A review by jennastopreading
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 
Thank you to the publisher for my copy via Netgalley! 
 
I read NOTES ON YOUR SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE by the same author and absolutely loved it. The book was dark, gritty, and well delivered. I was so excited to see that she came out with this one, and went into it knowing that it would also probably be pretty dark and sad - but I was okay with that, and ready to dive in. 
 
This story was described online as heartwarming and humorous, though - and in my opinion, it was neither of those things. I let out 0 chuckles and I was so frustrated by the end that I wanted all my time back that I spent reading it. 
 
Now that it’s behind me, I cannot believe the amount of time I wasted on this overly crass book. The storyline had SO MUCH PROMISE, but I was insanely distracted by the language throughout sounding like a teenage boy trying to impress his friend. There are words and phrases in this book that I haven’t heard since I was 15, and I would’ve preferred to keep it that way. The characters cursed like sailors, had almost no emotional depth to them, and all were pretty awful to one another. 
 
The book is also chock full of trigger warnings, so I highly recommend researching those thoroughly before going in. The main ones I can think of are: infidelity, infertility, suicide, miscarriage, talk of a pandemic, grief, and death of a parent. 
 
2 stars and an automatic delete off my kindle. 
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