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The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

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I was lukewarm about picking up this book because I thought it would be a typical madcap rom-com about a glitzy wedding in Newport. It was not at all what I expected—and that is a very good thing. It‘s funny and over the top, yes. But it has way more depth than I expected. It‘s more reflective and insightful and introspective than I expected. I couldn‘t put it down, and when I finished I immediately texted a friend: “You need to read this!”

CBee Your review is perfect!! 1d

AmyG Agree! 1d

sarahbarnes Yes! Great review. I felt the same. 1d

Deblovestoread I love when a book surprises you as this one did! 1d

Hooked_on_books I was pleasantly surprised by this one, too, and only read it because I liked her previous book. Then I immediately told my mom to read it (and she loved it, too). 20h

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook

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This was one of those serendipitous times when I browse the Kindle for a book people have been racing about and it's a wonderful deal!

I loved it so much. It gave me a lot to think about regarding my own depression, suicidal thoughts and divorce. It made me think about my current love and the kind of life I want. I loved all the themes she touched on lightly, like asking for what you want. I can see why everyone loves it so much!

Suet624 Great review and I‘m happy it was the perfect read for you. 2d

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Amiable

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

When Hubby is working overnight and the wind is howling outside and you have the bed to yourself and you can hunker down with your pile of books. 🥰

Leftcoastzen Seems like a great idea to me ! 3d

Amiable @Leftcoastzen I love the nights when he‘s working because the TV doesn‘t go on! I just climb into bed and read until I fall asleep. 3d

AmyG Oh, do I SO get that. When my husband is out of town I am in bed by 7…with my book. 3d

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Tamra My hubby is a jazz musician so I can relate! ☺️ 3d

peaKnit The Boyne elements books are so good! 3d

AnnCrystal A bookcation 📚💝. 3d

CBee So, you‘re enjoying The Elements series then? I was looking for your reviews for Water and Earth but I figure if you‘re already working on Fire then it‘s a good sign 👍🏻 @Amiable 1d

Amiable @CBee I want to finish them all and do my reviews at the same time! 😄 1d

CBee @Amiable ooo I like that idea. Can‘t wait to read your reviews!! 1d

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

I adore this book. But oh my word, how did the editor miss this?

ChaoticMissAdventures Question is was there an editor and did they read it? 3d

BarbaraJean I choose to take this literally and assume they were serving turpentine between courses. 😂 3d

squirrelbrain I noticed that too! …so funny @BarbaraJean 🤣 3d

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julesG @ChaoticMissAdventures I often wonder about this too. 3d

julesG @BarbaraJean 🤣🤣 cheers! 3d

Susanita 🎨🤣🤣 3d

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BarbaraBB

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

#LitsyToB25 We have started and it won‘t come as a surprise that The Wedding People is our winner in the play-in round. There has been so much love for this book on Litsy!
Not in the real #ToB though, where Liars wins!
Among us Liars got only 4 votes (by Charity, Chelsea, Helen and Kristy) and is definitely out: it has no zombie votes.
All Fours got 4 votes too (by Sarah, Sue, AnneCecilie and Barbara), but will it be enough? We‘ll soon find out!

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk @Suet624 @cariashley @Soscha @AmyG @squirrelbrain @butterfinger @kspenmoll @lesliereadsalot 3d

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ @ChaoticMissAdventures @kwmg40 @GatheringBooks
@Deblovestoread @Jas16 @BkClubCare @sarahbarnes 3d

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Kristy_K @Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks
@AnneCecilie @fredthemoose @Well-ReadNeck 3d

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GatheringBooks I am so thrilled this novel won! I super enjoyed it! 3d

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Me too, I unexpectedly liked it much more than I thought I would. I liked Liars too but All Fours was my favorite. I am sorry these three good ones had to end up in the play-in round. And I can certainly live with The Wedding People continuing in our tournament! 3d

BkClubCare I am thrilled it is ToB time! And quite happy that WeddingPeeps will continue here. I am also just fine with Liars moving on. I just enjoy all of it! 3d

BarbaraBB @BkClubCare I think we couldn‘t go wrong today. I liked all three of them! 3d

kwmg40 I‘m happy that Wedding People will be moving on but not disappointed that Liars is progressing in the real tournament. I liked both books. 3d

Bookwormjillk I haven't read Wedding People or Liars but they both sounds good! I'll have to prioritize Wedding People. 3d

Jas16 I was surprised by how much I liked Wedding People too. I am so happy to see it advancing in our tournament. 3d

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay! I liked All 4s also but Wedding really surprised me with the complexity of it all. I tried the first few pages of Liars then got distracted and I had to return it to the library with all the love for it I will have to try again 3d

Hooked_on_books Thank goodness AF didn‘t progress in the official tourney! (And may it not rise again.) I liked both WP and L and can understand the judge‘s rationale for choosing Liars. It‘s a gut punch of a book. I‘m glad we picked WP—it‘s delightful, complex, and charming. 3d

AmyG Same as a few others. I was so surprised by how much I loved The Wedding People. 3d

Deblovestoread I, too, didn‘t expect to love WP as much as I did. Still need to read Liars. So happy to have TOB to start my day! 3d

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books Do you want to talk a bit more about All Fours 😂?! 3d

BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread Yes me too! It‘s a nice distraction other news! 3d

sarahbarnes Happy to see WP win this - a really lovely book. 3d

GatheringBooks Found liars to be relentlessly depressing, and self-deprecating which is sometimes good - but only to a certain point. I am glad there is a redemptive quality to it in the end. I am with @BarbaraBB about all fours. I truly enjoyed its unapologetic perimenopausal vibes. 3d

ImperfectCJ I'm cool with Wedding People moving ahead on our ToB, especially since my beloved Liars made it in the "official" tournament. :-) Maybe it's weird to cheer for a depressing book, but to that I say, "Yay!" So excited that we're in ToB time again! 3d

cariashley Happy and not surprised about WP winning here, and not surprised about it not advancing in the official tournament. I have to read the full judgment but wondering if it was seen as too contemporary/not literary enough. I loved it so much more than I expected! 3d

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ I‘m also all for a depressing read and I did like Liars for that reason but I was a bit annoyed by the main characters: he is horrible but she almost encourages him to be. 3d

BarbaraBB @cariashley I wouldn‘t call it literature either but it was such an entertaining and engaging read!! 3d

Megabooks All three books were picks for me, but TWP was definitely my fave. Loved our CL discussion of All Fours, though! 3d

Megabooks @GatheringBooks I endeavor to be unapologetically perimenopausal every day!!! 😂😂👍🏻 3d

Lesliereadsalot Lots of comments here already! The Wedding People is the type of book that makes everyone feel good just by reading it. A fun story, realistic people who speak the way real people speak, and an uplifting ending. Not too deep, but highly entertaining. Liars, on the other hand, so depressing and realistic that I could only shake my head while reading it. Hard to forget either of these two books. 3d

BarbaraBB @Megabooks @GatheringBooks A good expression 💪🏽 3d

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I loved that discussion too but it seems so long ago. All Fours and James too have lost their momentum imo 3d

Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB NO! 3d

squirrelbrain I agree with both of you @imperfectcj and @cariashley - I loved Wedding People and was torn between voting for that or Liars. I eventually chose Liars - only because I felt it was more of a ToB book. But we get the best of both worlds by having our own tournament too! 3d

Butterfinger This is my first year participating. For next year, I will know to read the play-ins first. Wedding People is the only one I have read, and that just the first quarter. 3d

Well-ReadNeck I thought the judge‘s narrative was interesting, but I‘m in no way convinced. I thought TWP was surprising and I much preferred it to the others. Liars would have been my last choice of the three. So interesting to see other opinions 3d

Gissy I forgot to vote but I only finished 4 books: my favorite was Martyr. I didn‘t love Wedding Peope🤷🏽‍♀️ (edited) 3d

BarbaraBB @Gissy We‘ll miss you! 3d

BarbaraBB @Well-ReadNeck I wasn‘t that convinced either although I did like Liars. But I love the different opinions during the #ToB! (edited) 3d

Gissy @BarbaraBB I will continue reading the books listed because I bought some of them and there are others I‘m so interested based on the comments. I also read The Extinction of Irena Rey, Margo‘s got Money Trouble😳😬and Orbit which I liked. But these first months have been so busy that I have to slow down my reading pace😩and I‘m already a slow reader😔 3d

Suet624 I remember that while reading Wedding People I kept commenting to myself, “Wow, I wasn‘t expecting this!” It was so much better than I was expecting it to be. 2d

CarolynM Glad to see The Wedding People go through in the Litsy tournament and even more glad to see All Fours missing out in both😆 I haven‘t read Liars but I‘m going to now. 2d

BarbaraBB @CarolynM 😂😂 2d

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CBee

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I want to shout from the rooftops about this book! It was sad, funny, inspiring, emotional - I don‘t often say “all the feels” but this gave me ALLLLL the feels ♥️♥️♥️ #readyourkindle

RaeLovesToRead Oh no! Now I want to read it!!!! 1w

RaeLovesToRead Wait... it's 99p on Kindle! Woo! 1w

CBee @RaeLovesToRead ooooo you have to snatch that up!! It‘s so good!! 1w

Amiable I just finished this — it was so much better than I expected! 1d

CBee @Amiable yes! I didn‘t realize how much I‘d love it! 1d

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Birdsong28

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I have seen a lot of people reading this on here is it a good book should I get it?

squirrelbrain Yes, definitely! I think you‘ll like it. 1w

Birdsong28 @squirrelbrain Thank you recommending it. 😀📚📖 1w

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Gryffleclaw95

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I didn‘t love “The Wedding People” as much as I thought I would, but it‘s still a good book. I enjoyed the humor and many of the characters that are found in these pages. If there‘s any one thing I would change, I would have loved an epilogue as the ending found me wanting more.

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BennettBookworm

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

I read so many books this month, but Wedding People was still the winner! Some of the others might pop up in the bonus spaces ☺️
I had fun making this bracket template - feel free to use if you like it!

RosePressedPages So pretty!! ♥️💜💛🩷 1w

BennettBookworm @RosePressedPages thank you!! 6d

BennettBookworm #readingbracket #readingbracket2025 6d

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BossLady305

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I really enjoyed this book. It's dark, but humorous. A woman who learns to live authentically. I don't want to give any spoilers so I'll just say... I think it's worth the read. I'll gladly check out other books written by Alison Espach.

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