forms and packs, ready to go on an adventure with the Dire’s Club. Jimmy Dire is the founder of the Dire’s Club, it is a place where the terminally ill and dying can have a last adventure before their light leaves the world, it is a passion and Jimmy knows it is also the right thing to do, it is something that can make the biggest difference to someone and help them to remember that they are more than just a diagnosis, but like all things it is expensive.
As he is preparing for his latest group of Diers, he pushes all that to the back of his mind and greets the group after his assistant has introduced him and let them all get settled, it is a mixed bag of an ageing Rockstar, a young genius, an older mother figure, an actress and telenovela star and last to arrive is Charlotte, the group generate mixed feelings in Jimmy, but all he sees are five people ready for the last big adventure in their lives. They have all chosen their last wish and he has created an itinerary which will take them on a three week tour round the world to accomplish it, as the group gets to know each other and the last of the paperwork is filled in and filed, they are all sent to get some rest before the first adventure starts. There is a mix of excitement, trepidation, worry and happiness as the travellers support each other and band together as they share the experiences organised for them, it is in the midst of this that things take an unexpected turn and they all have to band together to solve a problem, that is until tragedy strikes and the foundations they have built together start to crumble and fall apart.
A few days later, one of the group lands themselves in hot water and despite best efforts, things take another turn for the worse and it looks like there is only way that this can end and the Diers have to try and band together again to help, but can they all get past their differences and help, or will lies and fraud rip them further apart? This is an emotional rollercoaster which will whisk you away on a beautiful adventure and keeps you absorbed in the story and feeling everything the characters are feeling, all while making you ask yourself all the hard questions which occur to you while reading.
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If you knew your days were numbered – what would you do? I’d like to think everyone would want that one last wish. Packard’s characters have all been diagnosed with terminal illnesses but there is a bright light – Dire’s Club. Jimmy Dire, who runs the club, has built a business around the dying – offering a get away from life’s final moments and allowing an people to experience one last hoorah with people who are in the position. As I’ve heard many times in my own life – “Live like your life depends on it”. The characters are very complex individuals and no details are left to the reader to determine. Understanding that they are all dying and that there is no future is the biggest heartbreak of this book. The ending does provide some hope to all and the belief that life goes on, even without our loved ones.
This is a must read that is emotional and very touching. Be prepared to cry some tears – Packard has delivered a five star book!
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5 Star Vortex by Kimberly Packard is a fast paced story that will hook you from the beginning and keeps your attention till the end. I always thought being a Storm chaser would be a very thrilling job because you don’t know what you’re going to run into ,or happen upon. I just happen to live in tornado alley and have been never been in a tornado but have come close a couple of times.Get ready to be taken on a emotional journey with a twist and turn that will have you turning the pages trying to figure out what happens next. I highly recommend this book.
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