cristinakaplan 's review for:

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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

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I rarely give out a perfect score but this book felt the closest. It captured all of the adjectives we use to describe books that usually end up being something else, but this book really is realistic, magical, funny, heartbreaking, and exciting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail