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46/60 pts
The Wedding People
On-line review · 46/60 pts
A novel that sneaks up on you
Alison Espach's hotel-wedding book is funnier and sadder than the cover looks.
The Wedding People (2024)
MINUTECRITIC · Apr 2, 2026
I picked up The Wedding People because it was everywhere and I usually hate that. Then I stayed. A woman checks into a hotel that is hosting a wedding she is not in. That is the setup. The rest is people being messy in a building that wants them to be photogenic.
It is not trying to be Moby-Dick. It is trying to be a night you remember. I finished it. That is rarer than it should be.
The rare 'everyone is reading it' book that I did not resent. Take it on a trip.
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