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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Light Fantastic is a wonderful production,
This review is from: The Light Fantastic (Paperback)
It always seems like a leap of faith when you spend no small amount of change on an author that you have never heard of who has just published her first novel. I am so glad that I jumped.Ms. Tucker has written a wonderful charming work, full of carefully drawn characters that will stay in your head long after you have finished reading. I suppose the book could be classified as "uber fiction", that much written in genre that encompasses all grades of work (some well written, some just plain awful) with Xena and Gabrielle as its prototypes. If you have an aversion for the genre I strongly suggest that you not let that stop you from reading a truly rich and funny romantic comedy. Chloe Donahue, librarian and part-time drama teacher at the High School she attended as a teenager, is directing the senior class school production of "Oklahoma", a task that she hopes will be successful and help erase the previous year's fiasco of an attempt to stage an opera. Into her life enters Sara D'Amico, aunt of Nelson, a sweet high school football player turned thespian who has been picked to play "Curly", the lead in the school production. Sara, who herself was a successful actress in Hollywood, is now living a reclusive life with her brother and nephew, having fled the Hollywood scene and carries with her both emotional and physical scars from her time on the west coast. Chloe and Sara meet and thus begin a "Crazy" (as in Patsy Cline) romance that adheres to the line that the path of true love never did run smooth. Ms. Tucker presents a rich bounty of characters, most of whom reside in a small town called Stonecreek, a northeastern town on the shores of Lake Erie. The author presents a wonderful list of supporting characters and they are drawn in such a way that you get a real sense of their relationships to one another. While much of the focus remains with Chloe and Sara's rollercoaster romance and the production of the school play, there are many well thought out subplots. The publisher calls the book a "romantic screwball comedy" and being a being a fan of that type of film genre, I say this book is that and more. This is a novel to be savored. I hope that this will be the first of a many published works from this first-time author.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful book,
By Sage320 (Newport News, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Light Fantastic (Paperback)
The other reviews tell you the story of the book, so I won't go there. I will say be careful where you read it. I had to go to the hospital emergency room and made the mistake of taking this book to read between the tests. The author obviously likes the Three Stooges. Not only does she use them in the book, but she writes many scenes that they could have performed. I kept wanting to laugh out loud, just guffaw, which is not encouraged in a hospital, so I had to keep sticking my face in a pillow. I'm probably lucky I didn't end up on the psych ward. Sara and Chloe reminded me of the love,hate relationships that Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn specialized in. If you've ever loved someone so much that you wanted to knock their blocks off for the way they were behaving, you'll love these two. The whole book is not funny, but the rest of the story is satisfying also. Great story, great characters, great read.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious!,
By cj (Northwestern, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Light Fantastic (Paperback)
Sara had been a movie star. Now she's a recluse working with her brother, Dave, and her nephew to turn a cow pasture in Northwestern Pennsylvania into Dave's dream of a par-three golf course. Scarred inside and out, Sara braves the public and risks further panic attacks to support her nephew in his bid for the lead in the High School play, Oklahoma. During his audition she meets the local librarian and director of the play, Chloe. Chloe is hiding in her hometown reluctant to face an unpredictable future, preferring the comfort of her hometown library to the need for change and personal growth. The ensuing courtship between Chloe and Sara makes for a sometimes moving sometimes hilarious story.
Tucker's technique of letting us hear the characters' thoughts results in some laugh out loud moments. The engaging characters and the action of the High School play adds up to a fast paced story that's hard to put down. The Light Fantastic is 444 pages long but when I finished wished it were longer! The Light Fantastic is all about love, support, understanding and acceptance from the families we're born into and those that we choose. I highly recommend The Light Fantastic.
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