Review: Escape From Bridezilla

Emily Briggs, our main heroine, has just been proposed to by boyfriend Henry. Although Emily has always promised herself she wouldn’t become “one of those horrible, obsessive brides-to-be”, she starts showing signs of it right away. Her annoying mother adds into the fray, trying to take over many of the details. Throw in an attractive guy that Emily seems to have a thing for, moving into a new apartment with Henry, and more – things don’t seem to be going the way she planned. Since I was truly confused at what was going on half of the time in the story, I really can’t give a better plot synopsis.

This book had some amusing moments. The entire novel is filled with Emily’s sporadic and jumbled thoughts that get thrown in the midst of paragraphs where things are happening to characters. Some of her thoughts are funny, as Emily seems to be a vibrant and odd character.

Unfortunately, that is about all the entertainment I gleaned from this novel.

The downfalls of this book unfortunately are numerous. The writing of this book is truly horrible. There were too many run-on sentences where the author started to say one thing, then suddenly, in the same sentence, went into the character’s thought process, which was truly bizarre most of the time. For the most part, I had no clue what what this book was supposed to be about. (I initially read the back cover, but it didn’t at all seem to match up with what was going on in the book). I couldn’t figure out why Emily even wanted to marry Henry – he was lifeless as the male love interest, and he got stranger as the book went on. Emily generally makes her way around Manhattan on seemingly needless trips pertaining to her upcoming wedding that usually resulted in some kind of disaster or mishap.

Overall, I cannot with good intention recommend this novel at all. Chick lit fans – steer clear unless you are in the mood for 379 pages of confusion.

1 star
reviewed by Rian

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