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Diary of a Mad Bride - Laura Wolf |
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07/04/08 (60 review reads) |
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Advantages: Funny in parts
Disadvantages: A bit repetitive with the wedding to do list written every few 'days'.
Diary of a Mad Bride - Laura Wolf
"What is it about getting married that can turn a sophisticated, level headed woman into an obsessed wreck?"
"That's what Amy wonders as she watches her girlfriends nosedive in bridal dementia - dropping a hundred I. Q. points, losing all fashion sense and dramatically increasing their ability to cry. The whole thing sends shivers down Amy's spine. It will never happen to her!"
Oh yes it does.
I brought this book as a bit of light reading; and yet, with my sisters wedding looming on the horizon, I can see so much of it ringing true!
I've been reading this over my Easter holiday, as a relaxing thing, when I probably should have been reading some textbooks! But I felt like just kickin' back with a good book for a change!
It appealed to me because its cover was cartoony, (I know, I know, don't judge a book by its cover!) and it seemed forever relevant! I'm not a particular fan of the ones that have a picture on the front from the 80's, they look outdated! I liked this one because it was bright and colourful. It's purple and has cartoon pictures of wedding related objects: cakes, flowers, bridge and groom statues (as in the ones you have on the top of the cake), shoes, invitations etc.
At the beginning of the book, Amy is discussing the issues surrounding her best friend Mandy getting married. However, after being proposed to, Amy finds herself spiralling into the wedding planning void, as she promised herself she wouldn't. She starts putting wedding related tasks onto her long suffering secretary, Kate. Amy buys a magazine called "Beautiful bride" which makes her realise she has more work to do than she ever thought she would have to do.
Amy has previously been nagged by Mandy and her husband Jon about needing to get married; one reason given in particular is that looks don't last forever. This immediately gave me a dislike of Jon. It seems like Jon doesn't think before he speaks, even if it means something that someone else would take offence to.
Amy has plenty to contend with in the run up to her wedding: her colleagues, family, her sister in particular, not to mention the mammoth task of finding shoes.
It's written in the format of her diary, from during Mandys wedding planning until after Amy's wedding takes place. Amy is taking care of all the plans as Stephen has work things to deal with, and it's a case of "See you at the Altar". So understandably she does get stressed and those around her feel the pain.
This book is quite funny and I did enjoy it, however Amy tends to irritate me in places, because she is walked over by Mandy and Anita. Not to mention her sister Nicole who I took an instant dislike to.
This book retails at £5.99
Published by Orion publishing
ISBN - 0 75284 612 4
Summary: Worth a look
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