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Four Aunties and a Wedding
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Meddy Chan is back, and so are her aunties! Following their previous escapades accidentally killing a guy, hiding his body at a wedding they were catering, and getting away with murder while also pushing Meddy back into the arms of her college love, surely the Aunties are done with the criminal lifestyle. But things are back to crazy when Meddy is set to marry Nathan, and she finds out the people she hired to run her wedding may in fact be mafia, and have their targets set on an unknown wedding guest. So it's now down to Meddy and her aunts to stop a literal murder this time - oh, and also get Meddy up the aisle!
I just love the Aunties! This book was no different to the first in the Aunties series and by that I mean it was absolutely insane and laugh out loud funny. Meddy and her Aunties - and the hijinks they all end up getting into - are so funny to follow, and you honestly never know what they're going to do or say next. The highlight in this was the Aunties all learning English slang from someone on Fivver to impress Nathan's parents ('Toodle Pip!').
With the first book, there was a point of no return where things just went from crazy to ridiculous, and while everything in these books have to be taken with a pinch of salt and looked at as pure entertainment rather than a realistic story. I also feel this book took a turn as well to the ridiculousness, but to be honest I have so much fun spending time with the Aunties, I don't care too much!
I did feel sad and frustrated for Meddy that her wedding ended up being such a nightmare - it felt like she was someone who really deserved a nice day and while it all ended up okay in the end, I wish the character had been able to actually experience more of her day rather than running around kidnapping people - yes, really.
As always, I appreciate learning so much more about Chinese-Indo culture in this book, and this one also looking at the varying experiences with Asian diaspora as represented in Meddy's family versus Nathan's family who couldn't be more different. I would have liked things between Annie and the Aunties to have been a bit more settled and at peace near the end but I guess we kind of got it. I don't know if this was a duology or there are plans for a trilogy because I would really love a Four Aunties and a Baby!
I just love the Aunties! This book was no different to the first in the Aunties series and by that I mean it was absolutely insane and laugh out loud funny. Meddy and her Aunties - and the hijinks they all end up getting into - are so funny to follow, and you honestly never know what they're going to do or say next. The highlight in this was the Aunties all learning English slang from someone on Fivver to impress Nathan's parents ('Toodle Pip!').
With the first book, there was a point of no return where things just went from crazy to ridiculous, and while everything in these books have to be taken with a pinch of salt and looked at as pure entertainment rather than a realistic story. I also feel this book took a turn as well to the ridiculousness, but to be honest I have so much fun spending time with the Aunties, I don't care too much!
I did feel sad and frustrated for Meddy that her wedding ended up being such a nightmare - it felt like she was someone who really deserved a nice day and while it all ended up okay in the end, I wish the character had been able to actually experience more of her day rather than running around kidnapping people - yes, really.
As always, I appreciate learning so much more about Chinese-Indo culture in this book, and this one also looking at the varying experiences with Asian diaspora as represented in Meddy's family versus Nathan's family who couldn't be more different. I would have liked things between Annie and the Aunties to have been a bit more settled and at peace near the end but I guess we kind of got it. I don't know if this was a duology or there are plans for a trilogy because I would really love a Four Aunties and a Baby!