I hadn't read anything about the book, and I just bought it on a whim. What a mistake! It was one of the worst books I've ever read. I like to indulge in trashy beach books once in a while - for instance,I loved Bridget Jones' Diary and About a Boy, even though neither could be considered particulary noteworthy in the world of great literature. But The Last Resort is just plain terrible. Lurie's writing style is one step above a Harlequin Romance. Her dialogue was inane, her characters trite and uni-dimensional, and the plot was totally uninteresting. I could not wait to finish it! I cannot believe this author ever won a Pulitzer Prize.