Bright Lights, Big Christmas
A Novel
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Bright Lights, Big Christmas
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Czyta:
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Kathleen McInerney
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Autor:
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Mary Kay Andrews
Narrator Kathleen McInerney will have listeners believing in miracles.” —AudioFile on The Santa Suit
From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, comes a novella celebrating love and the warm, glittering charm of the holiday season.
"Nobody does Christmas like Mary Kay Andrews." ―Debbie Macomber
"Cozy up with Santa's favorite novelist!” ―Adriana Trigiani
When fall rolls around, it’s time for Kerry Tolliver to leave her family’s Christmas tree farm in the mountains of North Carolina for the wilds of New York City to help her gruff older brother & his dog, Queenie, sell the trees at the family stand on a corner in Greenwich Village. Sharing a tiny vintage camper and experiencing Manhattan for the first time, Kerry’s ready to try to carve out a new corner for herself.
In the weeks leading into Christmas, Kerry quickly becomes close with the charming neighbors who live near their stand. When an elderly neighbor goes missing, Kerry will need to combine her country know-how with her newly acquired New York knowledge to protect the new friends she’s come to think of as family,
And complicating everything is Patrick, a single dad raising his adorable, dragon-loving son Austin on this quirky block. Kerry and Patrick’s chemistry is undeniable, but what chance does this holiday romance really have?
Filled with family ties, both rekindled and new, and sparkling with Christmas magic, BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS delivers everything Mary Kay Andrews fans adore, all tied up in a hilarious, romantic gem of a novel.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.
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Opinie krytyków
"Andrews (The Santa Suit) serves up a Christmas treat in this sparkling tale." —Publishers Weekly
"Nobody owns Christmas like Santa's favorite novelist, Mary Kay Andrews. With wit, wisdom and the occasional tangle of tinsel, North Carolina native Kerry Tolliver reinvents her life as she sells Christmas trees from a beloved camper in the glittering heart of New York City. Grab the eggnog and the cookies and cozy up in Greenwich Village with Bright Lights, Big Christmas for big fun." —Adriana Trigiani
“From a magical Santa suit, to a Christmas tree stand in the heart of New York, to a neighborhood full of quirky characters, and the smell of fresh cut pine Christmas trees, nobody does Christmas like Mary Kay Andrews.” —Debbie Macomber
The way she’s portrayed female friendships, complicated family dynamics and communities has always brought me great joy. As a bookseller, I’ve sold a ton of MKA’s work over the years.
I felt kinda meh about the last two novels, but still, buying her latest book every May for the last 10+ years and listening to Kathleen McInerney’s wonderful narration has become a tradition. Waiting until the September release of BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS this year was nearly unbearable.
Then the title released… and bummed me out for eight hours.
Here‘s an abbreviated list of reasons why:
⁃ flat characters
⁃ not just vaguely repetitive, but nearly word-for-word repetitions of whole chunks of dialogue
⁃ boring vignettes instead of a cohesive plot
⁃ a bland romance, which felt forced the entire time. I am blocking out Chapter 43, btw, because the entire scene—Patrick’s entire behavior—made me physically uncomfortable. (That said, why is he so into her??? I don’t get it.) I so desperately didn’t want them to get together.
⁃ so much unaddressed misogyny, sexism and lazy stereotypes (especially in the scene with late night customer Ashley and her fiancée. I’m beyond tired of young blonde women, especially if they’re influencers, being portrayed as stupid little dolls)…
⁃ the Token Tragic Queer. just no.
⁃ Murphy, the protagonist’s brother. Did not care for him one bit.
⁃ chapter after chapter of the same things happening over and over again. The monotony is an issue that comes with the setting. The wreath-making and tree installing offered the opportunity to switch things up and peek into other people’s homes, travel around the city—but nope.
If you’re a MKA fan, do yourself a favor and skip this story.
Biggest disappointment
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