Recenze I'm Glad About You

Rebeck's tale of two star-crossed Midwesterners passed my screen test with flying colors. . . . I found myself more invested in [Alison and Kyle] than I've been in any thwarted couple since Ross and Rachel dominated Thursday nights . . . People will be talking about this one. Remember, you heard it here first. -- Elisabeth Egan, The New York Times Book Review This tale of thwarted former high school sweethearts is a pleasurable blur of inside dish, major erotic energy and refreshing realism about love and destiny. -- People Bombshells, assemble: The Smash creator is once again training her shrewd spotlight on the inner workings of the entertainment industry, introducing a new can't-help-but-cheer-for-her ingénue. . . . [A] smart, heartfelt tale about the price of our dreams-and whether they're ultimately worth it. -Entertainment Weekly The playwright and creator of NBC's Smash takes inspiration from two characters in classic literature to tell the story of what happens when you find your true love too young. . . . Throughout the adventures and disappointments of their 20s, neither [Alison nor Kyle] can stop wondering what would have happened if they'd ended up together. -- Time Can small-town romance compete with big-ticket success? The award-winning playwright and creator of NBC's Smash examines how love fits into the fame game. --Cosmopolitan Crazy, Stupid, Love meets Notting Hill . About an actress making it big and the complicated relationship she has with the guy she met as a teenager. You'll read it in two days. - The Skimm How is this not a blockbuster? . . . [O]ne of the sharpest, funniest, swerviest novels of the year. . . . Rebeck masterfully moves the characters along cliché-free trajectories that actually resemble life itself. --New York Post [This] unputdownable novel pairs the competing fates of two former lovers . . . both defined by their inability to forget the other. -- Vogue.com Like Nick Hornby and David Nicholls, Rebeck possesses an effortless prose style that edifies as much as it entertains . . . Rebeck delivers some hilarious riffs on the venal nature of show business, even as she also imparts some hard truths on the need for compromise in relationships. --Booklist Theresa Rebeck's smart, funny, deeply sympathetic, and astringently observant novel gets everything right-what we say and don't say, how we see ourselves and how we want to be seen, the dream and the realities of love, the rewards that are offered and the sacrifices required from anyone who wants to lead an interesting and meaningful life: in the theater, in the city, in the world. -- Francine Prose Rebeck's comedic and heartbreaking love story, I'm Glad About You , is anything but predictable. From Hollywood red carpets to Midwestern mansions, Rebeck takes us on a wild ride through the lives of two high-school sweethearts who just can't seem to get it right . . . a refreshingly honest character study that explores how flawed people attempt to build a love that thrives in a messy, complicated world. -- BookPage Rebeck's sharply funny I'm Glad About You is a cautionary tale - choose your dreams with your eyes open. -- Vanity Fair A rare honest story about love, ambition, and compromise. . . . The snappy dialogue and plot you'd expect from a veteran dramatist plus the rich exploration of character that novels are made for. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Nobody writes more fiercely and honestly about show business than Theresa Rebeck. Allison, the heroine of this novel, discovers that answered prayers can be as frustrating as unanswered ones. Her journey made me laugh and cry.-- Erica Jong, New York Times bestselling author of Fear of Flying Rebeck gives us those 'summer night' feels . . . A story about a young couple who fall for each other in the most unpredictable way and somehow find their way back to one another again. Why you should read it: It's a cla schovat popis