I liked and identified with this story. I've always gone stag at weddings -- even the Maryland-wedding-after-graduation scenario (twice)! And the Syracuse flashbacks took me right there: house parties with earnestly bad college rock bands, takeout from Alto Cinco and huddling up with your dorm friends for days on end, never seeing the sunlight.Things that stuck out:-The way buffalo wing sauce smell clings to clothing, as a device that really gave you a feel for that character, resurfacing at just the right times-The description of a character's nails chipping the paint from a windowsill, and the character's wish for the lead in the paint to kill her. One of my favorite paragraphs. Moves from vivid description to over-dramatic self pity that makes you laugh. Really fine writing.-The mindset only a pet owner can experience, when they're doing what they can to ease their friend through the home stretch, and the questions and feelings that follow-What an Old Bay-seasoned Crab tastes like when a sea breeze is blowing through a tent-The saddest Springsteen reference I've ever readGoldstein goes pretty easy on her characters, quickly forgiving or conveniently preventing some of their bad behavior. Even if you've never been in their shoes, she does a good job helping you understand what brought them there.This book had excellent flow, and was a lot of fun to read. This book focused around "the singles", the handful of people that did not bring significant others to a wedding. Each chapter was told in the perspective of one of the singles. I don't usually read books with that type of style, but when I wrote books, that was the style that I like to write in. I like the background stories of all of the characters, and how they all fit together. It's a cute, quick, read. For anybody who likes the chick lit genre, I think you'll enjoy it.
What do You think about Os Solteiros (2014)?
A little too terse, hard to develop so many characters in so few pages.
—sofiasalama
Thank you Goodreads for my First Reads Copy!This was a fun fast read. :)
—freshantng8
2013- Man, the characters in this book were all freaking annoying.
—Ysingh
Quick, fun beach read with characters I enjoyed.
—Jem
