Brides Behaving Badly: Wild Wedding Photos You Were Never Meant to See [Paperback]

Bev West (Author), Jason Bergund (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2007

Pure, kind, and gracious are some of the qualities one associates with the bride at any wedding--but not here! More than four million Americans get married each year, and not all of the brides are well behaved. This hilarious collection of candid wedding photographs proves that not every bride is delicate or demure. These hysterical and sometimes shocking photos include brides doing keg stands, bawdy bridesmaids and grooms gone wild, crazy cakes and favors, and out-of-this-world wedding themes, including Star Trek and vampire brides. This is not the stuff that fairy tales are made of. These photos of real brides, complete with dead-pan captions, show the Bridezilla peeking out from under the veil.

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About the Author

BEV WEST and JASON BERGUND live in
New York City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (June 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446699160
• ISBN-13: 978-0446699167
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,545,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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141 of 143 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly low-quality, May 28, 2007

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Ariel Meadow Stallings "Author, Offbeat Bride" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brides Behaving Badly: Wild Wedding Photos You Were Never Meant to See (Paperback)

I was excited for this book, as one of my wedding photos is in it and I very much believe the world needs more bridal comedy -- but wow, what a disappointment.

The humor is mean-spirited -- and as a proponent of non-traditional weddings, it concerns me to see how many of the brides in the book are derided for deviating from tradition. I'm certainly not offended (I refer to my wedding as a "freakfest" in my own book), but it's disconcerting to see how much of the humor in this book takes aim at nontraditional brides. The message to brides seems to be "stay demure and traditional, or else be mocked."

That subjective issue aside, there's no denying the quality issues of the images. Many of the photos in the book are of distractingly low print quality -- the images have lots of digital crunchiness and blur, which can happen when low resolution photos are taken from the web. For a photo book, this image-quality issue is a serious one.

I realize this is a light book intended for a gifts market, and it's definitely a fun idea -- but the execution is poor and mean-spirited, ultimately making this a disappointing gift.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Livid and horrified, January 23, 2008

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M. Koehler "bibliophile" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brides Behaving Badly: Wild Wedding Photos You Were Never Meant to See (Paperback)

When I first picked up this book I thought it would be something funny to look over with my bridesmaids. I bought a copy and took it home. As soon as I started reading it I was flabergasted. I have never seen so many mean spirited and snarky comments in my life. And what is even worse is that half of the pictures were never meant to be seen by anyone other than the bridal party.
These are pictures of people doing every day things but just happened to be caught on film. So what if a bride is smoking or drinking in her wedding dress, I am sure that millions of brides every year do these exact same thing.
Also, their comments on the unusual and quirky brides are even worse. So what if someone isn't going for a traditional wedding. It is their big day and it should be everything that they dreamed of.
In my oppinion, if you buy this book you have waisted your time, money and effort.

60 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of money., June 25, 2007

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P. E. Speed - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brides Behaving Badly: Wild Wedding Photos You Were Never Meant to See (Paperback)

if I wanted to look at low resolution photos of brides doing wierd things I would save my money and stick to the internet.

What is the point of charging money for poorly written commentary and low-quality photos?

The ethics of this book are right in line with girls gone wild.