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Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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amberlfaris's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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bibliomania_express's review

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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

4.0

Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto continues the hilarity and drama of Dial A for Aunties. This time, Meddelin and Nathan's Oxford wedding is infiltrated by fake vendors intending to do someone harm. The aunties are on the case, determined to save the wedding and stop the baddies while wearing their fluorescent purple outfits. There will be kidnapping, accidental drugging, aunties squabbling, and secrets uncovered. And maybe a wedding.

This book was just as fun as the first, and I'm glad I decided to pick it up soon after finishing Dial A for Aunties. Once again, this is more a comedy of errors than a mystery. There's a touch of mystery about who the baddies are and what their motive was, but that was reasonably easy to figure out.

I again really liked the family dynamics. Meddy still struggles with loving and appreciating her aunties and bring embarrassed by their over-the-top ways, while they continue to be both overbearing and absolutely supportive. I liked that Nathan's family acted as a bit of a foil, but I wish they had come around a bit more by the end.

I think there will be another book, or at least Sutanto left room for another book. I'm a bit scared to know what the aunties will get up to in the next one, but I'd be very happy to read it.

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dominic_t's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

This book was really funny and really sweet. I love how the book dives into the family dynamics.

The twist ending was good, but it was resolved a bit too easily.

The family of the guy she accidentally kills was trying to get revenge on her family, but they immediately back off when they find out that he was trying to assault her. The aunties and Meddy assaulted several of them, and they decided not to report that either. The conflict just stops, and it feels abrupt.

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themoodreader's review against another edition

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funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted 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

3.75

although i truly enjoyed reading the first book, i feel like this one was not as good. maybe lately i've just not been in the mood to read (hence why it took me twice as long to finish it) or maybe it felt a bit more flat.

don't get me wrong, i still love the characters so much. the aunties own my heart. they were both funny and sweet, i love how they decided to learn british english for meddy and were constantly saying stuff like "luv" or "innit".
as a daughter of immigrants, meddy was still relatable and i like how the book mentioned the theme of feeling slightly ashamed because of that and trying to blend as much as you can with a white culture.

i also absolutely love the fact that they never gave any kind of explanation to annie and that even nathan ended up embracing the aunties' personalities.

of course, there were many scenes that made me laugh

like for example when they tried to drug staph and her family but the aunties ended up getting drunk instead, it was such a funny mess, lmao.

and, of course, i love that we got to follow meddy's story and to see her marry the love of her life

even if the wedding ended up being a total mess (which was not that funny, i feel bad for nathan)

but i definitely prefered the first book.

ps: this is so unrelated but something that made me genuinely happy is how at some point the aunties mentioned how they used to help their muslim neighbors during eid al adha <3

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kdailyreads's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

As I expected, the Aunties and Meddy had me cackling at the first book. I would've given this a 5-star, but I had a bit of a dilemma on how they handled the kidnapping and supposed murder. It must be innocent, but there came a point when I was questioning what the fuck they were prioritizing. But I still liked the characterizations of the aunties and Meddy. Gosh, I was giggling like a kid even though I wasn't supposed to, but because of the dark humor, I found myself chuckling. Overall, a fun and scary read. Scary because the Aunties are dangerous!

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tanvi45's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-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

2.0

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questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the first book because it was chaotic and over the top but entertaining. I didn't enjoy this one nearly as much because it was so chaotic. I just found it frustrating and anxiety-inducing and a bit sad. It was always going to be harder to do the same kind of story again with the same characters but I just found this plot too ridiculous and I just wanted Meddy to have a nice day. There was a point about 75% of the way through where I realised I didn't really care about the story anymore which was a shame.

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hkburke2's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This one could never be as surprising as the first one, but it was still fun and funny and outrageous. I didn't love the context for the shenanigans because I wanted that to be nice for Meddy and I think that also took away from it a bit for me. This is just pure escapism, though, and the aunties are still great!

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