I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read.


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I’m pretty conflicted and confused about this book. While I enjoyed reading it, I’m not too sure I really enjoyed or understood the book. Many if not all of the characters were not what they appeared to be. And, unfortunately, none turned out to be nicer than when they first appeared in the story. I was fascinated with the ending!

I got through about 30% of this book and unfortunately I had to DNF.

I loved the idea of Y2K plus a retelling of The Great Gatsby. That idea hooked me, but it was not executed in a way that I thought it was relatable or enticing. The toxic make friendship had me rolling my eyes.

I seemed to not be the target audience for this book. Hopefully there are others out there who like it more!

I didn't know what to expect with this book and couldn't put it down. I didn't realize til I was almost finished with it that it is a take on The Great Gatsby set during the 199os. This was a story of toxic male friendship and jealousy. I really enjoyed it.

A housewarming party ends in tragedy in Many Are Invited by Dennis Cuesta. This book takes place in 1999, just before the big Y2K. That was a pretty significant time in my life so this premise of the book really intrigued me. However, I didn’t find the story or the characters too interesting. Though I imagine many people will enjoy it, I felt it just wasn’t for me.

This was an interesting read. The walk back to the 1990’s was accurate and memory invoking but wow that period of time was not aged well. The novel while accurate had some cringe-worthy spots. The book is about friendship and that part of the story I enjoyed. If you were an adult in the 90’s you may enjoy the walk down memory Lane. For those who did not live it, you may enjoy reading how far we have come. Thank you NetGalley and Celestial Eyes Press for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The premise of the book intrigued me and living through Y2K brought back many memories. I just didn't like the characters and the ending was abrupt.

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for this ARC.

This was okay. It didn't resonate with me. I give it 3 stars ⭐⭐⭐.

I had high hopes for this novel, but it fell flat.

It is slow paced, with some technical talk. The event that takes places at the house warming party is built up a lot, but the actual event is a let down. All of the novel is the build up, but after the party there is very little resolution with an abrupt ending after a small time jump. At the party many attendees over share aspects of their lives for having just met. It felt like the party was years before the 1999s, almost as if the time period of the book was wrong.

I was very let down by this book, and I do not think I would recommend it to anyone.

I want to thank Netgalley and Celestial Eyes Press for an ARC of this book.

This book had high hopes - the characters were a little off putting, but I did enjoy a retelling of The Great Gatsby. This may be more enjoyable to others, but it didn’t hit all the points for me. Will give the author another try for sure!!

Unable to review at this time. Will review at a later date. I'm cleaning up my netgalley in order to review 2023 books. This book sounds delightful and will read once fully caught up on my account. Thank you for this opportunity! I look forward to reading this book!

I was intrigued by this one because of the Y2K mention. I remember this and haven't read a book/story that utilized this concept. I was also curious because of the supposed Great Gatsby vibes. While these elements were there, it wasn't very interesting overall.

After finishing this, I went back and read the blurb to see if maybe I misremembered...I did not. The blurb is misleading and this is really more about a man's personal perspective on life and his combative relationship with his "friend".

It was honestly extremely boring and hard to read. I sincerely appreciate the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions expressed are my own.

I like the fact that this book has realistic elements in the fact that you understand one event can change your life forever. How envy can destroy not only your life but that of others. It was well written but didn't enjoy the characters

Y2K was an anticipated event that many faced with fear and dread as to what would happen to our computerized world! Working in an environment where anticipation could have been quite a disaster for us...I was really excited to read this book. My anticipation was not well-met. While there were places that caught my attention in remembrance, the characters fell a little flat and the storyline just did not pull me in as I would have hoped. While the book will/would be a worthy read for many, it didn't hit all the right spots for enjoyment for me. Thank you to Celestial Eyes Press and NetGalley for an advance copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

The description for this book had my hopes high. However, the characters were unappealing to me and the sexism a turn off. There wasn’t much depth to the story to keep my attention.

Ugh. I really didn’t enjoy. Nothing was wrong with the writing I felt there wasn’t really a plot or point in the book. And I was border until the 10 minute at the very end.

I mean, it's a modern-ish retelling (sort of) of The Great Gatsby, but set in the 1990s with a focus towards the end of the century during the Y2K panic. Steve and John are friends and developers at the same company in the 1990s when the focus to prevent the disaster that is Y2K begins. We follow, from Steve's perspective, their friendship and rivalry over the next few years, including job changes, John's marriage, and a growing circle of friends. This friendship/rivalry comes to a head at a New Years party in 1999 where, apparently, everyone is capable of spilling there most personal political and religious beliefs to people they just met, but no one is able to ask their best friend for years what the hell is going on and why they're acting a certain way, or when that fails, straight up stop talking to them.

Similar to Gatsby, this is a book about crappy people being crappy. They follow and spread gossip, are petty, are overly competitive, and can't seem to be happy unless someone close to them is in pain. If you like books like that, you'll probably like this one. I personally wasn't a huge fan of The Great Gatsby to begin with and the new setting and characters didn't do much for me, so this was just ok. There's nothing new or particularly creative about this one.

I have read some reviews about the misogyny and while I agree, I also vaguely remember the 90s being like that, so I thought it was pretty appropriate for the time period.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read and review this book. Many are Invited it a Great Gatsby retelling. The book was disappointing for me, and I didn't enjoy it. The writing style was okay, but it was a little basic and just not for me. I didn't like any of the characters or the interactions they had with each other.

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.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me this book for an honest review. I thought this book was decent but the lack of solid character development and plot left me dry. I was thinking that the book would be a decent retelling of The Great Gatsby but this leaves me wanting to read the original work instead.