Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week.
Today’s question is:
Do you enjoy reading wedding scenes in Christian Romance?
We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in our Australasian Christian Writers Facebook Group.
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Yes I do. I don’t need all the details of what type of dress everyone is wearing but I do like to know a little detail of the dress and the colour the bridesmaids are wearing. Also nice to know the colour and types of flowers. The things most people ask if you go to a wedding. I don’t mind if you don’t go into detail about mother and grooms mothers dress. This is something I tend to forget to take note off.
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Yes, I think the bride and the wedding party are the centre focus. Having been a mother of the bride, I know that although I wanted to look nice on the day, my focus was on ensuring she was dressed a beautifully as possible to come to the man who was to be her husband. I think those details are the centre of inteeest. Maybe a picture of the church being presented as ‘the Bride of Christ’.
Thanks for commenting. I agree with you.
I always remember going to my friends wedding and the question I was asked was what did the mother of the bride and groom wear (colour) and I was like um a dress. It wasn’t what I took notice off. My friend had a beautiful hooped dress and that I had the details about but I didn’t take in what her mother was wearing I know she looked nice but that was it.
In a book I don’t need all the extra details just the highlights you tend to want to know, what the bride is wearing, what are the bridesmaids colours and the flowers. and even that isn’t as important.
For historical yes, I like it as the epilogue, but only if kept short, one or two pages. For contemporary, it’s okay as long as you don’t waffle on for ages. I don’t want to read it for reading sake. It needs a purpose for being there. Tie up a loose end. Crack a joke. Answer some question. Have a sweet moment between the couple that harks back to something in the book. It needs meaning just like every other scene in the plot.
I agree. I don’t like the pages of description that are more pollyfiller. I don’t need to know the page boy attacked the flower girl (its fine watching in a movie but not so much in a book).