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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Grief, Colonisation, Classism
The second installment of Dial A For Aunties (Four Aunties And A Wedding) takes us -or more like takes a group of Chinese-Indonesian aunties and uncles- to England for Meddy and Nathan’s wedding!
Nathan and Meddy will be having their dream wedding at Christ Church in the presence of Meddy’s loud Chinese and Nathan’s veeeery British families. I know! It’s a recipe for disaster! Not only do both families have their MAJOR problems and differences but there is also a killer on lose, or should I say a whole mafia family has infiltrated the wedding with the guns and snipers. So now not only is Meddy playing mediator between her family and in laws, but also trying to catch the literal mafia with a kettle and cable ties before they shoot someone on her dream day
Nathan and Meddy will be having their dream wedding at Christ Church in the presence of Meddy’s loud Chinese and Nathan’s veeeery British families. I know! It’s a recipe for disaster! Not only do both families have their MAJOR problems and differences but there is also a killer on lose, or should I say a whole mafia family has infiltrated the wedding with the guns and snipers. So now not only is Meddy playing mediator between her family and in laws, but also trying to catch the literal mafia with a kettle and cable ties before they shoot someone on her dream day
Another fun romp with Meddie, Nathan and the four crazy but lovable Aunties. This time it’s Meddie and Nathan’s wedding and just when you think nothing can go wrong, whoops, JINX! What happens when you plan an overseas wedding and somehow the mafia is involved? Chaos ensues. This was a lot of fun. Nice to learn the Aunties names this go around and more about their characters. It left off with the reader wondering if there will be a third in the series.
「 book 101 out of 100 」
not as good as the first book but i still enjoyed it.
not as good as the first book but i still enjoyed it.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Aunties are back to have you laughing and shaking your head. This was a crazy scenario and entertaining.
Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties #2)
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
I think the novelty of the four aunties has worn off for me. I listened to the first book in this series (I get the feeling there might be a third book in the future) and I know that the voice acting helped me to enjoy the story more than I would have if I'd just read it. For this second book, it seems the madcap embarrassing nuttiness of the aunties was ramped up times ten and my brain couldn't keep up with the action. Every sentence seemed designed to shock or bring out laughs and I think the story would have benefited by being toned down a lot.
Meddy Chan and the aunties have a wedding to plan. Although Meddy and Nathan were looking forward to interviewing and selecting their wedding vendors themselves, a Chinese-Indonesian photographer named Staphanie comes with a family that does the full range of wedding services so by hiring Staphanie, their wedding vendor search is over. Meddy's aunts could have done the entire wedding themselves but she wants them to get to enjoy the wedding without working at it.
Fast forward several months to the flight to England for the big wedding. The aunties have a surprise for Meddy. They've learned British slang, complete with British accents. Sadly for me, I can barely read and understand British slang so when their Chinese-Indonesian accents/slang are blended in, I can hardly tell it from the British slang. I probably would have fared better with the audiobook like I did with the last book.
Everything is OTT. The aunties and the problems the family encounter take over the wedding and I had to work to remember that for much of the book, Meddy was wearing such an elaborate gown that the wedding dress could stand up all by itself. The wedding and the groom, Nathan, fade into the background of the antics of Meddy and the aunties. Too much auntie craziness overwhelmed the story for me.
Published March 29th 2022
Thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for this ARC.
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
I think the novelty of the four aunties has worn off for me. I listened to the first book in this series (I get the feeling there might be a third book in the future) and I know that the voice acting helped me to enjoy the story more than I would have if I'd just read it. For this second book, it seems the madcap embarrassing nuttiness of the aunties was ramped up times ten and my brain couldn't keep up with the action. Every sentence seemed designed to shock or bring out laughs and I think the story would have benefited by being toned down a lot.
Meddy Chan and the aunties have a wedding to plan. Although Meddy and Nathan were looking forward to interviewing and selecting their wedding vendors themselves, a Chinese-Indonesian photographer named Staphanie comes with a family that does the full range of wedding services so by hiring Staphanie, their wedding vendor search is over. Meddy's aunts could have done the entire wedding themselves but she wants them to get to enjoy the wedding without working at it.
Fast forward several months to the flight to England for the big wedding. The aunties have a surprise for Meddy. They've learned British slang, complete with British accents. Sadly for me, I can barely read and understand British slang so when their Chinese-Indonesian accents/slang are blended in, I can hardly tell it from the British slang. I probably would have fared better with the audiobook like I did with the last book.
Everything is OTT. The aunties and the problems the family encounter take over the wedding and I had to work to remember that for much of the book, Meddy was wearing such an elaborate gown that the wedding dress could stand up all by itself. The wedding and the groom, Nathan, fade into the background of the antics of Meddy and the aunties. Too much auntie craziness overwhelmed the story for me.
Published March 29th 2022
Thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for this ARC.
Dial A for Aunties was just quirky enough to work for me, unfortunately, Four Aunties and a Wedding tipped the scales and was just too campy for me to find enjoyable. A little suspension of disbelief is typically necessary with fiction, I get that, and maybe it’s a cultural disconnect as well, but when well, my disbelief only goes so far I guess.
