Wedding Night
£3.80
The brilliantly fast and funny romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella.
“I let out a huge, embarrassing honk of laughter on the tube reading Wedding Night. And then, two stops later, I did it again. This is why Sophie Kinsella is beloved by millions.” JOJO MOYES
It’s all gone wrong with the man Lottie thought was Mr Right. Then out of the blue she gets a call from her first love. She decides it must be Fate, and rushes off to marry him and rekindle their sizzling Greek island romance.
Lottie’s older sister can’t believe she’s doing something so crazy. No more Ms Nice Sister, she’s stopping this marriage. Right away! And she’ll go to any lengths to do so…
***** EVERYBODY LOVES SOPHIE KINSELLA: *****
‘I couldn’t put it down.’ LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter)
‘I almost cried with laughter’ DAILY MAIL
‘Life doesn’t get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel’ RED
‘Hilarious . . . you’ll laugh and gasp on every page’ JENNY COLGAN
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Additional information
| Publisher | Transworld Digital (25 April 2013) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 2268 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 465 pages |
by Lola
What I remember about Sophie Kinsella’s books is that they were amazing chick lit, funny and observant and human fiction, perhaps a bit ridiculous and unreal, but they were always a way to escape, a great Sunday read, when you just relax at home with a cup of tea, the best book to take on a holiday. I was a fan who waited for the day the book was published to rush and get it. I ravished (for lack of a better word!) the Shopaholic books, I even went for one of her signing/reading sessions for one of those. Looking back now, that was the peak of my love for her. Maybe I just grew up. Or maybe Sophie Kinsella “lost her spark” (as one of the previous reviewers put it).
Sadly, I did not enjoy “The Wedding Night” as much as I wanted to. I felt as if Sophie Kinsella always writes about the same character, kind-hearted, whimsical, a bit silly, glamorous, a bit neurotic girl. And in the Shopaholic books we all knew that that was the same girl – it was Becky. But it seems “Becky” travels from one book to the next and, unfortunately, I felt a bit cheated. Lottie and her sister Fliss, even they sounded just like one person, a clone of Becky (with a bit of a life story thrown in) – without their names in the beginning of the chapters and a bit of description, it was sometimes hard to distinguish which one of them was any particular chapter about. Okay, they are sisters, but I have a feeling that is not the reason why they sound so undeniably similar.
Moreover, characters were scarcely drawn and not likable, I was constantly wondering how the two silly sisters had those amazing London careers – this book borders on fantasy/sci-fi genre. The plot was weak. But hey, it’s not Dostoyevsky. This is from a queen of chick lit! I always loved and admired Sophie and her books, but between the last instalments of the Shopaholic series and “The Wedding Night”, this is not her best creation. Kinsella has an army of loyal fans, and I guess there will be no problem for the book to become a national bestseller. For somebody who will read Sophie Kinsella for the first time this could be a great light and entertaining read, and if they are looking for chick lit – this is it! But for a long-standing fan who read all her books, I am afraid this is only a three-star affair. I was already composing the 3-star review in my head, but somewhere in the middle of the book the story got better. I would have loved to give it a three and a half stars (just for a slight twist – I was wondering who would end with whom – there were 2 ladies and 3 gentlemen in the book, and each of the ladies, I thought, could end up with any one of the gentlemen), but amazon.co.uk does not offer that option.
Yes, I was not able to stop reading (once I got through the slow start) until the end, and even though I am left disappointed, I will still read her next book. But I hope it will be more
Twenties Girl
(read: great original story) rather than another cloning of Becky. Sophie Kinsella is not a bestselling author by chance, so let’s hope she will deliver one amazing read soon!
I give it 4 stars, but it’s really 3 and a half.
by Kindle Customer
This is a typical Sophie Kinsella book. It is meaningful and happy to read.
It has poignant parts which make you consider aspects of your own life and others that draw you in to the story.
by Amazon Customer
S Kinsella you did not disappoint another brilliant book kept me wanting more and as always I wanted more at the end
by Fabulous Book Fiend
Review: I was very excited about Sophie Kinsella’s new novel coming out. She is the Queen of chick-lit and so I eagerly pre-ordered this new masterpiece and got my hands on it as soon as I possibly could. When I actually sat down to start reading it, however, I found it a little hard to get into! You are landed straight into the action with Lottie in mid-proposal with boyfriend Richard, or so she thought. What then follows is a series of back and forth phone and text conversations between her and her sister Fliss. We get to know the character of Fliss to, and her take on the whole break-up. But I found this introduction a little disjointed and meant that I couldn’t get into the flow of the book until around about a third of the way through.
Although I found it difficult in the beginning, I found the reading the story form the two sisters’ points of view was really interesting. It’s not normally something that Kinsella does, but I thought that once the main action of the novel started to get going, it was a really good move and a great way to tell the story! I have to say I preferred sister Fliss to main character Lottie. I thought that the way Fliss lived her life was much more real than the way Lottie lived her life. I found Lottie to be needy and childish, and really couldn’t sympathise with the things she was going through. Fliss on the other hand had built up a successful career whilst looking after her son and going through an extremely painful divorce.
The men in this book were very well written too. Richard seems to have a short-lived role in the book initially, but he crops back up later on in the story and turns out to be a good, strong, male lead. Ben-Lottie’s new husband- is equally well written. I can tell this because I absolutely hated the guy! I thought he was selfish and needy and generally a bad choice for Lottie! Lorcan, his best friend is another character that I really liked. He does the clichéd thing that mean often do in novels like this of jumping to the wrong conclusion every two seconds, but he soon turns into a character which supports the character of Fliss very well.
I thought the idea of setting this novel on a Greek island was great, it gave the whole story an exotic feel, and it meant that the journey there for each of the characters was a whole story in itself! The sub-story of the guest house where Lottie and Ben had first met, and the characters of Arthur and Sarah seemed almost like an after thought and I thought this part of the tale was a bit weak, not what I expected. There were pure laugh out loud moments in the story, which is something that I love about Kinsella’s writing. I admit that I re-read a few pages just because I fancied laughing like that again. How can a book that makes you laugh that much be bad?
Overall, no Sophie Kinsella fan is going to be disappointed with her latest offering, however I don’t think that this novel would be the best one to start with for those whole have yet to discover this author. If you do find yourself struggling to get into the story initially, stick with it, it definitely picks up eventually. I read the last two thirds of the book all at once; I was enjoying it so much! It is definitely an enjoyable book, and I can’t wait until the next in the shopaholic series by the same author comes out!