Comment by katzenfrau18 on 20/01/2025 at 01:06 UTC

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Hmmmm, I wonder why The Wedding People was in the romance category?

I know the concept of genre is complex, but from the comments, it sounds like a lot of these have don’t easily fit into their genre categories.

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Comment by cynicalturdblossom at 20/01/2025 at 06:48 UTC

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Yeah, it wasn't a romance, more dark comedy - I liked it alot!

Comment by privacypolicyupdated at 20/01/2025 at 08:01 UTC

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Was surprised by how much I enjoyed it, would never call it a romance.

Comment by lateintheseason at 21/01/2025 at 00:43 UTC

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Agreed! The Wedding People was an unexpected pleasant surprise for me (just read it this week) but I definitely would never call it a romance. Maybe you could call it a beach read although it's more complex than the books that typically fall into that genre.

Comment by blueblueberry_ at 21/01/2025 at 10:01 UTC

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I went into it thinking it was a summer romance đź«  first time I really could have used a trigger warning

Comment by ClareAnt-79 at 24/01/2025 at 19:58 UTC

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Agreed it wasn’t romance but not sure where it should be? I didn’t love this book as it was just ehh for me after reading so many positive reviews. It just fell flat for me. I felt like it started out well and then was slow and oh so predictable.