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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Grief
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There are things that I thoroughly enjoyed about this book and then there are things that I hated and gave me the ick
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
To be honest this book just wasn’t what I expected. I like to go into books blind sometimes and based on the title and cover I was expecting a fun rom com. This just was not that. It jumps off with very heavy themes, granted it is given in a humorous way. It also read a little too much like lit fic and just wasn’t what I was looking for right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I truly do not understand the hype about this book. It took me forever to finish and it started off so strong and then lost momentum. Would not recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Suicide
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
The Wedding People is, in a word, perfection. It is an instant classic offering up life lessons with humor and wit. Phoebe is a wonderful protagonist, so honest and funny and real. And she is far from being a perfect character, for the beginning part of the novel she is suicidal and contemplates this often (but this shouldn't deter you from reading this unless that is a triggering topic for you). All of the characters felt so real with their own issues and struggles, the banter between them was extremely real; everything about this novel felt so natural and I loved it. I never once got bored, and if anything I wish there was more (Apparently six days was not nearly enough for this wedding!). I would even love to read more about other characters that were introduced here: all of the supporting characters could have novels of their own.
I knew from about halfway through this novel that this would most likely be a 5/5 for me, and I love it when I'm right. I have over 50 photos of quotes I loved from this novel, from the trivial (coconut pillows anyone?) to the more serious questions and issues that just come with living life. It's simple perfection, and as a divorced woman maybe I resonated with this novel more than it would with others, but The Wedding People is a novel that should be required reading for all young adults, especially women. How to love and be in love, not just with a partner but to love and be honest with yourself, to acknowledge that maybe the easiest path isn't always the best, and what true friendship and partnership should look like.
I knew from about halfway through this novel that this would most likely be a 5/5 for me, and I love it when I'm right. I have over 50 photos of quotes I loved from this novel, from the trivial (coconut pillows anyone?) to the more serious questions and issues that just come with living life. It's simple perfection, and as a divorced woman maybe I resonated with this novel more than it would with others, but The Wedding People is a novel that should be required reading for all young adults, especially women. How to love and be in love, not just with a partner but to love and be honest with yourself, to acknowledge that maybe the easiest path isn't always the best, and what true friendship and partnership should look like.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
I don’t do well with characters that are helpless/hopeless/insecure for no good reason. There is a way to write about a character with severe depression, but still make the story engaging & the character likable. This book missed on all of those accounts.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Minor: Infidelity
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt