The Unwedding
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2.9 • 193 Ratings
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Publisher Description
REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
“Our June Reese’s Book Club pick is the perfect summer listen!!! The Unwedding by Ally Condie opens with a wedding at a gorgeous resort in Big Sur... but everything begins to fall apart when the main character Ellery discovers a dead body the morning of the ceremony.”
– Reese Witherspoon
The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this bold novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author: a recent divorcee's exclusive Big Sur resort vacation unravels when she discovers a dead body on the day of a wedding, in this “clever, witty and fast-paced whodunit.” (Harlan Coben)
Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world.
She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Where better to celebrate a marriage, a family, and a life together than at one of the most stunning places on earth?
But now she’s traveling solo.
To add insult to injury, there’s a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay. Ellery remembers how it felt to be on the cusp of everything new and wonderful, with a loved and certain future glimmering just ahead. Now, she isn’t certain of anything except for her love for her kids and her growing realization that this place, though beautiful, is unsettling.
When Ellery discovers the body of the groom floating in the pool in the rain, she realizes that she is not the only one whose future is no longer guaranteed. Before the police can reach Broken Point, a mudslide takes out the road to the resort, leaving the guests trapped. When another guest dies, it’s clear something horrible is brewing.
Everyone at Broken Point has a secret. And everyone has a shadow. Including Ellery.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Best-selling YA fantasy star Ally Condie (Matched) makes an assured, stylish shift in her first adult mystery. Happily married mom Ellery had booked a luxurious Big Sur vacation for her 20th wedding anniversary—before her cheating husband left her to take the trip alone. She also hadn’t expected the resort to be hosting an enormous wedding…where the bride would get stood up at the altar. Or that the next morning, Ellery would find the groom’s lifeless body in the pool. Or that a sudden storm would trap everyone at the resort, leaving her and two other nonwedding guests to figure out if there’s a killer among them. Condie has constructed both a clever locked-room mystery and a very relatable portrait of a middle-aged woman in crisis as everything she thought she knew about love, marriage, and family is suddenly called into question. Veteran narrator Christine Lakin ably handles both sides of this intense, unexpectedly emotional thriller.
Customer Reviews
A good story, a rushed ending
The setting is well chosen and luxurious but wild enough to transport you, the characters are believable and likeable. For me the ending was a tad lacking. The lead character just “guessed it” rather than being led there by any discernible information. Motives are a bit weak and tying together clumsy. The story and characters are more the focus than the murder aspect. Still a page turner because it’s nice people in a nice place.
If you enjoy a Reese book club book you’ll enjoy this;
Ethereal, rich humans take on their own tragedies on the California coastline. Strong bonds formed by strangers from all walks of life. Collective horror binds them together. Ending rushes at you from nowhere with appropriate levels of “days of our lives” drama. Soliloquy on human suffering, connection and joy. End.
Not a good read
I never leave review but this was on the most boring books I have ever listened too.
Started book four times
But couldn’t finish chapter one. Very disappointed