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Alison Espach might just be my favorite author, which I think I knew when I read her last book ‘Notes On Your Sudden Disappearance’, but I felt like I couldn’t know that for sure after just one book. ‘The Wedding People’ is earnest and beautiful and moving and sad and hopeful and raw and I LOVED it

meghanrherold's review against another edition

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dark funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

kwest's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

lkaliss's review against another edition

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hopeful sad

5.0

pwhc's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The words don’t exist to properly praise Alison Espach enough, but I’ll give it a go. She has mastered taking the heaviest topics and making them feel light. She treats them with the seriousness they deserve without taking them too seriously. This takes a book that could be depressing, and instead makes it fun.

Her dialogue feels so natural, yet so unique. A character will say the most subtly funny thing (that they may not even mean to be funny), and you’re just left wondering how a brain would even come up with that thought. It keeps you on your toes and makes you want to keep turning the page.

Her writing brings out her personality in a way that leaves me with zero doubt Alison isn’t a wonderful person to be around. This book is highly readable, definitely rereadable, and I expect will be cherished by many readers across the world.

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5.0

Alison Espach is one of my favorite authors -- it's official! 5/5 stars.

I'm consistently obsessed with her writing and will be revisiting this book later in the year once it's released. First and foremost, I am a sucker for anything with an ensemble cast and this was the epitome of the genre. Similar to Cat Shook's If We're Being Honest.

I love Phoebe so dearly. The story was about her, but at the same time, I didn't feel like she monopolized it. Lila, Gary, Marla, etc were all characters that had just as high stakes as Phoebe (well, after the first few chapters). And I loved it. I was rooting for all of them at different points.

The Cornwall Inn was also a character in this story and I'd love to see this as a movie. It would be stunning.

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