Named one of Shondaland and Town & Country's Bt Books of May • Named one of Lambda Lerary's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books • Named one of Cosmopolan's Bt Books of 2023 (So Far)An unashamedly proud, loud, and hilar novel about a small town that’s forever changed by a big gay weddg, perfect for fans of Red, Whe & Royal Blue and The Guncle Two grooms. One mother of a problem. Bart Durang has a secret. No, not THAT secret. His widowed mother has long known he’s gay. The secret is Bart is gettg married. At his mother’s farm. In their small Louisiana town. She jt don’t know yet. It’ll be an timate affair. Jt two hundred or so of the most fabulo folks Bart is shippg om the “heathen asts,” as Mom lik to ll them, turng her quiet rcue farm for misf animals to a most unlikely weddg venue. But there are forc, both wh this morn new fay and the town self, that really don’t want to see this handsome uple march down the aisle. It’ll be the biggt, gayt event the town’s history if they n pull off, and after a glter-filled week, nothg will ever be the same. Big Gay Weddg is an upliftg book about the power of fay and the unndnal love of a mother for her son.
Contents:
- BIG GAY WEDDG
- SPOTLIGHT ON: BIG GAY WEDDG BY BYRON LANE
- BIG GAY WEDDG: A NOVEL
- MY BIG FAT SOUTHERN GAY WEDDG
- BIG GAY WEDDING
- RATGS & REVIEWS FORBIG GAY WEDDGBYRON LANE3.831,759 RATGS459 REVIEWS5 STARS449 (25%)4 STARS749 (42%)3 STARS409 (23%)2 STARS120 (6%)1 STAR32 (1%)SEARCH REVIEW TEXTFILTERSDISPLAYG 1 - 30 OF 460 REVIEWSJORDAN (JORDY’S BOOK CLUB)386 REVIEWS19.4K FOLLOWERSAPRIL 27, 2023QUICK TAKE: 'S BASILLY SCHITT'S CREEK MEETS IN & OUT (HOORAY FOR AN EARLY 90S KEV KLE MOVIE REFERENCE), AND 'S ADORABLE. HEARTWARMG AND FULL OF HUMOR, I REALLY ENJOYED THE READ. IT DON'T REVENT THE WHEEL, AND I MIGHT HAVE FOUND MYSELF EMPATHIZG WH THE MOM WHOSE GAY KID REALLY SH HER TO ACCEPT HIM FOR WHO HE IS (WHICH IS A WEIRD SI FOR ME TO BE ON HERE), BUT OVERALL THIS IS THE PERFECT SUMMER BEACH READ. EASY, BREEZY AND WILL LEAVE YOU WH ALL THE FEELS.83 LIKLIKE COMMENTMARIEKE (MARIEK_MMERIZG_BOOKS)498 REVIEWS320 FOLLOWERSMAY 30, 2023A SON LIVG LA, HIS ‘BEG GAY FOR DUMMI’ BOOK BURNED BY HIS DAD JUNR YEAR. A MOM WHO’S NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED HER SON’S SEXUALY, HOPG THE SAME SON WILL RETURN HOME. FOREVER. THEN THE SON ANNOUNC HE’S GETTG MARRIED. TO A MAN.BIG GAY WEDDG IS A STORY YOU START READG AND DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WILL BE ABSURD AND ALMOST OVER THE TOP? WILL BE HEARTFELT? WILL BE GAYER THAN GAY? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE WRG FELT A LTLE LIKE ANX PEOPLE BY FREDRIK BACKMAN MEETS THE GUNCLE BY STEVEN ROWLEY. THE LATTER MIGHT NOT BE ACCINTAL BEE BYRON LANE AND STEVEN ROWLEY ARE A UPLE. AND JT LIKE THE GUNCLE, THIS BOOK HAS HILAR MOMENTS. TEAR-STREAKED ON. AND, OF URSE, ALL LAYERED WH RABOW GLTER.I LOVED THE MOM-SON RELATNSHIP, THE WAY CHRISSY SLOWLY ACKNOWLEDG THAT BART IS GAY AND STARTS SUPPORTG HIM UNNDNALLY, NO MATTER WHAT. I CHERISHED PAW-PAW’S PARISON OF SQUIRRELS (CELEBRATED) AND RATS (SHUNNED) TO HETEROSEXUAL AND GAY PEOPLE. I LIKED THAT THE BOOK (WRTEN THIRD PERSON PRENT TENSE) FOC MORE ON CHRISSY THAN ON BART. I SIMPLY ADORED SWEET CNAMON ROLL EZRA. AND THAT WEDDG CEREMONY WAS MAGIL. SO MANY TIM, A SE DANCED ON MY FACE, AND AT OTHER TIM I LGHED OUT LOUD. BUT I HAVE TO BE HONT. THERE WERE THGS I LIKED A LTLE LS. SOMETIM THE STORY WAS A B TOO MUCH FOR ME. AND NOW I’M DOUBT. DO I RATE THIS BOOK FOUR STARS BEE I THK THE CURRENT AVERAGE ON GOODREADS IS WAY TOO LOW? OR DO I RATE THE STORY THREE STARS BEE WAS A B OVER THE TOP? WELL, THE CISN IS MA, I’M GOG FOR THE FIRST AND GIVE THIS BOOK A GLOR FOUR STARS BEE I ACTUALLY ENJOYED READG , AND THAT SE JT WON’T LEAVE MY FACE, EVEN WH THE OCSNAL LUMP MY THROAT. I RECEIVED AN ARC OM HENRY HOLT & COMPANY AND NETGALLEY EXCHANGE FOR AN HONT REVIEW. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM39 LIKLIKE COMMENTJS609 REVIEWS9 FOLLOWERSMAY 30, 2023I WAS SUCH A FAN OF LANE'S A STAR IS BORED, SO I WENT TO THIS WH HIGH EXPECTATNS. LUCKILY SURPASSED THEM. THIS BOOK IS GENUELY ONE OF THE FUNNIT THGS I'VE READ A LONG TIME AND IS ALSO FULL OF REALLY MOVG AND EMOTNAL MOMENTS. AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT SO SECRETLY VERY SOFT, I LOVED THIS STORY OF A MOTHER AND SON STGGLG TO OVERE THEIR UPBRGG AND FD THEIR WAY BACK TO EACH OTHER. THE THOR TREATS ALL OF THE CHARACTERS WH GRACE, EVEN WHEN THEY NTUALLY MS UP. OF URSE, I CRIED A FEW TIM, BUT I ALSO LGHED OUT LOUD AND ULDN'T PUT DOWN. I ULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT ALL THE CHARACTERS I LOVED AND THE FARM FULL OF MISF ANIMALS NAMED AFTER 90S S CHARACTERS, BUT I MOSTLY JT WANT TO HIGHLY REMEND THAT EVERYONE READ THIS. THANKS SO MUCH TO HENRY HOLT AND CO. AND NETGALLEY FOR THE ARC EXCHANGE FOR MY HONT REVIEW.22 LIK1 MENTLIKE COMMENTRACHEL COX84 REVIEWSJUNE 9, 2023WHY DID WE SPEND 20 PAG TALKG ABOUT A SHEEP?LOOK, THIS BOOK WASN'T THE WORST BOOK I'VE READ, BUT WAS VERY MUCH NOT WHAT WAS PROMISED. IT WAS SCRIBED AS A EDY AND LIKE "SCHT'S CREEK." THE ONLY THG "SCHT'S CREEK"-LIKE WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A GAY SON. I ALSO DIDN'T FD A LOT OF EDY . IT WAS MOSTLY JT PRSG WAG FOR THE MOM TO E AROUND AND FOR PEOPLE TO STOP MTG ATROCI. I GET . IT'S A SMALL TOWN WH HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE. BUT I WAS PROMISED COMEDY. THIS WAS NOT . I'M GLAD EVERYONE ME AROUND AND LOVED THE WEDDG AND HAD A GOOD TIME OR TURN OF HEART. BUT WAS NOT FUNNY ALONG THE WAY. IT WAS PLITED AND HEARTBREAKG AND HURTFUL. WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN FE IF I WAS GOG EXPECTG TO BE A DRAMA. ALSO, THE LAST 20 PAG ARE ABOUT THE ICKG SHEEP DYG. I LOVE HER AND WAS VERY SAD, BUT THAT WAS THE BIGGT WASTE OF 20 PAG. IT DRAGGED AND FELT SLIGHTLY OUT OF PLACE A GAY WEDDG BOOK.*I WON THIS A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY*GIVEAWAY-WNERS14 LIK2 MENTSLIKE COMMENTDANA708 REVIEWS9 FOLLOWERSJUNE 5, 2023HAVG GROWN UP ON A FARM, THE SETTG FOR THIS BOOK ULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PERFECT! IT TOOK ME BACK TO SOME OF MY VERY FAVOURE MEMORI. THE ONLY THG MISSG WAS CLEARLY A BIG GAY WEDDG!THERE WERE SO MANY LGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS THIS BOOK. THE CHOLATE SUATN HAD ME HOWLG! THE MAWS, SO FUNNY. I ENJOYED THE FACT THE STORY WAS FUNNY, BUT ALSO VERY TOUCHG. THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BART AND HIS MOTHER, CHRISSY HAD S HURDL. AT TIM I REALLY STGGLED READG ABOUT THE WAY CHRISSY FELT ABOUT HER SON, HIS FIANCE AND THE WEDDG. BUT AS MUCH AS I STGGLED READG , ALSO MA ME REALIZE THE ARE REAL SUATNS THAT THE LGBTQIA MUNY FACE DAILY. IT ISN'T SUNSHE EVERYDAY.I WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR A HAPPY OUTE. MANY HAPPY OUT ACTUALLY! YOU WILL HAVE TO READ BIG GAY WEDDG TO SEE FOR YOURSELF. MY THANKS TO HENRY HOLT & CO FOR THIS GIFTED PY! REVIEW-PI12 LIKLIKE COMMENTFRANK CHILLURA (OHYOUREAD)865 REVIEWS27 FOLLOWERSJUNE 14, 2023THAT ENDG JT ABOUT BROKE ME.?10 LIKLIKE COMMENTCAROL2,551 REVIEWS80 FOLLOWERSJULY 10, 2023CHRISSY DURANG, OWNER OF THE POLE SOCIETY RANCH NEAR NEW ORLEANS, CHECKED TWO THGS OFF A LIST HER NOTEBOOK. SCHOOL B FILLED WH NOISY CHILDREN ARRIVED FOR THEIR TOUR OF THE RANCH, CHECK. 