Entertaining overall - very soap opera-like, and it was fun to vicariously experience the  characters' extravagant lifestyles and vivid personalities. It delved into family politics, class disparities, culture clashes, and more, with a packed and fast-paced plot that really captures the hectic nature of the wedding week itself.

I don't know if I was quite the right audience for this book though, because I found some characters to be rather flat, and others that I was probably supposed to like (e.g. Astrid) to be insufferable in their own way. The fact that

it took ALL of that to make her realize that hey, maybe she shouldn't let her entire family treat her husband like their personal appliance technician at every opportunity, was absolutely bonkers.

 

The writing style grated on me a little - a lot of telling and not showing, especially when it came to characters' emotions. Some of the clothing descriptions with profuse amounts of designer names were thrown into the middle of scenes so abruptly that it made me feel like I was reading Wattpad fanfiction about a teenage girl waking up and getting dressed in her Abercrombie t-shirt and Converse sneakers. The book also suffers from a dated sense of humor in places, particularly in dialogue (jokes about a guy being gay because he wears eyeshadow, for example).