I can see this being what pushes Ned and Alice to the edge on being shamed. Like the straw that broke the camel's back. You'd think the one daughter killing the other daughter's boyfriend by accident would be it, but no
Yeah, this is pretty much why I was giving that particular line some hefty side eye. Liz killed someone; Jessica merely broke up a wedding in spectacular fashion. I can't believe the baseline for their shame *isn't* "at least everyone is alive in the end."
Also, why the fuck is Sue sticking around post-wedding? Go home and lick your wounds there, where your former beloved ISN'T and you're not in the same house as the identical twin of the girl who broke up your wedding! Jesus. I know, plot's gotta plot but still. Were we given any real indication prior to this book that her stepfather was just a total unfeeling ass?
Yeah, Sue sticking around was not well explained at all. In the previous books in this series, her stepfather was a kind if distant person. I think he was even originally supposed to walk her down the aisle! Then he doesn't even come to the wedding and now apparently he's too busy to even care, so his stock is sinking fast, for sure. But why Sue decided to stick around is anyone's guess (except the INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS reason that she's still seeing her ex).
And the whole thing with her illness being in remission, that's just shitty writing for this book, too, right? Or did I miss something in my fog of ick?
IIRC, she just declared that she'd been diagnosed with the illness that killed her mother; her lie about it being in remission and then coming clean that it was ALL a lie balance each other out, IMO. She's so full of shit she can't even keep her lies straight.
Is it so hard to write Lila a decent love interest? (I'm gonna assume all the ghosties just knew Lila/Bruce was endgame and that's why.)
I guess that's part of her spoiled-little-rich-girl persona, never being able to stick with one guy for long. As for Lila/Bruce being endgame - let's not forget, it isn't! Frannie herself wrote the abomination that was The Sweet Life, where a personality-transplanted Bruce is paired with Liz, because Todd married Jessica, and Lila has stooped so low as to be on reality TV whilst trying to win back her husband, Ken Matthews. Talk about bizarro world, LOL!!
Mustache!Todd and Soulpatch!Ned remind me of my mother's dislike of my father's beard when my brother and I were little. Also, it's a rite of passage for a teenage boy to try and fail to grow a 'stache and have his girlfriend wanna hurl anytime she sees his stupid face, but my god I wish they'd leaned into the communication issue thing.
Yeah, this was played for laughs but it wasn't really fleshed out as a decent storyline. If Liz can't even tell Todd that she doesn't like his haircut (which I pictured as one of those parted-down-the-middle bubble cuts that were so popular in the 90s) or his facial hair, they have little hope of survival. She was shocked that Todd was so angry with her, too! C'mon, Liz, act like you have possession of the brain cell once in awhile!
Ain't no way Winston looks good bald, but I'll allow it for the weirdly positive Star Trek spin these books have. Also, is there only one barber in town? Just go literally anywhere else, Winston.
There's apparently only one shop but Winston doesn't even try to get the other stylist in said shop, the one who came up with Todd's new 'do! Sheesh, Winston, just high tail it to LA already. Or shave it all off yourself.
I'd totally forgotten Amy's student film and how it's actually supposed to be good. Where did that even come from? I'm not sure SVH!Amy really has any things she's truly good at that you'd want to be good at, so good for her?
With all this going on, I completely forgot to comment on Elizabeth's reaction to the girls-only math class (which was rather funny, in and of itself, and I guess some sort of segue from her primal-woman-hear-me-roar stuff from the first two books), and the heretofore never-mentioned SVH video club, which both Amy and Winston belong to. Now that sounds like an interesting concept and it sucks that it's only seeing the light here, as the E-plot of a silly soap opera mini-arc.
I did kinda love Jess putting the puzzle pieces together at the end as she races to find Jeremy, but absolutely hated how quickly she was willing to forgive him when he knocked at their door. Have some self respect, Wakefield.
Seriously!! Whyyyyyyyyyyy do we have to drag this out for two more books, when Jess is already starting to slide the pieces around? She is an expert in matters of dating, no way would she let this dude snow her for this long!