2. BART SHOULD BE ARRIVG LATER, CHECK. 34-YEAR-OLD BART WAS THE LIGHT OF CHRISSY’S WAS HER ONLY NEAR-EXACT IMAGE OF HIS AR LATE FATHER. SHE WAS EXCED ABOUT HIS HOMEG. SHE WAS 99.9% SURE THAT BART WAS FLYG OM CALIFORNIA TO TELL HER HE WAS READY TO TAKE OVER THE RE OF THE RE OF HER. INSTEAD, NOT LONG AFTER HE ARRIVED, BART DROPPED THE BOMBSHELL ABOUT “THE BIG THING”. THE BIG THG THAT THEY NEVER EVER , THAT HE WAS GAY. SHE HAD KNOWN THAT SCE HE WAS 10. THE BIG THING WAS THAT HE WAS. (GASP) BE 'T MATTER THAT WAS TO ANOTHER MAN... WAS THAT HE WANTED TO DO THERE MAR, AT THE POLE SOCIETY RANCH. CHRISSY ULD THK OF A LN THGS SHE DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT BART’S TEND HBAND, EZRA; AND THEY ALL WENT TO HER EVER PRENT... NOTEBOOK. "HAIR A MS", CHECK..."CONTROL EAK",...CHECK... "MOTHER'S DREAM-KILLER", BIG CHECK, MAKE THOSE TWO CHECKS...HOWEVER, SPE OF ALL THE "CHECKS AND RECHECKS THAT FACT REMAED THAT BART LOVED EZRA. IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SCE CHRISSY HAD SEEN HER SON THIS HAPPY. SHE WENT AND TALKED TO HER PRIT ABOUT THE SUATN, BUT HE MORE THAN DISAPPOTED HER. IT WAS OBV THAT HER FATHER--LAW, BARRETT'S "PAW-PAW", WAS SUPPORTIVE OF BART AND EZRA, WHICH ME AS NO SURPRISE...BART WAS ALWAYS PAW-PAW’S FAVORE. CHRISSY DIDN’T HAVE MANY IENDS THE SMALL TOWN, PROBABLY BEE OF HER NOTEBOOK AND HER SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE OF THREE THGS: 1. NOBODY WOULD APPROVE OF ANY SORT OF GAY NUPTIALS, 2. EZRA’S FAY WAS DOWNRIGHT WEIRD, AND 3. LAST BUT NOT LEAST...EVERYBODY THE WHOLE TOWN WAS GOG TO BLAME HER FOR WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE STORY SI THE STORY SEEMS AWFULLY FAIAR...HOMOPHOBIC PARENT (MOM).. TO BE UNPOPULAR WEDDG... I'M SURE THERE'S MORE. IF YOU LET ANY OF THIS TER YOU THEN YOU WILL HAVE MISSED ONE TLY LIGHTFUL STORY. THERE WERE SO MANY UNEXPECTED THGS THAT OCCURRED THIS STORY, THAT YOU MAY FD THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DISAPPOTED, SURPRISED, OR FLABBERGASTED WHEN SOMETHG NVENTNAL ACTUALLY DO OCCUR. 9 LIK1 MENTLIKE COMMENTMALLORY1,217 REVIEWS119 FOLLOWERSJUNE 18, 2023WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE PRI THAN WH A BIG GAY WEDDG. I WAS EXPECTG A LIGHT SUMMER BEACH READ, BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS A BALL OF THE FEELS WH SOME HUMOR TOSSED . DON’T GET ME WRONG, I LIKED THE BOOK, BUT WASN’T THE BOOK I WAS EXPECTG. I’LL ADM THIS BOOK WAS HARD AT TIM. IT WAS BTALLY HONT ABOUT THE STGGL LOVED ON N HAVE WH ACCEPTG GAY PEOPLE AND THERE WAS BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA AND HATE SPEECH. BUT THERE WAS ALSO REVOLUTNS AND LOVE AND SUPPORT. I LOVED THE FARM AND THE ANIMALS A LOT. CLEARLY PAW-PAW WAS THE BT CHARACTER THE WHOLE THG (ALTHOUGH B WAS PRETTY SPECIAL TOO). I THK IF I TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE PLOT TO THIS ONE I WILL GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY AND SPOIL , SO I URGE YOU TO READ THE SCRIPTN AND PICK THIS ONE UP, BUT JT BE SURE TO HAVE KLEENEX NEARBY. 9 LIKLIKE COMMENTHEATHER | BOOKSBYHEATH225 REVIEWS298 FOLLOWERSJULY 25, 2023IT’S GIVGGGGGG SCHTS CREEK9 LIKLIKE COMMENTMARY574 REVIEWS172 FOLLOWERSMAY 19, 20233.5 STARS ROUND UP. BIG GAY WEDDG IS THE BIGHEARTED SUMMER BOOK YOU’RE GOG TO WANT TO PACK YOUR BEACH BAG THIS SUMMER. I HAD SOME SMALL QUALMS WH - NAMELY, FELT LIKE ULD’VE ED A FEW TIGHTER PASS BY AN EDOR - BUT THE STORY AND THE CHARACTERS THEMSELV WERE LOVELY. READ LIKE MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG MEETS SCHT’S CREEK WH SOME TEARY-GREAT ANIMAL MOMENTS SPRKLED BETWEEN. MY THANKS TO THE PUBLISHER FOR A CHANCE TO READ AN EARLY PY! 9 LIKLIKE COMMENTBIANAUTHOR 5 BOOKS738 FOLLOWERSDECEMBER 26, 2022LOVED ! CAN’T WA FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO GET TO READ ! 3 LIK1 MENTLIKE COMMENTJSI GREGORY193 REVIEWS9 FOLLOWERSJULY 2, 2023OK, THIS WAS CUUUUTE AND HILAR. THE HUMOR AND THE SETTG GAVE ME MAJOR SCHT’S CREEK VIB. I ENJOYED EVERY CHARACTER AND EZRA’S FAY WAS A RT. IT WASN’T A ROMANCE, BUT I’M GLAD THE BOOK STILL PORTRAYED BART AND EZRA’S LOVE. THANK YOU HENRY HOLT FOR THE ARC! 8 LIKLIKE COMMENTPATRICK90 REVIEWS12 FOLLOWERSJUNE 12, 2023I WANTED TO READ THIS BOOK BEE I WAS A BIG FAN OF BYRON LANE'S BUT NOVEL A STAR IS BORN. I DIDN'T WANT TO READ THIS BOOK BEE I THOUGHT THAT, THE CURRENT CLIMATE WHERE THE FAR RIGHT IS QUE LERALLY TRYG TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANS AND GENR NONNFORMG PEOPLE DON'T EXIST, A BOOK ABOUT TWO (PRUMABLY) CIS, WHE, GAY MEN AND THEIR BATTLE AGAST A SMALL TOWN'S BIGOTRY TO HOST THEIR WEDDG DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE STORY THAT WE NEED. WHILE THAT STGGLE STILL VERY MUCH EXISTS, 'S ALSO A STORY THAT'S BEEN TOLD. I WAS SURPRISED AND LIGHTED TO READ A BOOK THAT WAS SO MUCH MORE. Y, THIS 'S ABOUT A WEDDG, BUT THE WEDDG SELF IS ALMOST A BACKDROP AGAST OTHER CHALLENG THAT UNFOLD WAYS THAT ARE BOTH LGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY AND TEARFULLY POIGNANT. CHIEF AMONG THEM IS CHRISSY'S RELATNSHIP WH HER GAY SON, WHO SHE ALWAYS BELIEVED WOULD E HOME AND TAKE OVER THE FAY FARM. INSTEAD, HE ARRIV WH HIS BOYIEND AND TELLS HER THAT THEY PLAN TO HOLD THEIR WEDDG ON THE FARM. IN DOG SO, HE DISPTS CHRISSY'S EXPECTATNS FOR WHAT HIS - AND TURN, HER - FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE. "IT'S HARD WHEN CHILDREN TAKE THEIR OWN PATH," SHE'S TOLD. "IT'S PAFUL WHEN WE REALIZE OUR PATH TO HAPPS WAS PENNT ON THEIRS."THIS BOOK IS TOLD OM MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIV, CLUDG A LATE--LIFE LAMB ON THE FARM NAMED ELAE. ONE OF THE MA VOIC THAT WE HEAR OM IS CHRISSY'S, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED LANE'S CISN TO TELL SO MUCH OF THE STORY OM HER PERSPECTIVE. QUEER PEOPLE ARE SUCH A HURRY TO LEAVE, TO GET THEIR "REAL LIV" STARTED. WHAT HAPPENS, THOUGH, TO THOSE LEFT BEHD? THIS BOOK POTS TO A PATH TO UNRSTANDG THAT PERHAPS IS WAY OVERSIMPLIFIED BUT NOHELS TELLS THAT NNECTG WH WHERE WE ME OM AND, Y, FACG PAST TRMA ARE GOOD PLAC TO START. 