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

~ Bev West (Author), Jason Bergund (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

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.

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: 7.5 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #920,686 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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94 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	P. E. Speed - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just gross, July 31, 2007

By	Michelle A. Donnelly "mdonn20012" (Quincy, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don't buy this book unless you're some sort of creepy white taffeta obsessed male supremacist. What a waste of beautiful trees!