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A review by bookshelfbybee
My Daughter’s Wedding by Gretel Killeen
3.0
From the start, I enjoyed this one immensely - I always wanted to keep reading and despite starting the readalong later than everyone else, I caught up quickly. This book was fun and fantastical and hilarious. I often found myself smiling and laughing out loud.
There were times when the plot and characters felt a little bizarre, but I just reminded myself that the nature of this book is light-hearted comedy. As discussed with the readalong group, I didn’t feel particularly connected to any of the characters and felt like Nora’s daughters were (excuse the language) ungrateful bitches. They did redeem themselves a little at the end, but barely.
I appreciated the insight and commentary into the relationship between mother’s and their daughters. It was also interesting to see how those relationships differ to those between mother’s and their sons. Given the story was told almost entirely through Nora’s diary entries, I can appreciate that it was slightly bias; however, I finished this book very quickly and really liked it.
When to Read - If you want something silly and lighthearted.
There were times when the plot and characters felt a little bizarre, but I just reminded myself that the nature of this book is light-hearted comedy. As discussed with the readalong group, I didn’t feel particularly connected to any of the characters and felt like Nora’s daughters were (excuse the language) ungrateful bitches. They did redeem themselves a little at the end, but barely.
I appreciated the insight and commentary into the relationship between mother’s and their daughters. It was also interesting to see how those relationships differ to those between mother’s and their sons. Given the story was told almost entirely through Nora’s diary entries, I can appreciate that it was slightly bias; however, I finished this book very quickly and really liked it.
When to Read - If you want something silly and lighthearted.