8 LIKLIKE COMMENTMATT565 REVIEWS106 FOLLOWERSJUNE 3, 2023THIS BOOK WAS SUCH A LIGHT! I RELATED A LOT TO BART AND CHRISSY’S RELATNSHIP AND APPRECIATED THAT MENTARY (A LOT OF BOOKS FOC ON CHARACTERS EHER BEG SHUNNED BY THEIR FAI FOR BEG GAY OR FULLY ACCEPTED BUT NOT REALLY THE MIDDLE). LANE WR WH SUCH W AND CHARM THAT REALLY BROUGHT THE CHARACTERS TO LIFE, AND MA ME LGH OUT LOUD MULTIPLE TIM.8 LIKLIKE COMMENTMEREDH B. (READGWHMERE)238 REVIEWS160 FOLLOWERSJULY 2, 2023I LOVED . I LGHED. I CRIED. I LOVED PAW PAW AND VICTORIA. AND I ABSOLUTELY ADORED CHRISSY AND ELAE’S BOND ❤️?7 LIKLIKE COMMENTDANIELLE KAL (DANIALLREADS)283 REVIEWS21 FOLLOWERSJULY 9, 2023FIRST THGS FIRST, PAW PAW IS AN ELE CHARACTER & I ABSOLUTELY ADORED HIS VIB. WACKY OLD MAN. WE ALL NEED A SQUIRREL LOVG AND ACCEPTG SOUL LIKE HIM OUR LIFE. BUT WHO GAVE BYRON LANE PERMISSN TO BREAK MY HEART AND THEN SEW BACK UP BY THE END OF THIS BOOK. I WILL BE SENDG YOU MY THERAPY BILL THIS MONTH. IT WILL ALWAYS BREAK MY SOUL TO A BILLN PIEC READG ABOUT PARENTS WHO NNOT LOVE THEIR CHILDREN BEE THEY'RE PART OF THE LGBTQIA MUNY. MY EY WELLED WH TEARS WHEN I READ BART'S MOM AND DAD NOT FULLY ACCEPTG HIM AND HIM PRETENDG TO BE WHAT HE'S NOT HIS ENTIRE LIFE LIVG ON THE FARM. THIS IS A HARSH REALY THAT A LOT OF N'T UNRSTAND. THAT'S WHY I READ BOOKS LIKE "BIG GAY WEDDG" SO I N STEP TO SOMEONE ELSE'S SHO AND UNRSTAND WHAT MY NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCE. I NSIR MYSELF AN ALLY. I WANT TO NTUE TO LEARN. I WANT TO HELP MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE AROUND ME. I HOPE THAT BY READG AND TG MYSELF I N LEARN MYSELF OF TO MUNITE AND OPEN MY MD + HEART MORE! I AM SO GLAD I GOT TO READ THIS BOOK. ITS ALL SCHT'S CREEK VIB ALL DAY. VICTORIA ULD HAVE WALKED RIGHT OFF THE SET OF THAT SHOW. I ADORED EZRA'S MOM. SHE WAS OVER THE TOP. SHE WAS HILAR. I THRIVED WHEN I GOT TO READ OM HER POT OF VIEW. WE STAN A MOMMA WHO LOV HER WE BUT WE ALSO STAN A MOMMA WHO KNOWS WHEN SHE HAS A PROBLEM. ALL THE CHARACTER ARCS THIS BOOK ARE G O L D! THE ONE THAT MAK ME THE HAPPIT IS SEEG CHRISSY ABLE TO SPROUT RABOW WGS AND ACCEPT HER SON AND SON--LAW. I REALLY LOVED THIS BOOK. I AM SO HAPPY I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY PEOPLE TO READ EARLY. BYRON DO A GREAT JOB OF TEACHG ABOUT THE LGBTQIA MUNY YET KEEPG THE STORY LIGHT AND HILAR WH HIS OUTRAGEO CHARACTERS LIKE VICTORIA AND PAW PAW. I AM VOWG RIGHT NOW TO HAVE A SQUIRREL LOVG SOUL LIKE PAW PAW AND I WILL BE GOG ONTO AMAZON TO FD A PIIC TABLE FOR THE FUR BUDDI MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU HENRY HOLY & COMPANY FOR THE EARLY PY OF "BIG GAY WEDDG." YOU N GET YOUR PY OF BYRON LANE'S LATT RIGHT NOW AND I HIGHLY REMEND ! 7 LIKLIKE COMMENTKRISTEN (KRAYSBOOKCLUB)373 REVIEWSJULY 6, 2023I LOVED THIS. JT LOVED . THE RAW HONTY THE STORYTELLG WAS JT PERFECTN. IT WAS ENARG, BTAL, EMOTNAL, HILAR (PAW PAW 4 LYFE) AND JT SUCH A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF MY SUMMER READG! 6 LIKLIKE COMMENTSAVLEYE43 REVIEWS1 FOLLOWERJUNE 10, 2023I'D LIKE TO START THIS REVIEW BY SAYG THANK YOU TO THE PUBLISHER, THOR, AND GOODREADS, AS I DID RECEIVE A EE PY OF THIS BOOK BY WNG A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY.DNF'D AT PAGE 122/320THE NCEPT FOR THIS BOOK SOUND GREAT BUT I DO FEEL AS THOUGH IS POORLY EXECUTED. I WANTED TO READ THIS BOOK BEE THE PREMISE OF A GAY ROM WH SCHT'S CREEK VIB SOUND VERY TRIGUG. HOWEVER WHAT MAK SCHT'S CREEK FUNNY IS THE QUIRKY AND OUT OF TOUCH RICH PEOPLE NAVIGATG THEIR NEW RAL SURROUNDGS, MEETG AND FORMG RELATNSHIPS WH THE WORKG CLASS PEOPLE AROUND THEM, AND ADAPTG TO THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT WHILE STILL KEEPG THEIR QUIRKS. ONCE READG, I WAS DISAPPOTED TO FD THAT THE MA PROTAGONIST OF THE GAY ROMANCE STORY WAS GOG TO BE THE HOMOPHOBIC MOTHER. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M AWARE THAT THIS IS DONE TO SHOW HER EVABLE CHARACTER VELOPMENT AND EVENTUAL ACCEPTANCE OF HER GAY SON. HOWEVER READG HER NER DIALOGUE IS MENTALLY DRAG, PECIALLY WHEN SHE FIRST MEETS EZRA AND THKS TO HERSELF THAT HE DON'T LOOK LIKE "ONE OF THOSE GAYS" THAT SHE'S SEEN WH AIDS. THAT BEG SAID I FEEL LIKE THIS BOOK FELY WOULD HAVE BENEFED OM SOME MORE SHIFTS CHARACTER POT OF VIEW. I READ TO ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE BOOK AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHAPTER THAT WASN'T CHRISSY'S POV.A LOT OF THE DIALOGUE IS UNNECSARILY DRAWN OUT, WH A LOT OF WHAT THE CHARACTERS SAYG ADDG ABSOLUTELY NOTHG TO THE PLOT. I JT FISHED READG CHAPTER 9, WHICH ULD BE APTLY SCRIBED AS NICHOLE SAYG A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHG FOR 8 PAG STRAIGHT.LASTLY, MY MA ISSUE WH THE BOOK IS WH HOW ONE DIMENSNAL THE CHARACTERS ARE. THE THOR TRI TO CREATE HUMOR BY PLAYG UP THE STEREOTYP OF EACH OF THE CHARACTERS, TO THE POT THAT NO ONE EXCEPT BART HAS ANY NUANCE TO THEIR CHARACTER. THIS APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZATN BEME ANNOYG VERY QUICKLY AND I BEGAN TO ZONE OUT AND BEE BORED WHEN CERTA CHARACTERS LIKE EZRA'S MOTHER WOULD HAVE DIALOGUE, BEE I KNEW THAT WHAT THE CHARACTER WAS ABOUT TO SAY WOULD BE DISTGUISHABLE OM WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY SAID.WH ALL THAT BEG SAID I DO TEND TO FISH THE BOOK AT A LATER DATE, BUT AS IS RIGHT NOW I DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE NEED TO GET ME THROUGH THE RT OF THE BOOK.BOOKS-WON--GIVEAWAYS6 LIKLIKE COMMENTNICHOLAS ARTRIP252 REVIEWS2 FOLLOWERSJUNE 24, 2023COLOR ME UNIMPRSED. I HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATG THE RELEASE OF THIS BOOK AND WAS LIGHTED WHEN BEME AVALIABLE THROUGH MY PUBLIC LIBRARY. THIS BOOK I WOULDN'T REALLY PLACE THE TEGORY OF GAY ROMANCE, MORE "SELF VELOPMENT JOURNEY OF A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN OM HOMOPHOBE TO D ALLY" AND QUE ANKLY - BABY DON'T MARKET THIS SH TO GAY DIENC IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GETTG. IT'S 2023, SURE THERE ARE SHTY NSERVATIV TRYG TO MAKE THE WORLD HARR FOR QUEER PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE SWAYED BY THIS BOOK AREN'T GOG TO BUY A BOOK TLED "BIG GAY WEDDG." IT FELL FLAT FOR MORE ME AND STRAIGHT UP IF I WERE EZRA, I'D BE PISSED MR. BART DID LTLE TO BAT HIS MOTHER'S BLATANT NS THE EARLY PORTNS OF THE NOVEL. I SUPPOSE I MAY BE THE MORY HERE, BUT STORI LIKE THIS ONE FEEL TIRED FOR ME.6 LIK3 MENTSLIKE COMMENTJILL | BOOKBEAN92 REVIEWS10 FOLLOWERSJUNE 11, 2023THE PARISONS TO SCHT’S CREEK ARE WAY TOO GENERO. THERE’S LIKE ONE SCENE LIKE THAT THAT MA ME LGH. THE STORY IS BASIC AND DATED. SEEMS LIKE A STORY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL THE 90S. IT GETS A 2 VS A 1 BEE WAS AN EASY AND SKIMMABLE READ, BUT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DNFED WHEN THE FIRST 90 PAG WERE SO HARD TO GET THROUGH. I HUNG ON BEE OTHERS SAID GOT GOOD. IT GOT EASIER… NOT NECSARILY BETTER.6 LIKLIKE COMMENTAMYAUTHOR 1 BOOK1,040 FOLLOWERSJUNE 12, 2023LISTEN TO BYRON LANE ON THE BOOK GANG PODST NOW! BIG GAY WEDDG IS ON STORE SHELV NOW- THANK YOU TO THE PUBLISHER FOR THE REVIEW PY FOR OUR SHOW.