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Yeah, this is pretty much why I was giving that particular line some hefty side eye. Liz killed someone; Jessica merely broke up a wedding in spectacular fashion. I can't believe the baseline for their shame *isn't* "at least everyone is alive in the end."
Also, why the fuck is Sue sticking around post-wedding? Go home and lick your wounds there, where your former beloved ISN'T and you're not in the same house as the identical twin of the girl who broke up your wedding! Jesus. I know, plot's gotta plot but still. Were we given any real indication prior to this book that her stepfather was just a total unfeeling ass?
Yeah, Sue sticking around was not well explained at all. In the previous books in this series, her stepfather was a kind if distant person. I think he was even originally supposed to walk her down the aisle! Then he doesn't even come to the wedding and now apparently he's too busy to even care, so his stock is sinking fast, for sure. But why Sue decided to stick around is anyone's guess (except the INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS reason that she's still seeing her ex).
And the whole thing with her illness being in remission, that's just shitty writing for this book, too, right? Or did I miss something in my fog of ick?
IIRC, she just declared that she'd been diagnosed with the illness that killed her mother; her lie about it being in remission and then coming clean that it was ALL a lie balance each other out, IMO. She's so full of shit she can't even keep her lies straight.
Is it so hard to write Lila a decent love interest? (I'm gonna assume all the ghosties just knew Lila/Bruce was endgame and that's why.)
I guess that's part of her spoiled-little-rich-girl persona, never being able to stick with one guy for long. As for Lila/Bruce being endgame - let's not forget, it isn't! Frannie herself wrote the abomination that was The Sweet Life, where a personality-transplanted Bruce is paired with Liz, because Todd married Jessica, and Lila has stooped so low as to be on reality TV whilst trying to win back her husband, Ken Matthews. Talk about bizarro world, LOL!!
Mustache!Todd and Soulpatch!Ned remind me of my mother's dislike of my father's beard when my brother and I were little. Also, it's a rite of passage for a teenage boy to try and fail to grow a 'stache and have his girlfriend wanna hurl anytime she sees his stupid face, but my god I wish they'd leaned into the communication issue thing.
Yeah, this was played for laughs but it wasn't really fleshed out as a decent storyline. If Liz can't even tell Todd that she doesn't like his haircut (which I pictured as one of those parted-down-the-middle bubble cuts that were so popular in the 90s) or his facial hair, they have little hope of survival. She was shocked that Todd was so angry with her, too! C'mon, Liz, act like you have possession of the brain cell once in awhile!
Ain't no way Winston looks good bald, but I'll allow it for the weirdly positive Star Trek spin these books have. Also, is there only one barber in town? Just go literally anywhere else, Winston.
There's apparently only one shop but Winston doesn't even try to get the other stylist in said shop, the one who came up with Todd's new 'do! Sheesh, Winston, just high tail it to LA already. Or shave it all off yourself.
I'd totally forgotten Amy's student film and how it's actually supposed to be good. Where did that even come from? I'm not sure SVH!Amy really has any things she's truly good at that you'd want to be good at, so good for her?
With all this going on, I completely forgot to comment on Elizabeth's reaction to the girls-only math class (which was rather funny, in and of itself, and I guess some sort of segue from her primal-woman-hear-me-roar stuff from the first two books), and the heretofore never-mentioned SVH video club, which both Amy and Winston belong to. Now that sounds like an interesting concept and it sucks that it's only seeing the light here, as the E-plot of a silly soap opera mini-arc.
I did kinda love Jess putting the puzzle pieces together at the end as she races to find Jeremy, but absolutely hated how quickly she was willing to forgive him when he knocked at their door. Have some self respect, Wakefield.
Seriously!! Whyyyyyyyyyyy do we have to drag this out for two more books, when Jess is already starting to slide the pieces around? She is an expert in matters of dating, no way would she let this dude snow her for this long!