Every Sunday we are taking a look at the world of books. I read a lot and always want to share my opinions on what I read, so I thought it would be fun to write reviews. Today we are looking at a book about loss and build…

The Wedding People (2024)

Alison Espach

Synopsis

t’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people – but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isn’t here for the big event.

Phoebe has dreamed of coming here for years. She hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband but now she is divorced and depressed, and not sure how to go on. She’s not been sure how to do anything, lately, except climb into bed and drink gin and tonics and listen to the sound of the refrigerator making ice.

When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by this sad stranger, she is furious. She has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster – except for, well, Phoebe . . . Soon, both women find their best-laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another.

– from Waterstones

Positive Points

This is a book that the more you read the more it gets better. It is a book that you cannot put down and a lot of the time you are not sure why. Even when you are not reading it, you think about it.

Negative Points

I have seen it advertised in more then one place that this is a hilarious book – it really is not. I would not say I found it funny once. The chapters are way too long and needs dividers throughout which it lacks which can get irritating,

Overall Review

People say it is uplifting in their reviews, I am still not sure when I think about it even now whether it was or was not. It is not a word I use often but it is a weird book. I am not sure how I feel about it. I am sure it is a book that will be discussed in many book clubs, for me personally i won’t read it again, it ended way to quickly after things were established and it an unusual concept throughout.

Rating : *** 3 Stars

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