****BYRON LANE, THE THOR OF A STAR IS BORED, IS BACK WH A CHARMG ROM- PERFECT FOR YOUR SUMMER BOOK STACKS. CHRISSY NS THE POLE SOCIETY RANCH, A SMALL LOUISIANA FARM THAT OFFERS SCHOOL TOURS TEACHG LSONS ON MANNERS THROUGH THE JOY OF RCUED ANIMAL ENUNTERS. ALL IS WELL AS LONG AS THGS REMA POLE AND DISCIPLED. BUT WHEN BART, HER SON, RETURNS HOME, SHE FDS HER DISCIPLED WORLD ROCKED. NOT ONLY IS HE GAY, BUT HE PLANS TO MARRY HIS PARTNER EZRA. AS CHRISSY NTROLS HER RPONSE WH GOOD MANNERS, SHE UNFORTABLY WEATHERS THIS BLOW TO HER SON'S IMAGED LIFE WH A WIFE, AND THE MOMENTS, LANE'S WRG SH.IN ONE MEMORABLE SCENE, CHRISSY OBSERV, "IS CRAZY THAT WE N LIVE WH THE MYSTERY OF GOD?" OR THE MYSTERY OF WI-FI OR SOMETHG? BUT THE FIRST TIME WE DON'T UNRSTAND ANOTHER HUMAN BEG, THE MYSTERY OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEG, 'S JT TOO MUCH TO OVERE?"THE SHIFTS THOUGHT ARE CHARMGLY WRTEN WHEN CHRISSY SCRIBBL ALL THE THGS EZRA ISN'T "POLELY" TO A NOTEBOOK AND THEN REALIZ HOW MUCH SHE LATER LIGHTS THEM. IT'S ALSO MORE SIGNIFINT, LIKE NAVIGATG SMALL-TOWN FEEDBACK AND HOW HER PRIT VIEWS BART'S LIFE.CHRISSY DON’T HAVE TO WEATHER THE CHALLENG ALONE, THOUGH. AMONG THE MOST SUPPORTIVE IS BART'S PAW-PAW, A MEMORABLE AND LIGHTFUL CHARACTER FOR A REAR. HIS SURPRISG ACCEPTANCE BORRL ON IL AS HE ADMS HOW MANY GAY GRANDKIDS E TO VIS AT HIS ASSISTED LIVG FACILY AND HOW THE GLEE MARATHONS RERCE THE LSONS OF ACCEPTANCE HIS MUNY LOUNGE.AS THE RT OF THE TOWN TRI TO GRAPPLE WH GAY MARRIAGE, LANE ISN'T AAID TO LET THE NUPTIALS GET OVER THE TOP THROUGH A ST OF QUIRKY SI CHARACTERS AS THEY THROW A "BIG GAY WEDDG" AT CHRISSY'S RANCH.IT WOULD BE HARD TO REPLITE THE CHARM OF LANE'S BUT SIMPLY BEE WAS BASED SO MUCH UPON HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS CARRIE FISHER'S ASSISTANT. HOWEVER, YOU N SEE LANE'S NFINT WRG THE RELATNSHIP HE KNOWS BT- THE ONE BETWEEN EZRA & BART. IN MANY WAYS, THE ROMANCE SECTNS REMD ME OF KATHERE CENTER'S WRG AS WE TCH GLIMMERS OF THE PRIVATE AND MEANGFUL MOMENTS THAT STILL LEAVE A LOT TO OUR IMAGATNS. THE "UNTDOWN TO DAMNATN" FOR THE WEDDG TIMELE AND TERSPERSG ADVICE OM A POLE SOCIETY GUI ON SOUTHERN NUPTIALS THE EARLY 1900S RERCE THE STORY WELL.I'M SO EXCED TO SHARE THE MICROPHONE WH BYRON AND HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW HIS LOVE STORY AND HIS CHARACTERS TERTWE.5 LIKLIKE COMMENTALLI (PILOFPROSE)453 REVIEWS17 FOLLOWERSJULY 2, 2023I’M NFLICTED ABOUT THIS ONE. IT’S KD OF SWEET AND KD OF NOT. THE MOM, CHRISSY, IS SOMEONE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ROOT FOR, BUT SHE SPENDS A LOT OF THE BOOK STEWG AND FENDG HER HOMOPHOBIA AND THAT’S NOT PARTICULARLY HUMORO, MOSTLY JT OVER THE TOP. AND SO MANY THGS ARE OVER THE TOP, OM THE DIALOGUE (SO MUCH SHOUTG!) TO THE ONE-NOTE CHARACTERS WHO E ACROSS LIKE RITUR. I WISHED FOR MORE NNECTN AND HUMOR. ONLY ONE SCENE (THE IAL SCENE OF PAW PAW AT THE NURSG HOME) MA ME LGH. ALSO, THE BS WH THE ANIMALS AND THE AFTERLIFE ARE TOO MUCH. OVERALL, ’S A PREDICTABLE, OVERPLAYED, FEEL-GOOD-ISH READ THAT MIGHT WORK WELL FOR SOME REARS. DO BE AWARE THAT HOMOPHOBIA A SMALL TOWN IS A PERSISTENT THEME THROUGHOUT, EVEN IF ’S CLOAKED ATTEMPTED HUMOR.5 LIKLIKE COMMENTMATTHEW9 REVIEWS195 FOLLOWERSJUNE 19, 2023FUCKG LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH AND WILL BE REMENDG TO EVERYONE MOVG FORWARD. LGHED. CRIED. FELT ALL OF THE FEELS. WAS CREDIBLE!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!5 LIKLIKE COMMENTSTEPHANIE442 REVIEWS1 FOLLOWERJUNE 26, 2023MI AUDBOOK: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MACMILLAN AUD FOR THE PLIMENTARY PY OF THE BOOK! THIS BOOK IS OUT NOW! CONTENT WARNG OM STORYGRAPH: GRAPHIC: HOMOPHOBIA, ANIMAL ATH, ALHOLISMMORATE: DG E, HATE CRIME, GRIEFMOR: DEATH OF PARENTI HAD NO IA WHAT THIS BOOK WAS ABOUT. 98% OF THE TIME I GO BY VIB, THOR & BUZZ AND THAT WAS THE SE WH THIS. I HONTLY THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GOG TO BE ABOUT A ROMANCE LEADG UP TO BIG GAY WEDDG. AND THIS WAS NOT THE SE AT ALL. THIS BOOK WAS FELY MORE OF A FICTN THAN A ROMANCE. WHICH IS FE JT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS ANTICIPATG. I WISH I HAD THE PHYSIL BOOK (ODDLY ENOUGH WENT TO 3 STOR AND ULD NOT LOTE A PY) BEE THERE WERE SO MANY CHARACTERS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHILE I WAS LISTENG. IT TOOK A B TO UNRSTAND WHO WAS WHO AND THEIR ROLE THE FAY BUT BY THE END I HAD EVERYONE STRAIGHT. CHRISSY DURANG'S GROWTH THIS BOOK IS THE START OF THE BOOK. AT THE BEGNG OF THE BOOK SHE WAS AT ONE END AND WE ARE WH HER ALONG THE JOURNEY OF ACCEPTG HER SON'S SEXUALY AND THAT HE WAS GETTG MARRIED TO APPROVG AND LOVG BART'S HBAND ERZA. I ALSO WAS SURPRISED ON HOW THE BOOK END AND WAS SOMETHG I SAW G BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTG AT THE START OF THE BOOK. PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNGS AS WAS PRETTY TAILED. I LOVE WHEN ACTORS DO DBOOK NARRATG. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE LISTENED TO A BOOK WH NOAH GALV NARRATG BUT HE JT IS SUCH EXCEPTNAL. HE WAS ABLE TO ADJT HIS VOICE TO GIVE EACH CHARACTER THEIR OWN PERSONALY. THIS BOOK HAD THE LGHS, THE TEARS & STILL A LOT OF LOVE BETWEEN. 2023 2023-DBOOKS4 LIKLIKE COMMENTDREW READS83 REVIEWSMAY 15, 2023USUAL GAY WEDDG STORI VOLVED THE GROOMS, A ROMANCE, OR THE BT IEND - BUT ??? ??? ??????? IS NOT LIKE TYPIL STORI. THIS STORY IS MALY ABOUT THE MOTHER OF THE GROOM, HER ONLY SON, AND HER JOURNEY OF ACCEPTANCE. THE MOTHER-SON RELATNSHIP IS ON FULL DISPLAY AS SHE STARTS OFF CLGG TO HER IAL VERSN OF HER BOY VS ACCEPTG THE MAN HE HAS BEE… BUT SHE DO E AROUND.WHILE ’S A HOPEFUL STORY, WH HAPPY ENDG, SOME OF THE REALI OF HOMOPHOBIA A SMALL TOWN ARE A B HEARTBREAKG AND HARD TO READ. