The Wedding People: The hilarious and moving million-copy bestseller

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by Alison Espach (Author) Format: Paperback

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1399622757

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book as a good yarn with a bit of romance thrown in. The two women, Phoebe (the narrator character) and Lila (the bride) form the irresponsible dual focus of this escapade, with the men thrown in as supporting, but timid and weak, characters. Other women are portrayed with bit parts and only the receptionist, Pauline, seems to have grown up. The child "Juice", a progeny of the widowed groom's first marriage, also seems to exhibit maturity denied to the adults. The characters are all caricatures like in a cartoon, and bash each other in the same way. It contains a fair bit of American style humour (humor) like altering the hotel decor to fit personal style, and American style assertiveness, particularly in Lila whose personal insecurity is manifest in demanding thoughtless behaviour.The crass adults all have tragic backstories which might go some way to explaining their idiosyncrasies, but the main driver is merely the screenplay like a theatre farce, to drive the rapid progression of one slapstick to another.However, the yarn is supported by an excellent understanding of human behaviour, and thoughts and emotions, and these are expressed by the characters in highly unlikely private discussions, or in Phoebe's own thoughts rendered into text to convince the reader that she is a real person. In addition, most, if not all the adult characters indulge in episodes of coupling, which personality attribute is further enhanced by the booking of a sex lady for the hen night. These insights make the book much more enjoyable than if it was merely the child's cartoon that the actions alone might portray. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but you must take it on the level it is written and don't reject it simply because real people are not like these characters at all; it is a good story, just enjoy it.