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Summary: Not Really Useful if You're Much Past College Graduation
Review: This might be useful for the under 25 year old, first time around, type brides. If you're old enough not to need advice along the lines of "you don't have to conform to anyone's expectations" (e.g. the alleged target market for the book in the first place), you may not find it very useful. I didn't find any radically innovative or creative ideas that would be appropriate for the over 30 year old bride (Really, a glue gun and some beads??!).
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Summary: Not Anti Bride
Review: This would not be a bad wedding guide if it didn't claim to be different. It is, generally, about the same as the others I've read. The most "anti" theme is the book is that you don't have to do what your family wants you to. But, there is plenty of discussion of etiquette, what to do, what not to do, etc. Sure there are a few nice ideas, but all bridal guides tend to have a few nice ideas. I was looking for a book that could really assist me in having a wedding that is *different.* I wanted something to help me get past all that brainwashing about what a wedding looks like. This book, instead, offers slightly alternative-ish ideas about how you might adjust existing traditions and how you don't have to listen to all your family. Not a bad wedding book, but just doesn't live up to being anything that different from what is already out there.
Rating:
Summary: not worth it
Review: yeah, there are a offbeat ideas here but nothing i hadn't heard before and it's still all fluff - nothing practical. i was expecting a guide that would help me cope with other people's expectations so I could do it my own way and help me remember what the ceremony is about instead of just the cookie cutter martha stewart event that weddings i have been to seem to have become.this just added to the pile of garbage to me - turn your wedding into a theme party! a bbq picnic or a 1940s swing night! - just more gimicky stuff that for me takes away from the fact that it's a wedding - something joyful and life changing is happneing. nothing very practical or thought provoking - instead of scouring books, scour your own imagination for ideas.
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