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS PLENTY OF EDIC RELIEF, MALY THE FORM OF EZRA AND HIS PARENTS - PARTS WERE A B OVER THE TOP FOR ME AND BEME A LTLE CRGE.IN THE END, THE LOVE REALLY DO SHE THROUGH THIS STORY.BARRETT IS A SWEET-AS-PIE AND THE LOVE HE AND EZRA SHARE IS UNIQUE. CHRISSY’S CHARACTER ALSO GO THROUGH QUE THE JOURNEY, OM BARELY ACKNOWLEDGG BARRETT IS GAY, TO ACCEPTANCE, FENR, AND FULLY EMBRACG HER NEW SON--LAW AND LARGER FAY.??? ??? ??????? BY BYRON LANE ★★★.5OUT MAY 30TH.THANKS TO HENRY HOLT & CO. AND NETGALLEY FOR A CHANCE TO EARLY REVIEW THIS STORY EXCHANGE FOR AN HONT REVIEW.2023-LOOKG-FORWARD NOVELS4 LIKLIKE COMMENTKAYTEE COBB1,915 REVIEWS388 FOLLOWERSJUNE 11, 2023SO MANY GIGGL AND A FEW TEARS. I LOVED THIS.2023-READ-YOUR-SHELV BUDDY-READ FICTN ..4 LIKLIKE COMMENTTL 1,863 REVIEWS45 FOLLOWERSMAY 15, 2023WON VIA GOODREADS GIVEAWAYS. ALL MY OPNS ARE MY OWN. ----3.5 STARS ? A WARM HUG OF A NOVEL.. MAY TRATE YOU THE BEGNG BUT WON ME OVER QUICKLY AND I WAS ROOTG FOR EVERYONE HERE. THIS ONE HAD ME SG, LGHG, CURSG CERTA PEOPLE, AND TEARS NEAR THE END .JT WHAT I NEED AT THE MOMENT:)GOODREADS-GIVEAWAYS4 LIKLIKE COMMENTARMANDO C.98 REVIEWSJUNE 4, 2023I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS BOOK WAS TRYG TO BE BUT FUNNY IS WHAT IS NOT. THE CHARACTERS ARE ONE DIMENSNAL AND THE STORY WENT ON AND ON AND ON. THE ONLY THG THAT SAVED THIS BOOK OM A ONE STAR IS THE SWEET CHICKEN STORY AT THE END. 4 LIKLIKE COMMENTJARED (JAREADFORFILTH)53 REVIEWS50 FOLLOWERSMAY 20, 2023FIRSTLY I HAVE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO @BYRONLANEDOT AND @HENRYHOLTBOOKS FOR SENDG ME THIS ARC! ?IF I’M HONT, I WAS A LTLE B NERVO ABOUT STARTG THIS BOOK EVEN THOUGH IS IRONILLY ONE OF THE BOOKS I WAS THE MOST EXCED TO READ ? A LARGE THEME IS OVERG HOMOPHOBIA, MALY STEMMG OM RELIGLY DOCTRATED BIGOTRY, AND WHETHER OR NOT FAY LOVE IS ENOUGH TO OVERE THAT. AS A FLORIDA RINT, I FEEL NSTANTLY BOMBARD BY HOMOPHOBIC RHETORIC, SO I WAS TORN CHOOSG TO READ ABOUT MY LEISURE AS WELL. I GOTTA SAY THOUGH, THE END I’M REALLY GLAD I ST MY FEARS ASI AND READ ANYWAY ?WHILE THERE ARE CLEARLY DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGERG TOPICS AT PLAY HERE, THEY ARE REAL, IMPORTANT AND HANDLED AS GENTLY AS BIGOTRY N BE AND TOLD A WAY WHERE YOU GET TO SEE THE MARGALIZED AND THEIR ALLI SHE AND PREVAIL. THERE IS SO MUCH HEART, SO MUCH QUEER JOY AND LOVE, AND SO MUCH HUMOR HERE TOO, I LEGIMATELY LGHED OUT LOUD SEVERAL TIM, ’S THAT FUNNY! ALSO THE SCHT’S CREEK VIB HERE ARE IMMACULATE AND I THK WE NEED A SP-OFF ABOUT NICHOLE JSJS ???AS MUCH AS THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A BIG GAY WEDDG, I FOUND ’S REALLY CENTERED AROUND A WIDOWED MOTHER FIGHTG TO NAVIGATE HER HOMOPHOBIA AND AVOID LOSG HER QUEER SON. HER SON—OR RATHER, THE IALIZED VERSN OF HIM SHE’S CREATED HER HEAD—IS HER WHOLE WORLD, BUT DO SHE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PACY FOR UNNDNAL LOVE? WHILE SHE IS NOT MY FAVORE CHARACTER, SHE IS VERY WELL-WRTEN AND HAS A TON OF HUMANY AND SOME REALLY BADA** AND HILAR MOMENTS THAT STILL GOT ME CHEERG FOR HER THE END. ALSO, I’M OBSSED WH BASILLY EVERYONE ELSE AND AM NVCED I AM EZRA JS ? FETCH ME MY VICTORIAN GOWN ??5 LIKLIKE COMMENTTEDDY201 REVIEWS11 FOLLOWERSJUNE 13, 2023GREEN VIB! THIS BOOK WAS SO ENTERTAG. I WASN’T EXPECTG OMNISCIENT POV BEE DON’T SEEM AS POPULAR MORN BOOKS, BUT AFTER READG THIS AND LSONS CHEMISTRY- I HAVE TO WONR WHY. WHEN EMPLOYED WELL, ’S SUPER CREATIVE - AS THIS SE WHERE WE HOP BETWEEN ALL THE CHARACTERS AS WELL AS THE ANIMALS. CHRISSY IS THE PROTAGONIST AND I DID WANT A B MORE OM HER ARC, BUT THE MOTHER AND SON MOMENTS WERE SO TENR AND RANG TE. I LIKED THAT THE BOOK POKED FUN AT BOTH CULTUR (URBAN AND RAL) BUT WAS ALSO ENARG TO BOTH AND SIGHTFUL. IT WAS FANCIFUL AND JOYO. MY MA TWO CRIQU ARE THAT SOME THGS FELT A B CLICHE/TOO IALISTIC, AND THE ENDG WAS WAY TOO LONG BY HALF. BUT ON THE WHOLE, AN ENJOYABLE READ WH IMPORTANT SIGHTS.SHORT SUMMARY: NOTHG IS MORE IMPORTANT TO CHRISSY THAN HER RCUED ANIMALS ON POLE SOCIETY RANCH AND HER SON, BART. HOWEVER, BEG GAY IS NOT SOMETHG THAT’S “DONE” RAL LOUISIANA SO WHEN HE AND HIS FIANCé EZRA WANT TO GET MARRIED ON THE FARM, CHRISSY STGGL. SHE LOV HER SON BUT HAT THE S AND THE FAY IS PRSURED BY THEIR MUNY. WILL THE MEN GET THEIR BIG GAY WEDDG OR WILL THEY BE N OUT OF TOWN?THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND HENRY HOLT & CO. ARC PROVID EXCHANGE FOR AN HONT REVIEW.3 LIKLIKE COMMENTDISPLAYG 1 - 30 OF 460 REVIEWSSHOW MORE REVIEWSLOADG...
BIG GAY WEDDG
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Named one of Shondaland and Town & Country's Bt Books of May • Named one of Lambda Lerary's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books • Named one of Cosmopolan's Bt Books of 2023 (So Far)An unashamedly proud, loud, and hilar novel about a small town that’s forever changed by a big gay weddg, perfect for fans of Red, Whe & Royal Blue and The Guncle. Big Gay Weddg: A Novel.
BIG GAY WEDDING
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RATGS & REVIEWS FORBIG GAY WEDDGBYRON LANE3.831,759 RATGS459 REVIEWS5 STARS449 (25%)4 STARS749 (42%)3 STARS409 (23%)2 STARS120 (6%)1 STAR32 (1%)SEARCH REVIEW TEXTFILTERSDISPLAYG 1 - 30 OF 460 REVIEWSJORDAN (JORDY’S BOOK CLUB)386 REVIEWS19.4K FOLLOWERSAPRIL 27, 2023QUICK TAKE: 'S BASILLY SCHITT'S CREEK MEETS IN & OUT (HOORAY FOR AN EARLY 90S KEV KLE MOVIE REFERENCE), AND 'S ADORABLE. HEARTWARMG AND FULL OF HUMOR, I REALLY ENJOYED THE READ. IT DON'T REVENT THE WHEEL, AND I MIGHT HAVE FOUND MYSELF EMPATHIZG WH THE MOM WHOSE GAY KID REALLY SH HER TO ACCEPT HIM FOR WHO HE IS (WHICH IS A WEIRD SI FOR ME TO BE ON HERE), BUT OVERALL THIS IS THE PERFECT SUMMER BEACH READ. EASY, BREEZY AND WILL LEAVE YOU WH ALL THE FEELS.83 LIKLIKE COMMENTMARIEKE (MARIEK_MMERIZG_BOOKS)498 REVIEWS320 FOLLOWERSMAY 30, 2023A SON LIVG LA, HIS ‘BEG GAY FOR DUMMI’ BOOK BURNED BY HIS DAD JUNR YEAR. A MOM WHO’S NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED HER SON’S SEXUALY, HOPG THE SAME SON WILL RETURN HOME. FOREVER. THEN THE SON ANNOUNC HE’S GETTG MARRIED. TO A MAN.BIG GAY WEDDG IS A STORY YOU START READG AND DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WILL BE ABSURD AND ALMOST OVER THE TOP? WILL BE HEARTFELT? WILL BE GAYER THAN GAY? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE WRG FELT A LTLE LIKE ANX PEOPLE BY FREDRIK BACKMAN MEETS THE GUNCLE BY STEVEN ROWLEY. THE LATTER MIGHT NOT BE ACCINTAL BEE BYRON LANE AND STEVEN ROWLEY ARE A UPLE. AND JT LIKE THE GUNCLE, THIS BOOK HAS HILAR MOMENTS. TEAR-STREAKED ON. AND, OF URSE, ALL LAYERED WH RABOW GLTER.I LOVED THE MOM-SON RELATNSHIP, THE WAY CHRISSY SLOWLY ACKNOWLEDG THAT BART IS GAY AND STARTS SUPPORTG HIM UNNDNALLY, NO MATTER WHAT. I CHERISHED PAW-PAW’S PARISON OF SQUIRRELS (CELEBRATED) AND RATS (SHUNNED) TO HETEROSEXUAL AND GAY PEOPLE. I LIKED THAT THE BOOK (WRTEN THIRD PERSON PRENT TENSE) FOC MORE ON CHRISSY THAN ON BART. I SIMPLY ADORED SWEET CNAMON ROLL EZRA. AND THAT WEDDG CEREMONY WAS MAGIL. SO MANY TIM, A SE DANCED ON MY FACE, AND AT OTHER TIM I LGHED OUT LOUD. BUT I HAVE TO BE HONT. THERE WERE THGS I LIKED A LTLE LS. SOMETIM THE STORY WAS A B TOO MUCH FOR ME. AND NOW I’M DOUBT. DO I RATE THIS BOOK FOUR STARS BEE I THK THE CURRENT AVERAGE ON GOODREADS IS WAY TOO LOW? OR DO I RATE THE STORY THREE STARS BEE WAS A B OVER THE TOP? WELL, THE CISN IS MA, I’M GOG FOR THE FIRST AND GIVE THIS BOOK A GLOR FOUR STARS BEE I ACTUALLY ENJOYED READG , AND THAT SE JT WON’T LEAVE MY FACE, EVEN WH THE OCSNAL LUMP MY THROAT. I RECEIVED AN ARC OM HENRY HOLT & COMPANY AND NETGALLEY EXCHANGE FOR AN HONT REVIEW. