The Brightest Star in the Sky

Marian Keyes

2009 • 612 pages

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Average rating3.6

A wry and life-affirming novel from the internationally bestselling authorMarian Keyes's inimitable blend of rollicking humor, effervescent prose, and stories that deal with real-life issues have captivated readers around the globe. She is one of the bestselling authors of women's fiction in the English-speaking world. Her new novel will delight fans of Candace Bushnell's darkly comic sensibility and Sophie Kinsella's fast-paced action. The Brightest Star in the Sky follows seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit pays a visit to their Dublin townhouse with the intent of changing at least one of their lives.But what will this metamorphosis be and who will the sprite choose? There's Matt and Maeve, the newlyweds struggling to overcome the first obstacle in their storybook romance; Lydia, the brassy but vulnerable cabbie; Katie, the just-turned-forty PR executive searching for a more gratifying life; and the eldest resident, Jemima, currently playing hostess to her son Fionn, who is in town to star as the hunky gardener in a hot new television show.Keyes's universal themes and appealing characters have made her an international phenomenon, and are sure to conquer a wider American audience. With The Brightest Star in the Sky, she delivers another satisfying story charming in its wit and surprising in its depth.

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Court

I don't normally read books of this genre (it's listed as chick-lit and/or romance). But I found the book by a pool in Thailand, and it had the word star in the title, so I thought that I'd give it a chance as I sunbathed.

I have to give the book four stars due to the pace in which I consumed the book (the short chapters made it so easy to just keep reading). It was funny, clever, Irish. I loved how early on I was invested in the characters. It was a little annoying not knowing the point from which the narrator is coming from, but about 2/3 through the book enough clues are given, so my annoyance waned. Also, I saw as to why Maeve was distressed SO early on that it was a bit frustrating for me to read about her. Also I disliked Jemima's 'death scene', it was a bit too cheesy , but the way the Grudge was wonderfully done.So, overall, quite cheesy, sublimely funny, sad at parts, and an expectedly campy ending.

December 5, 2013

Leticia

I liked it much more than I thought I would! Got annoyed and confused with some ofthe characters, yes, but that's to be expected; and all in all, even then it was very well written. A keeper.

October 14, 2017

Kari

To be honest I'm not sure how to feel about this book. It was scattered nearly all the way through, then extremely hard to get through and then terrifying and finally hopeful. I think the hopeful bit at the end is what saved the whole thing for me. Keyes doesn't stray from tough subjects and brutal writing, but I just wasn't expecting some of this.

April 15, 2019