Title: See the movie, forget the book.
Review: Book clubs, meet-ups, etc are quite prevalent these days. The title alone seems interesting. But alas the book does not deliver. Only a small portion of the book is spent on book club meetings, where the conversation is scattershot and shallow, although perhaps little more could be expected with the myriad of similar characters produced by Austen in her works. Much of the book is devoted to rather lackluster, meandering mini-biographies of the club members.It is only the sub-plots of Sylvia's separation from Daniel and dog-breeder Jocelyn's interest in the only male of the group Griggs that give the book any real interest or continuity. The book doesn't run out of steam because it never gets off the ground - there's no focus to speak of.In this case, the recent movie of the same name is far more interesting and better done. While retaining a good bit of the plot, what little there is, the character interactions are far more engaging. See the movie, forget the book.
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