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM39 LIKLIKE COMMENTJS609 REVIEWS9 FOLLOWERSMAY 30, 2023I WAS SUCH A FAN OF LANE'S A STAR IS BORED, SO I WENT TO THIS WH HIGH EXPECTATNS. LUCKILY SURPASSED THEM. THIS BOOK IS GENUELY ONE OF THE FUNNIT THGS I'VE READ A LONG TIME AND IS ALSO FULL OF REALLY MOVG AND EMOTNAL MOMENTS. AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT SO SECRETLY VERY SOFT, I LOVED THIS STORY OF A MOTHER AND SON STGGLG TO OVERE THEIR UPBRGG AND FD THEIR WAY BACK TO EACH OTHER. THE THOR TREATS ALL OF THE CHARACTERS WH GRACE, EVEN WHEN THEY NTUALLY MS UP. OF URSE, I CRIED A FEW TIM, BUT I ALSO LGHED OUT LOUD AND ULDN'T PUT DOWN. I ULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT ALL THE CHARACTERS I LOVED AND THE FARM FULL OF MISF ANIMALS NAMED AFTER 90S S CHARACTERS, BUT I MOSTLY JT WANT TO HIGHLY REMEND THAT EVERYONE READ THIS. THANKS SO MUCH TO HENRY HOLT AND CO. AND NETGALLEY FOR THE ARC EXCHANGE FOR MY HONT REVIEW.22 LIK1 MENTLIKE COMMENTRACHEL COX84 REVIEWSJUNE 9, 2023WHY DID WE SPEND 20 PAG TALKG ABOUT A SHEEP?LOOK, THIS BOOK WASN'T THE WORST BOOK I'VE READ, BUT WAS VERY MUCH NOT WHAT WAS PROMISED. IT WAS SCRIBED AS A EDY AND LIKE "SCHT'S CREEK." THE ONLY THG "SCHT'S CREEK"-LIKE WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A GAY SON. I ALSO DIDN'T FD A LOT OF EDY . IT WAS MOSTLY JT PRSG WAG FOR THE MOM TO E AROUND AND FOR PEOPLE TO STOP MTG ATROCI. I GET . IT'S A SMALL TOWN WH HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE. BUT I WAS PROMISED COMEDY. THIS WAS NOT . I'M GLAD EVERYONE ME AROUND AND LOVED THE WEDDG AND HAD A GOOD TIME OR TURN OF HEART. BUT WAS NOT FUNNY ALONG THE WAY. IT WAS PLITED AND HEARTBREAKG AND HURTFUL. WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN FE IF I WAS GOG EXPECTG TO BE A DRAMA. ALSO, THE LAST 20 PAG ARE ABOUT THE ICKG SHEEP DYG. I LOVE HER AND WAS VERY SAD, BUT THAT WAS THE BIGGT WASTE OF 20 PAG. IT DRAGGED AND FELT SLIGHTLY OUT OF PLACE A GAY WEDDG BOOK.*I WON THIS A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY*GIVEAWAY-WNERS14 LIK2 MENTSLIKE COMMENTDANA708 REVIEWS9 FOLLOWERSJUNE 5, 2023HAVG GROWN UP ON A FARM, THE SETTG FOR THIS BOOK ULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PERFECT! IT TOOK ME BACK TO SOME OF MY VERY FAVOURE MEMORI. THE ONLY THG MISSG WAS CLEARLY A BIG GAY WEDDG!THERE WERE SO MANY LGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS THIS BOOK. THE CHOLATE SUATN HAD ME HOWLG! THE MAWS, SO FUNNY. I ENJOYED THE FACT THE STORY WAS FUNNY, BUT ALSO VERY TOUCHG. THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BART AND HIS MOTHER, CHRISSY HAD S HURDL. AT TIM I REALLY STGGLED READG ABOUT THE WAY CHRISSY FELT ABOUT HER SON, HIS FIANCE AND THE WEDDG. BUT AS MUCH AS I STGGLED READG , ALSO MA ME REALIZE THE ARE REAL SUATNS THAT THE LGBTQIA MUNY FACE DAILY. IT ISN'T SUNSHE EVERYDAY.I WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR A HAPPY OUTE. MANY HAPPY OUT ACTUALLY! YOU WILL HAVE TO READ BIG GAY WEDDG TO SEE FOR YOURSELF. MY THANKS TO HENRY HOLT & CO FOR THIS GIFTED PY! REVIEW-PI12 LIKLIKE COMMENTFRANK CHILLURA (OHYOUREAD)865 REVIEWS27 FOLLOWERSJUNE 14, 2023THAT ENDG JT ABOUT BROKE ME.?10 LIKLIKE COMMENTCAROL2,551 REVIEWS80 FOLLOWERSJULY 10, 2023CHRISSY DURANG, OWNER OF THE POLE SOCIETY RANCH NEAR NEW ORLEANS, CHECKED TWO THGS OFF A LIST HER NOTEBOOK. SCHOOL B FILLED WH NOISY CHILDREN ARRIVED FOR THEIR TOUR OF THE RANCH, CHECK. 2. BART SHOULD BE ARRIVG LATER, CHECK. 34-YEAR-OLD BART WAS THE LIGHT OF CHRISSY’S WAS HER ONLY NEAR-EXACT IMAGE OF HIS AR LATE FATHER. SHE WAS EXCED ABOUT HIS HOMEG. SHE WAS 99.9% SURE THAT BART WAS FLYG OM CALIFORNIA TO TELL HER HE WAS READY TO TAKE OVER THE RE OF THE RE OF HER. INSTEAD, NOT LONG AFTER HE ARRIVED, BART DROPPED THE BOMBSHELL ABOUT “THE BIG THING”. THE BIG THG THAT THEY NEVER EVER , THAT HE WAS GAY. SHE HAD KNOWN THAT SCE HE WAS 10. THE BIG THING WAS THAT HE WAS. (GASP) BE 'T MATTER THAT WAS TO ANOTHER MAN... WAS THAT HE WANTED TO DO THERE MAR, AT THE POLE SOCIETY RANCH. CHRISSY ULD THK OF A LN THGS SHE DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT BART’S TEND HBAND, EZRA; AND THEY ALL WENT TO HER EVER PRENT... NOTEBOOK. "HAIR A MS", CHECK..."CONTROL EAK",...CHECK... "MOTHER'S DREAM-KILLER", BIG CHECK, MAKE THOSE TWO CHECKS...HOWEVER, SPE OF ALL THE "CHECKS AND RECHECKS THAT FACT REMAED THAT BART LOVED EZRA. IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SCE CHRISSY HAD SEEN HER SON THIS HAPPY. SHE WENT AND TALKED TO HER PRIT ABOUT THE SUATN, BUT HE MORE THAN DISAPPOTED HER. IT WAS OBV THAT HER FATHER--LAW, BARRETT'S "PAW-PAW", WAS SUPPORTIVE OF BART AND EZRA, WHICH ME AS NO SURPRISE...BART WAS ALWAYS PAW-PAW’S FAVORE. CHRISSY DIDN’T HAVE MANY IENDS THE SMALL TOWN, PROBABLY BEE OF HER NOTEBOOK AND HER SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE OF THREE THGS: 1. NOBODY WOULD APPROVE OF ANY SORT OF GAY NUPTIALS, 2. EZRA’S FAY WAS DOWNRIGHT WEIRD, AND 3. LAST BUT NOT LEAST...EVERYBODY THE WHOLE TOWN WAS GOG TO BLAME HER FOR WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE STORY SI THE STORY SEEMS AWFULLY FAIAR...HOMOPHOBIC PARENT (MOM).. TO BE UNPOPULAR WEDDG... I'M SURE THERE'S MORE. IF YOU LET ANY OF THIS TER YOU THEN YOU WILL HAVE MISSED ONE TLY LIGHTFUL STORY. THERE WERE SO MANY UNEXPECTED THGS THAT OCCURRED THIS STORY, THAT YOU MAY FD THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DISAPPOTED, SURPRISED, OR FLABBERGASTED WHEN SOMETHG NVENTNAL ACTUALLY DO OCCUR. 9 LIK1 MENTLIKE COMMENTMALLORY1,217 REVIEWS119 FOLLOWERSJUNE 18, 2023WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE PRI THAN WH A BIG GAY WEDDG. I WAS EXPECTG A LIGHT SUMMER BEACH READ, BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS A BALL OF THE FEELS WH SOME HUMOR TOSSED . DON’T GET ME WRONG, I LIKED THE BOOK, BUT WASN’T THE BOOK I WAS EXPECTG. I’LL ADM THIS BOOK WAS HARD AT TIM. IT WAS BTALLY HONT ABOUT THE STGGL LOVED ON N HAVE WH ACCEPTG GAY PEOPLE AND THERE WAS BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA AND HATE SPEECH. BUT THERE WAS ALSO REVOLUTNS AND LOVE AND SUPPORT. I LOVED THE FARM AND THE ANIMALS A LOT. CLEARLY PAW-PAW WAS THE BT CHARACTER THE WHOLE THG (ALTHOUGH B WAS PRETTY SPECIAL TOO). I THK IF I TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE PLOT TO THIS ONE I WILL GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY AND SPOIL , SO I URGE YOU TO READ THE SCRIPTN AND PICK THIS ONE UP, BUT JT BE SURE TO HAVE KLEENEX NEARBY. 