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 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.  srms.reads | Sep 4, 2023 |   Honestly, I was not a fan of this book. The description sounded great, and I was excited to read this, but was soon disappointed. The prologue was confusing, the narrator has been obsessed for 20 years with this December night in 1999 when tragedy struck...I think. Then we get into Chapter One which happens right before this fateful housewarming party, and Chapter Two goes all the way back to 1994. From here, we move forward in time slowly, meeting Steve, John, Mary, and Lauren, our main characters, and seeing their relationships develop until we finally get to the housewarming party halfway through the book. They are all keeping secrets, being competitive and jealous of each other, and passive aggressive in so many ways. None of them are even remotely likeable. The so-called tragedy doesn't even happen until there are about 20 pages left, so I read the book hoping to get to the good stuff. There was way too much Y2K, politics, and religious talk for me, and sometimes there wasn't even a point to it. They tragedy wasn't even really explained, and there wasn't really a conclusion. There were references to the Great Gatsby in here, and this story was a little reminiscent of Gatsby's party and relationships with Nick, Daisy, et al. But Gatsby it was not. All in all, it's not the worst book I've ever read, but I believe it needs work. There was too much unnecessary build-up to the night of the housewarming party that didn't have anything to do with anything other than to show how much these friends really didn't like each other much. I would have rather had most of the story set at the party, where the secrets slowly get revealed and then something tragic happens. (  ) SassyCassi | Jun 29, 2023 | nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
A housewarming party ends in tragedy. . . Steve Galanos, a native Midwesterner, reflects on his time in Northern California during the 1990s, a time when the two-digit year emerged as the Y2K problem, the burgeoning Internet fueled the expansion of the New Economy, the dot-com bubble created unseen prosperity and real estate frenzies. Yet it's a housewarming party, held in late 1999, that affects him the most. At the request of John Goertz, a group of technology managers and executives gather in a conference room. Listening to the presentation is Steve Galanos, who is suspicious of Goertz's approach and the dramatic way he describes the problem. Goertz tries to convince his audience that a disaster awaits them unless they immediately address the two-digit year in the company's distributed systems and compiled code. It's 1994, well before anyone has heard of the term, Y2K.A promotion to run the newly-created year 2000 compliance program earns John more skepticism and envy from Steve, yet the two have much in common and soon become good friends. A few years later, John leaves for a startup and their lives trend in different directions.By the time John cashes out from a successful IPO, gets married, and buys a house in Los Gatos, his friendship with Steve has waned. It's at John's housewarming party where latent animosity and lingering distrust finally come to a head. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Steve Galanos and John Goertz met as colleagues during the dot-com bubble in the 1990s. With the threat of the Y2K bug looming large, John’s innovative proposal to develop a solution lands him a promotion. Steve’s initial dislike and resentment toward John grows into an uneasy friendship of sorts that continues after John leaves the company. Over the next few years, John meets Mary (and her friend/colleague/roommate Lauren who was initially the person Steve and John had shown interest in), begins a relationship and finally marries her. Though the foursome finds themselves socializing often, there is an underlying tension that complicates their lives. Under the veneer of friendship we see jealousy, lies, manipulation and constant one-upmanship.
Everything comes to a head during John and Mary’s housewarming party in 1999 when a shocking tragedy irrevocably changes their lives.
The entire narrative of Dennis Cuesta’s Many Are Invited is presented through Steve’s PoV as he recalls the events leading up to that fateful night of the housewarming party. Steve is insecure, consumed by his feelings of inadequacy, and jealous of John’s success, his life and his wife. He comes across as whiny and annoying and it's difficult to muster any sympathy for him. Mary and Lauren might be roommates but they don’t hesitate to out each other's secrets to anyone willing to listen. Needless to say, I immensely disliked most of the characters in this story. The build-up to the night of the party took a long time (after the 55% mark) after which the ending is rushed and feels abrupt.
I found the locker room talk, objectification of women and blatant sexism depicted in this book in extremely poor taste. Even if it was required to set the story (I understand sensibilities in the 1990s and the present day would differ) and portray the men in this story in a negative light , I feel the author went overboard. The pretentious conversations on politics and religion between the invitees of the party (inconsequential fillers that served no purpose but to fill the pages) were uncomfortable to read, to say the least. The only positive thing I can say about this book is that it was a quick read with short chapters. Clearly, I am not the right audience for this book.
This was a buddy read with SabiReads and I was glad for her company which made the read easier to get through!
Many thanks to Celestial Eyes Press and NetGalley for providing the digital review copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. The book is due to be published on October 6, 2022. (