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A review by fiekesfiction
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book is extremely dramatic and over the top but also hilarious. It is basically a (romantic?) comedy with a murder in it. And it takes place during a wedding. Pure chaos.
That was really the worst way a wedding could possibly go.
If you spend some more time thinking about it there were a bunch of things that didn’t really make sense or are just kind of weird. The romance was ridiculous imagine someone breaks your heart, then you see her years later, she kisses you even though she does not explain why she left you. Then you think she is actually seeing someone else, only to find out that that was a lie because she murdered someone. So you… help her cover up a crime? Offer to take the blame for it? And then you find out the (kind of dumb) reason why she broke your heart in the first place and just accept it like it never happened. I just wondered how this man had not moved on since then? Why he hadn’t reached out to her earlier, or why he would kind of pretend like nothing happened. Idk I don’t care that much because everything else was equally weird but it just….
Same with the actual bride in this story who had a whole side drama. I liked the idea of it and the conclusion, but it also just came across as kind of idiotic. why would you try to cover up the fact that you like your best friend, by marrying some horrible man? I feel like there are so many better ways to do this. Maybe just hint by listening to girl in red and get a rainbow flag? Maybe at least find someone who you kind of like to marry? Maybe at least have some sort of conversation with the friend??! I think this could have been done better. It felt odd and as if it was kind of used to be a shocking plot-twist.
The other friend herself had some very questionable decision making skills.
So a lot of the things in here are kind of weird. But it’s acceptable because this book did what it came to do, being absolutely hilarious. And it also provided some interesting views and commentary on what this family and culture was like. (Be it through some heavy stereotypes sometimes.)
Overall I really understand why people like this and I had a great time reading this!
(The audiobook is also really fun.)
That was really the worst way a wedding could possibly go.
If you spend some more time thinking about it there were a bunch of things that didn’t really make sense or are just kind of weird. The romance was ridiculous
Same with the actual bride in this story who had a whole side drama. I liked the idea of it and the conclusion, but it also just came across as kind of idiotic.
The other friend herself had some very questionable decision making skills.
So a lot of the things in here are kind of weird. But it’s acceptable because this book did what it came to do, being absolutely hilarious. And it also provided some interesting views and commentary on what this family and culture was like. (Be it through some heavy stereotypes sometimes.)
Overall I really understand why people like this and I had a great time reading this!
(The audiobook is also really fun.)