Helpful Score: 1
This book was an ok read. It took me some time to get into the characters and then it never really held me captivated.
This book was a big disappointment. I read a lot of Christian fiction and this was an awful example. I was shocked that it made this list. I read a novel a day and I really thought this book was poorly written and should be listed as just fiction. It was like the author wants to make the book a Christian story but has to put worldly junk it to please another group. It just doesn't fit.
Christi H. (mickeygirl74) -
I thought this was a good book. It took me a while to get really into it, but once I got involved in the characters, I wanted to see what happened to them.
This was a great book. Great characters, funny, funny!
Susan D. (luvsanimals) reviewed The Wedding Machine (Women of Faith, Bk 18) on + 6 more book reviews
A delightful book. It keeps you entertained.
What a great book! The author takes you into the characters' lives and you can't put the book down until you find out what happens to them!
Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) -
I was reluctant to read this book because I'd had it so long (have my reading tastes changed? will the writing style of a 10-year-old book still appeal to me?) and because it was part of a Women of Faith "endorsed" series (would it be too "preachy" or "happily ever after"?). I was pleasantly surprised to discover a well-crafted novel with developed characters for whom their faith is a natural aspect of their complicated lives.
In the novel, we meet four women, Ray, Sis, Hilda, and Kitty B, in the middle of their lives who have been close friends since their teens. They are the go-to ladies in their very Southern town who coordinate the weddings and other important social functions, having inherited this duty/privilege from their mothers' generation. I felt immersed in the South Carolina lowcountry setting in a pleasant way. My only criticism - so many characters was sometimes distracting; it was challenging to track spouses, children, and other members of the community. This novel reads like literary fiction (my favorite genre) and I'm eager to read the other books by this author on my TBR shelves.
In the novel, we meet four women, Ray, Sis, Hilda, and Kitty B, in the middle of their lives who have been close friends since their teens. They are the go-to ladies in their very Southern town who coordinate the weddings and other important social functions, having inherited this duty/privilege from their mothers' generation. I felt immersed in the South Carolina lowcountry setting in a pleasant way. My only criticism - so many characters was sometimes distracting; it was challenging to track spouses, children, and other members of the community. This novel reads like literary fiction (my favorite genre) and I'm eager to read the other books by this author on my TBR shelves.
