The Wedding Writer

by Susan Schneider (Pan Books) ISBN: 9780330541671

Young, promising, Lucky, succeeds her mentor, Grace as the editor-in-chief of a classic ‘Your Wedding’ magazine.

Will she be able to convince staff members that she is capable of steering the magazine in the right direction? Can she keep the magazine on the right track in a recession? This sounds promising, but Schneider does not live up to my expectations.

Grace is created after Anna Wintour of Vogue, she is Miranda Priestly in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, but the book is not only about her, but more about her insecure protégé Lucky. That is maybe the problem. The other staff members are characters without depth. Just when you are starting to relate to them, Schneider cuts it off and switches viewpoint again.

Maybe this is just not my genre. I like the occasional Chick Lit. I like a Marian Keyes once in a while, but The Wedding Writer is too boring for my taste and not very well written.

The only thing I like about this book is the description of the interiors of houses and apartments in Manhattan, where taxis are being hailed and beautiful dresses are designed for fairy tale weddings.

But that is not enough. Sorry, Susan. Next time.

Pauline Vijverberg

1/5

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