Review: Effie at the Wedding
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2011
Effie at the Wedding is like Sixteen Candles meets Bridget Jone's Diary. Like Samantha, in Sixteen Candles, Effie has some growing up to do. But like Bridgette Jones she has a sense of humor about the fiascoes life throws her. Except Effie doesn't have the same "adult" vocabulary Bridgette does. Effie made me laugh out loud, but drew me in with the same sweetness and innocence of a sixteen-candle birthday cake.The setting compliments Effie's sarcasm towards her sister's marriage. The wedding is described as if someone threw up radioactive Pepto-Bismol all over the place, and to top it off Ophelia is not marrying Hamlet. Something a Shakespearian girl, like Effie could have accepted. The reasons Effie hates this wedding is endless and absurdly funny. But, the real reason she doesn't want to be at the wedding is every bit rational. Of course, you will have to read the story to discover that motive leading Effie to the toilet.Effie is a great character surrounded by other great characters, like Effie's cigarette smoking grandma and Aunt Rosie, the parachute blow-up doll - beautiful characterization along with a very pink setting to keep me amused. But the real reason I kept reading was because I wanted Effie to have a reason to get off the toilet. Effie at the Wedding is not just for the female crowd, but also for anyone who has ever wallowed in self-pity, and then had to discover a reason to get off the pot.My only problem with Effie at the Wedding is length. It is a short story. I wanted to see more. I could see a whole set of circumstances where Effie would have to get off some kind of pot, somewhere or another. I highly recommend this short story.