librarydanielle 's review for:

Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand

2.0

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even though I disliked 90% of the characters it was a decent story. well written and with an ok plot. the characters are all selfish, petty, annoying, or all three. even the dead ones.
jenna is getting married. and even though her mother is dead she doesn't have to worry, she planned out jenna's entire wedding before she died of cancer. manipulating her entire family into giving jenna the wedding she wanted, simply by planning it out just before dying. and how is she going to achieve her plan? by putting everything on her eldest daughter's shoulders. even though she and her husband made margot miserable and feel like she's a failure in everything except her professional life. and this carrys onto everyone in the family. they treat her like crap, but yet expect her to bend over backwards to do their dirty work. and like a good doormat, she does. even though it means making her life take a step back and not doing what she wants.
and jenna. a spoiled brat who is so used to getting her way she turns her fiancee into a weenie who can't make a decision for himself. she wraps everyone around her finger and gets her way.

wow. I apparently liked this book less than I thought...