To The Wedding Audiobook

" well, i loved the back of this book - it sounded like a great story BUT when I started reading it I just couldn't get into it. I am not sure if it started going back and forth in time but it lost me.....it is now posted on paperbackswap.com "

" a bit hard to stay with (and probably best read in one sitting) BUT so beautifully written - almost poetry. Dealing with imminent death (HIV) from an unusual perspective "

" beautifully written, it draws its appeal from the authors wonderful prose and descriptive language. "

" About living with AIDS and facing the uncertainties of living into one's own dying... I found this book to be stunning. "

" A difficult POV to keep track of but beautifully written. Story of a family coming back together for the poignant, painful wedding of the daughter. "

" Stunning. So beautiful. A piece of art. In my top five for sure. One of those books that makes me feel better knowing it's in the same room that I am. "

" One of my all time favourites, a beautiful book. "

" A beautiful and deeply moving book from a very gifted writer. "

" Bittersweet, visceral, and lovely with many poetic and vivid descriptions. Reads like a dream, in a style reminiscent of Virginia Woolf. There are romantic and tragic parts, but they are expressed with simplicity and sincerity. A worthwhile read. "

" Another of my "best books of all time" - lyrical, moving and tragic. "

" Beautifully written and heartbreakingly sad. "

" The man narrator is a blind man, weaving together the stories of several people in an affectionate and slightly detached way. The book works up to a beautiful climax that is full of emotion and imagery. Sad and lovely. "

" Really enjoyed this slender novel. Moving and deep, it touched an emotional nerve for me and I found myself in tears at the end. The description on the book sounded overblown to me... but it is actually quite accurate. Ninon and Gino's love story is one that you won't forget for a while! "

" The way he collapses time in the final chapter is masterful. "

" or re-reading i should say. absolutely magical. "

" i read this when i was into reading beautifully tragic books...it's a good read though. another AIDS-related book to add to my proposed course list... "

" He writes like a painter. Little precise dabs and then you stand back and see a complete picture. This is a heart-breaking one. But somehow you end up full of feeling rather than empty. "

" It's not the story that sticks with me as much as the feeling of overwhelming melancholy that seeped through the pages as I read. "

" This book was not what I thought it would be after reading the back cover. Better than I expected, although at times I wasn't completely sure whose view point we were getting. Sad but the compassion makes it joyous. "

" Daughter gets AIDS from unprotected sex but find a man who will love her still. Parents devastated. The wedding itself is a celebration of life and her new husband's devotion. "

" Even more incredible the second time around, and it's been 15 years since my first reading! "

" This book was not what I thought it would be after reading the back cover. Better than I expected, although at times I wasn't completely sure whose view point we were getting. Sad but the compassion makes it joyous. "

" A beautiful and deeply moving book from a very gifted writer. "

" It was written in the first person, but the narrator kept changing. I was not in the mood. "

" Reads more like a poem than a novel. "

" This was one of the worst reads I've had in a long time. It was slow, difficult to tell who was narrating, and did not provide you enough insight into any of the main characters for you to care about then, and then it got super depressing. Ick. "

" It's not the story that sticks with me as much as the feeling of overwhelming melancholy that seeped through the pages as I read. "

" The man narrator is a blind man, weaving together the stories of several people in an affectionate and slightly detached way. The book works up to a beautiful climax that is full of emotion and imagery. Sad and lovely. "

" The language here was beautiful, but for some reason the story just didn't catch with me as well as it could have. I think it's because the point of view wanders, making the intensity of the wedding's tragedy a bit hard to hang on to. Still, really wonderful "

" A difficult POV to keep track of but beautifully written. Story of a family coming back together for the poignant, painful wedding of the daughter. "