9 LIKLIKE COMMENTHEATHER | BOOKSBYHEATH225 REVIEWS298 FOLLOWERSJULY 25, 2023IT’S GIVGGGGGG SCHTS CREEK9 LIKLIKE COMMENTMARY574 REVIEWS172 FOLLOWERSMAY 19, 20233.5 STARS ROUND UP. BIG GAY WEDDG IS THE BIGHEARTED SUMMER BOOK YOU’RE GOG TO WANT TO PACK YOUR BEACH BAG THIS SUMMER. I HAD SOME SMALL QUALMS WH - NAMELY, FELT LIKE ULD’VE ED A FEW TIGHTER PASS BY AN EDOR - BUT THE STORY AND THE CHARACTERS THEMSELV WERE LOVELY. READ LIKE MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG MEETS SCHT’S CREEK WH SOME TEARY-GREAT ANIMAL MOMENTS SPRKLED BETWEEN. MY THANKS TO THE PUBLISHER FOR A CHANCE TO READ AN EARLY PY! 9 LIKLIKE COMMENTBIANAUTHOR 5 BOOKS738 FOLLOWERSDECEMBER 26, 2022LOVED ! CAN’T WA FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO GET TO READ ! 3 LIK1 MENTLIKE COMMENTJSI GREGORY193 REVIEWS9 FOLLOWERSJULY 2, 2023OK, THIS WAS CUUUUTE AND HILAR. THE HUMOR AND THE SETTG GAVE ME MAJOR SCHT’S CREEK VIB. I ENJOYED EVERY CHARACTER AND EZRA’S FAY WAS A RT. IT WASN’T A ROMANCE, BUT I’M GLAD THE BOOK STILL PORTRAYED BART AND EZRA’S LOVE. THANK YOU HENRY HOLT FOR THE ARC! 8 LIKLIKE COMMENTPATRICK90 REVIEWS12 FOLLOWERSJUNE 12, 2023I WANTED TO READ THIS BOOK BEE I WAS A BIG FAN OF BYRON LANE'S BUT NOVEL A STAR IS BORN. I DIDN'T WANT TO READ THIS BOOK BEE I THOUGHT THAT, THE CURRENT CLIMATE WHERE THE FAR RIGHT IS QUE LERALLY TRYG TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANS AND GENR NONNFORMG PEOPLE DON'T EXIST, A BOOK ABOUT TWO (PRUMABLY) CIS, WHE, GAY MEN AND THEIR BATTLE AGAST A SMALL TOWN'S BIGOTRY TO HOST THEIR WEDDG DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE STORY THAT WE NEED. WHILE THAT STGGLE STILL VERY MUCH EXISTS, 'S ALSO A STORY THAT'S BEEN TOLD. I WAS SURPRISED AND LIGHTED TO READ A BOOK THAT WAS SO MUCH MORE. Y, THIS 'S ABOUT A WEDDG, BUT THE WEDDG SELF IS ALMOST A BACKDROP AGAST OTHER CHALLENG THAT UNFOLD WAYS THAT ARE BOTH LGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY AND TEARFULLY POIGNANT. CHIEF AMONG THEM IS CHRISSY'S RELATNSHIP WH HER GAY SON, WHO SHE ALWAYS BELIEVED WOULD E HOME AND TAKE OVER THE FAY FARM. INSTEAD, HE ARRIV WH HIS BOYIEND AND TELLS HER THAT THEY PLAN TO HOLD THEIR WEDDG ON THE FARM. IN DOG SO, HE DISPTS CHRISSY'S EXPECTATNS FOR WHAT HIS - AND TURN, HER - FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE. "IT'S HARD WHEN CHILDREN TAKE THEIR OWN PATH," SHE'S TOLD. "IT'S PAFUL WHEN WE REALIZE OUR PATH TO HAPPS WAS PENNT ON THEIRS."THIS BOOK IS TOLD OM MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIV, CLUDG A LATE--LIFE LAMB ON THE FARM NAMED ELAE. ONE OF THE MA VOIC THAT WE HEAR OM IS CHRISSY'S, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED LANE'S CISN TO TELL SO MUCH OF THE STORY OM HER PERSPECTIVE. QUEER PEOPLE ARE SUCH A HURRY TO LEAVE, TO GET THEIR "REAL LIV" STARTED. WHAT HAPPENS, THOUGH, TO THOSE LEFT BEHD? THIS BOOK POTS TO A PATH TO UNRSTANDG THAT PERHAPS IS WAY OVERSIMPLIFIED BUT NOHELS TELLS THAT NNECTG WH WHERE WE ME OM AND, Y, FACG PAST TRMA ARE GOOD PLAC TO START. 8 LIKLIKE COMMENTMATT565 REVIEWS106 FOLLOWERSJUNE 3, 2023THIS BOOK WAS SUCH A LIGHT! I RELATED A LOT TO BART AND CHRISSY’S RELATNSHIP AND APPRECIATED THAT MENTARY (A LOT OF BOOKS FOC ON CHARACTERS EHER BEG SHUNNED BY THEIR FAI FOR BEG GAY OR FULLY ACCEPTED BUT NOT REALLY THE MIDDLE). LANE WR WH SUCH W AND CHARM THAT REALLY BROUGHT THE CHARACTERS TO LIFE, AND MA ME LGH OUT LOUD MULTIPLE TIM.8 LIKLIKE COMMENTMEREDH B. (READGWHMERE)238 REVIEWS160 FOLLOWERSJULY 2, 2023I LOVED . I LGHED. I CRIED. I LOVED PAW PAW AND VICTORIA. AND I ABSOLUTELY ADORED CHRISSY AND ELAE’S BOND ❤️?7 LIKLIKE COMMENTDANIELLE KAL (DANIALLREADS)283 REVIEWS21 FOLLOWERSJULY 9, 2023FIRST THGS FIRST, PAW PAW IS AN ELE CHARACTER & I ABSOLUTELY ADORED HIS VIB. WACKY OLD MAN. WE ALL NEED A SQUIRREL LOVG AND ACCEPTG SOUL LIKE HIM OUR LIFE. BUT WHO GAVE BYRON LANE PERMISSN TO BREAK MY HEART AND THEN SEW BACK UP BY THE END OF THIS BOOK. I WILL BE SENDG YOU MY THERAPY BILL THIS MONTH. IT WILL ALWAYS BREAK MY SOUL TO A BILLN PIEC READG ABOUT PARENTS WHO NNOT LOVE THEIR CHILDREN BEE THEY'RE PART OF THE LGBTQIA MUNY. MY EY WELLED WH TEARS WHEN I READ BART'S MOM AND DAD NOT FULLY ACCEPTG HIM AND HIM PRETENDG TO BE WHAT HE'S NOT HIS ENTIRE LIFE LIVG ON THE FARM. THIS IS A HARSH REALY THAT A LOT OF N'T UNRSTAND. THAT'S WHY I READ BOOKS LIKE "BIG GAY WEDDG" SO I N STEP TO SOMEONE ELSE'S SHO AND UNRSTAND WHAT MY NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCE. I NSIR MYSELF AN ALLY. I WANT TO NTUE TO LEARN. I WANT TO HELP MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE AROUND ME. I HOPE THAT BY READG AND TG MYSELF I N LEARN MYSELF OF TO MUNITE AND OPEN MY MD + HEART MORE! I AM SO GLAD I GOT TO READ THIS BOOK. ITS ALL SCHT'S CREEK VIB ALL DAY. VICTORIA ULD HAVE WALKED RIGHT OFF THE SET OF THAT SHOW. I ADORED EZRA'S MOM. SHE WAS OVER THE TOP. SHE WAS HILAR. I THRIVED WHEN I GOT TO READ OM HER POT OF VIEW. WE STAN A MOMMA WHO LOV HER WE BUT WE ALSO STAN A MOMMA WHO KNOWS WHEN SHE HAS A PROBLEM. ALL THE CHARACTER ARCS THIS BOOK ARE G O L D! THE ONE THAT MAK ME THE HAPPIT IS SEEG CHRISSY ABLE TO SPROUT RABOW WGS AND ACCEPT HER SON AND SON--LAW. I REALLY LOVED THIS BOOK. I AM SO HAPPY I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY PEOPLE TO READ EARLY. BYRON DO A GREAT JOB OF TEACHG ABOUT THE LGBTQIA MUNY YET KEEPG THE STORY LIGHT AND HILAR WH HIS OUTRAGEO CHARACTERS LIKE VICTORIA AND PAW PAW. I AM VOWG RIGHT NOW TO HAVE A SQUIRREL LOVG SOUL LIKE PAW PAW AND I WILL BE GOG ONTO AMAZON TO FD A PIIC TABLE FOR THE FUR BUDDI MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU HENRY HOLY & COMPANY FOR THE EARLY PY OF "BIG GAY WEDDG." YOU N GET YOUR PY OF BYRON LANE'S LATT RIGHT NOW AND I HIGHLY REMEND ! 7 LIKLIKE COMMENTKRISTEN (KRAYSBOOKCLUB)373 REVIEWSJULY 6, 2023I LOVED THIS. JT LOVED . THE RAW HONTY THE STORYTELLG WAS JT PERFECTN. IT WAS ENARG, BTAL, EMOTNAL, HILAR (PAW PAW 4 LYFE) AND JT SUCH A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF MY SUMMER READG! 6 LIKLIKE COMMENTSAVLEYE43 REVIEWS1 FOLLOWERJUNE 10, 2023I'D LIKE TO START THIS REVIEW BY SAYG THANK YOU TO THE PUBLISHER, THOR, AND GOODREADS, AS I DID RECEIVE A EE PY OF THIS BOOK BY WNG A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY.DNF'D AT PAGE 122/320THE NCEPT FOR THIS BOOK SOUND GREAT BUT I DO FEEL AS THOUGH IS POORLY EXECUTED. I WANTED TO READ THIS BOOK BEE THE PREMISE OF A GAY ROM WH SCHT'S CREEK VIB SOUND VERY TRIGUG. HOWEVER WHAT MAK SCHT'S CREEK FUNNY IS THE QUIRKY AND OUT OF TOUCH RICH PEOPLE NAVIGATG THEIR NEW RAL SURROUNDGS, MEETG AND FORMG RELATNSHIPS WH THE WORKG CLASS PEOPLE AROUND THEM, AND ADAPTG TO THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT WHILE STILL KEEPG THEIR QUIRKS. ONCE READG, I WAS DISAPPOTED TO FD THAT THE MA PROTAGONIST OF THE GAY ROMANCE STORY WAS GOG TO BE THE HOMOPHOBIC MOTHER. