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The Wedding Murders by Sarah Linley

bieneina's review against another edition

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

1.0

jane_kelsey's review

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3.0

This book was okay, I enjoyed it, but quite middle of the road. Libby never felt like a fully fleshed out character, but I liked reading about the band members. Also, some of the characters that played a big part of the plot, did not feel like we got to know at all and their motivation until the "i'm evil and gonna make a speech admitting to everthing" kinda moment.

emzrichy's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

librarylilac's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tucholsky's review

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1.0

Hello Cliché, this is your old friend derivative. My pal lazy idea has been in contact. Suggests we could all get together again. Theres been a lot of pop/rock stars who have died, done bad things, done good things, gone off the rails, enjoyed the good life then had a guilt trip and become nice. He thinks we should mash them all together into a chick lit murder mystery. What do you say we get to.........are you there Cliché. Oh well back to seeing if i can make a story out of Busted or McFly

aseel_reads's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This felt like it was trying to be daisy Jones and the six with a murder mystery. Unfortunately, the actual mystery part was quite boring and underwhelming. I liked the flashback sections of the band's history but there wasn't enough in it to bump the rating up 
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fasmina's review

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3.0

Wedding Murders sound like an intriguing title and it did. The plot is an interesting one but the narration is not.

A band that’s already broken due to past secrets get together for the wedding of one member. Matthew is a member of this band and he goes to an English hotel for the wedding of their band leader. Libby is a journalist and she starts to investigate when the chief bridesmaid goes missing. Things start to go downhill with several other incidences start to occur and Libby can’t solve it because none of the band members are ready to speak about their past.

This book could have been better if not for the narration. The book is narrated in the POV of Libby. But I couldn’t follow most of the characters and Libby was one of them. The story was having too many plot lines and secrets and made it a bit complex.

All thanks to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange of an honest review.

nixbix_reads's review

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3.0

While I found this book an easy read, I did find it to just be lacking something. I liked the different perspectives - the present day wedding of a member of 90s Britpop band, back in the 90s with one of the members of said band, and excerpts from the memoir of a third member of the band. I enjoyed the scenes from the 90s, seeing the band going from high school students to success & everything between. However, I just found the rest of the story to be bland. I ended up not liking many of the characters and their actions. I felt that the ending was unsatisfying, and would have liked a little more information.

Thanks to One More Chapter & NetGalley for the DRC in exchange for an honest review.

mandylovestoread's review against another edition

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4.0

The Wedding Murders was such an entertaining and fast read. With a title like this I knew that I had to read it. I was immediately drawn into the story and needed to know what the big secret was. I loved how we had alternate chapters of the wedding in the present and back to the 90's when the boys were in a band and becoming successful.

Libby and Matthew are off to a wedding in a posh English hotel. Matthew is a former rock star and it is his bandmate getting married. The members have not seen each other for a while and tensions are still high, their breakup full of secrets. When a member of the wedding party goes missing, Libby, a journalist, knows the secret is bigger than the boys are making out. And then another guest is attacked and it cannot be just bad luck.. It is dangerous and she might not like what she finds out but she needs to know.

Thank you to Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter and Netgalley for my advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes February 11th, 2022

annarella's review against another edition

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3.0

I think there's a lot of potential and I found the part set in 90s quite entertaining, the style of writing is quite good.
Unfortunately I didn't care for the mystery and the part set in our time seemed a bit confused.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine