Scenes Uit Een Aanstaand Huwelijk (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Tomine's wedding favor made public describes his wedding planning in a series of adorable and hilarious vignettes. All hail interlibrary loan, for without it, I would not have been able to read this during my lunch break. I loved the window into another couple's wedding planning and the way they worked to keep things in perspective. My favorite panel was the Peanuts-style AUGH. And it emulates my what I hope my planning experience will be -- short, sweet and ending with a hamburger. It's cute, it's short, it is probably magnitudes better if you know the couple. Most books that deal with the "trials" of getting married (finding a venue, making a guest list, etc.) seem to run on and on, so by the end of the book, I am happy that the couple is getting married, mainly so I can stop reading about their quibbles. The brevity of the book kept me interested and invested in seeing the couple make it down the aisle. I loved the art work and simplicity of the style used to illustrate these scenes. It is the first thing I read by Tomine, and I am definitely interested in his other works. That said, I borrowed this book from the library. I would have disliked the book if I had paid $10.00 for the 54 pages.
What do You think about Scenes Uit Een Aanstaand Huwelijk (2012)?
A humorous and downright honest look into the prenuptial days of a NY couple...
—momo
Cute & sweet. Not much too it, but maybe that was the point.
—Wafaa
I related to many of these moments of planning a wedding!
—peanutbutter4
