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The Happy Couple

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The Happy Couple

By: Naoise Dolan
Narrated by: Ayoola Smart, Bert Seymour
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“Daring . . . a brilliant contemporary novel.”—Colm Tóibín

An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart

Meet Celine and Luke. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple.

Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more inter­ested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year.

Archie (the best man) should be moving on from his love for Luke and up the corporate ladder, but he finds himself utterly stuck.

Phoebe (the bridesmaid and Celine’s sister) just wants to get to the bottom of Luke’s frequent unexplained disappearances.

And Vivian (a wedding guest) is the only one with any emotional distance and observes her friends like ants in a colony.

As the wedding approaches and their five lives intersect, these characters will each look for a path to the happily ever after—but does it lie at the end of an aisle?

In her wry, sprightly, and unmistakable voice, Naoise Dolan makes the marriage plot entirely her own in a sparkling ensemble novel that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable.

©2023 Naoise Dolan (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction Funny Greek Mythology Ancient Greece
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Love loved Exciting Times but the wheels have come off here— no empathy, no plot, no discernible character arc. Interiors of no interest, some what we know to be unnecessary gimmickry throughout given the talent at hand here—gibberish, in short. Happy to fund, however, a more valiant effort.

Sadly, a snore

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None of the descriptive words match this book.
This book has nothing to do with Greek mythology, nor is it funny.
I would say the characters seem somewhat on the spectrum (although that could be just how the narrators read them)
I would categorize this in part to LBGTQ+ as both the bride and groom are finding themselves and exploring what is right for them.
There is also a lot of internal exploration and philosophy put into the decisions that are made.
This could be a very good book for some, but I am rating it low because what is advertised is not what you get. Plus I think there could be improvements in narration and flow to the story.

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What a bore! No reason to listen or read this book. I read in a magazine maybe people magazine that it was a fun read. Nothing fun about this.

Worst plot ever

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I love this book. I am not really the type to re listen to books but I found this on Spotify and made a point to buy it on audible to leave a 5 star review. If you like sappy romantic novels this isn’t for you. This is clever writing that’s feels like real life. It’s grounding and different a sort of finding your relationship with yourself through relationships with other people. I loved this and I’m trying to find more things like it. I love the characters and how they all sit in a gray area where no one is perfect. I would recommend to realists or if you like normal people or scenes from a marriage

This feels like real life and real people

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