Dial A for Aunties (Aunties, #1)
Jesse Q. Sutanto
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding Meddy, her Ma, and aunties are working at an island resort on the California coastline. It's the biggest job yet for the family wedding business—"Don't leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans!"—and nothing, not even an unsavory corpse, will get in the way of her auntie's perfect buttercream flowers. But things go from inconvenient to downright torturous when Meddy's great college love—and biggest heartbreak—makes a surprise appearance amid the wedding chaos. Is it possible to escape murder charges, charm her ex back into her life, and pull off a stunning wedding all in one weekend?
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Oh boy, this was a wild ride! After 2 kinda meh reads, Dial A for Aunties was such a blast.
If you can imagine the most wild and chaotic mish mosh of Weekend at Bernie's and Crazy Rich Asians, you have this book. Seriously, I couldn't stop laughing the whole time.
Were some parts over the top? Yes, absolutely. Were some parts a little try-hard? Yes, I'll give you that. Did I care? Not at all. Not when I'm having this much fun.
I'm thrilled to hear the book is being made into a movie for Netflix and am so excited to watch the four Aunties and Meddy on screen. As I was reading, I thought, this really would make a hilarious movie.
If you need a laugh or lighthearted read to cheer you up, this is the one. You won't regret it.
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- this started off really fun for me, I liked Maddy's voice and felt everything was really readable and had a good flow
- the comedy style wasn't really for me though, too over the top. But also reading this book in two sittings made the comedy and drama too concentrated for me to enjoy
- this is filled with hijinks and Half-Baked plans, with plenty of WTF moments and also "priorities people!". The drama was meant to be turned up to 11, but it was on full blast for too long and became ridiculous. I had to suspend all disbelief 100%
- the romance subplot was so underdeveloped that it was raw instead of half-baked. We only know Nathan is The One, and that Maddy broke it off in college. There is no personality shown, no chance for bonding, just searing kisses and "I want us to try again" with a proposal and an HEA
- I like the attempt at Maddy learning who she is and how to navigate family relationships, and her finding her place within her family, but this was also underdeveloped for me
- the aunties were the star of the show, but ultimately also had no character growth or real personality either. They seem to be caricatures, expecting honor, doing the Tai Chi, praising the kidnapper-- all of the characters were overdrawn
- there were elements that the author was purposely withholding information to increase the tension (when it's done so obviously to the reader, this becomes annoying)
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