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M AWARE THAT THIS IS DONE TO SHOW HER EVABLE CHARACTER VELOPMENT AND EVENTUAL ACCEPTANCE OF HER GAY SON. HOWEVER READG HER NER DIALOGUE IS MENTALLY DRAG, PECIALLY WHEN SHE FIRST MEETS EZRA AND THKS TO HERSELF THAT HE DON'T LOOK LIKE "ONE OF THOSE GAYS" THAT SHE'S SEEN WH AIDS. THAT BEG SAID I FEEL LIKE THIS BOOK FELY WOULD HAVE BENEFED OM SOME MORE SHIFTS CHARACTER POT OF VIEW. I READ TO ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE BOOK AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHAPTER THAT WASN'T CHRISSY'S POV.A LOT OF THE DIALOGUE IS UNNECSARILY DRAWN OUT, WH A LOT OF WHAT THE CHARACTERS SAYG ADDG ABSOLUTELY NOTHG TO THE PLOT. I JT FISHED READG CHAPTER 9, WHICH ULD BE APTLY SCRIBED AS NICHOLE SAYG A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHG FOR 8 PAG STRAIGHT.LASTLY, MY MA ISSUE WH THE BOOK IS WH HOW ONE DIMENSNAL THE CHARACTERS ARE. THE THOR TRI TO CREATE HUMOR BY PLAYG UP THE STEREOTYP OF EACH OF THE CHARACTERS, TO THE POT THAT NO ONE EXCEPT BART HAS ANY NUANCE TO THEIR CHARACTER. THIS APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZATN BEME ANNOYG VERY QUICKLY AND I BEGAN TO ZONE OUT AND BEE BORED WHEN CERTA CHARACTERS LIKE EZRA'S MOTHER WOULD HAVE DIALOGUE, BEE I KNEW THAT WHAT THE CHARACTER WAS ABOUT TO SAY WOULD BE DISTGUISHABLE OM WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY SAID.WH ALL THAT BEG SAID I DO TEND TO FISH THE BOOK AT A LATER DATE, BUT AS IS RIGHT NOW I DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE NEED TO GET ME THROUGH THE RT OF THE BOOK.BOOKS-WON--GIVEAWAYS6 LIKLIKE COMMENTNICHOLAS ARTRIP252 REVIEWS2 FOLLOWERSJUNE 24, 2023COLOR ME UNIMPRSED. I HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATG THE RELEASE OF THIS BOOK AND WAS LIGHTED WHEN BEME AVALIABLE THROUGH MY PUBLIC LIBRARY. THIS BOOK I WOULDN'T REALLY PLACE THE TEGORY OF GAY ROMANCE, MORE "SELF VELOPMENT JOURNEY OF A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN OM HOMOPHOBE TO D ALLY" AND QUE ANKLY - BABY DON'T MARKET THIS SH TO GAY DIENC IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GETTG. IT'S 2023, SURE THERE ARE SHTY NSERVATIV TRYG TO MAKE THE WORLD HARR FOR QUEER PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE SWAYED BY THIS BOOK AREN'T GOG TO BUY A BOOK TLED "BIG GAY WEDDG." IT FELL FLAT FOR MORE ME AND STRAIGHT UP IF I WERE EZRA, I'D BE PISSED MR. BART DID LTLE TO BAT HIS MOTHER'S BLATANT NS THE EARLY PORTNS OF THE NOVEL. I SUPPOSE I MAY BE THE MORY HERE, BUT STORI LIKE THIS ONE FEEL TIRED FOR ME.6 LIK3 MENTSLIKE COMMENTJILL | BOOKBEAN92 REVIEWS10 FOLLOWERSJUNE 11, 2023THE PARISONS TO SCHT’S CREEK ARE WAY TOO GENERO. THERE’S LIKE ONE SCENE LIKE THAT THAT MA ME LGH. THE STORY IS BASIC AND DATED. SEEMS LIKE A STORY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL THE 90S. IT GETS A 2 VS A 1 BEE WAS AN EASY AND SKIMMABLE READ, BUT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DNFED WHEN THE FIRST 90 PAG WERE SO HARD TO GET THROUGH. I HUNG ON BEE OTHERS SAID GOT GOOD. IT GOT EASIER… NOT NECSARILY BETTER.6 LIKLIKE COMMENTAMYAUTHOR 1 BOOK1,040 FOLLOWERSJUNE 12, 2023LISTEN TO BYRON LANE ON THE BOOK GANG PODST NOW! BIG GAY WEDDG IS ON STORE SHELV NOW- THANK YOU TO THE PUBLISHER FOR THE REVIEW PY FOR OUR SHOW.****BYRON LANE, THE THOR OF A STAR IS BORED, IS BACK WH A CHARMG ROM- PERFECT FOR YOUR SUMMER BOOK STACKS. CHRISSY NS THE POLE SOCIETY RANCH, A SMALL LOUISIANA FARM THAT OFFERS SCHOOL TOURS TEACHG LSONS ON MANNERS THROUGH THE JOY OF RCUED ANIMAL ENUNTERS. ALL IS WELL AS LONG AS THGS REMA POLE AND DISCIPLED. BUT WHEN BART, HER SON, RETURNS HOME, SHE FDS HER DISCIPLED WORLD ROCKED. NOT ONLY IS HE GAY, BUT HE PLANS TO MARRY HIS PARTNER EZRA. AS CHRISSY NTROLS HER RPONSE WH GOOD MANNERS, SHE UNFORTABLY WEATHERS THIS BLOW TO HER SON'S IMAGED LIFE WH A WIFE, AND THE MOMENTS, LANE'S WRG SH.IN ONE MEMORABLE SCENE, CHRISSY OBSERV, "IS CRAZY THAT WE N LIVE WH THE MYSTERY OF GOD?" OR THE MYSTERY OF WI-FI OR SOMETHG? BUT THE FIRST TIME WE DON'T UNRSTAND ANOTHER HUMAN BEG, THE MYSTERY OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEG, 'S JT TOO MUCH TO OVERE?"THE SHIFTS THOUGHT ARE CHARMGLY WRTEN WHEN CHRISSY SCRIBBL ALL THE THGS EZRA ISN'T "POLELY" TO A NOTEBOOK AND THEN REALIZ HOW MUCH SHE LATER LIGHTS THEM. IT'S ALSO MORE SIGNIFINT, LIKE NAVIGATG SMALL-TOWN FEEDBACK AND HOW HER PRIT VIEWS BART'S LIFE.CHRISSY DON’T HAVE TO WEATHER THE CHALLENG ALONE, THOUGH. AMONG THE MOST SUPPORTIVE IS BART'S PAW-PAW, A MEMORABLE AND LIGHTFUL CHARACTER FOR A REAR. HIS SURPRISG ACCEPTANCE BORRL ON IL AS HE ADMS HOW MANY GAY GRANDKIDS E TO VIS AT HIS ASSISTED LIVG FACILY AND HOW THE GLEE MARATHONS RERCE THE LSONS OF ACCEPTANCE HIS MUNY LOUNGE.AS THE RT OF THE TOWN TRI TO GRAPPLE WH GAY MARRIAGE, LANE ISN'T AAID TO LET THE NUPTIALS GET OVER THE TOP THROUGH A ST OF QUIRKY SI CHARACTERS AS THEY THROW A "BIG GAY WEDDG" AT CHRISSY'S RANCH.IT WOULD BE HARD TO REPLITE THE CHARM OF LANE'S BUT SIMPLY BEE WAS BASED SO MUCH UPON HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS CARRIE FISHER'S ASSISTANT. HOWEVER, YOU N SEE LANE'S NFINT WRG THE RELATNSHIP HE KNOWS BT- THE ONE BETWEEN EZRA & BART. IN MANY WAYS, THE ROMANCE SECTNS REMD ME OF KATHERE CENTER'S WRG AS WE TCH GLIMMERS OF THE PRIVATE AND MEANGFUL MOMENTS THAT STILL LEAVE A LOT TO OUR IMAGATNS. THE "UNTDOWN TO DAMNATN" FOR THE WEDDG TIMELE AND TERSPERSG ADVICE OM A POLE SOCIETY GUI ON SOUTHERN NUPTIALS THE EARLY 1900S RERCE THE STORY WELL.I'M SO EXCED TO SHARE THE MICROPHONE WH BYRON AND HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW HIS LOVE STORY AND HIS CHARACTERS TERTWE.5 LIKLIKE COMMENTALLI (PILOFPROSE)453 REVIEWS17 FOLLOWERSJULY 2, 2023I’M NFLICTED ABOUT THIS ONE. IT’S KD OF SWEET AND KD OF NOT. THE MOM, CHRISSY, IS SOMEONE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ROOT FOR, BUT SHE SPENDS A LOT OF THE BOOK STEWG AND FENDG HER HOMOPHOBIA AND THAT’S NOT PARTICULARLY HUMORO, MOSTLY JT OVER THE TOP. AND SO MANY THGS ARE OVER THE TOP, OM THE DIALOGUE (SO MUCH SHOUTG!) TO THE ONE-NOTE CHARACTERS WHO E ACROSS LIKE RITUR. I WISHED FOR MORE NNECTN AND HUMOR. ONLY ONE SCENE (THE IAL SCENE OF PAW PAW AT THE NURSG HOME) MA ME LGH. ALSO, THE BS WH THE ANIMALS AND THE AFTERLIFE ARE TOO MUCH. OVERALL, ’S A PREDICTABLE, OVERPLAYED, FEEL-GOOD-ISH READ THAT MIGHT WORK WELL FOR SOME REARS. DO BE AWARE THAT HOMOPHOBIA A SMALL TOWN IS A PERSISTENT THEME THROUGHOUT, EVEN IF ’S CLOAKED ATTEMPTED HUMOR.5 LIKLIKE COMMENTMATTHEW9 REVIEWS195 FOLLOWERSJUNE 19, 2023FUCKG LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH AND WILL BE REMENDG TO EVERYONE MOVG FORWARD. LGHED. CRIED. FELT ALL OF THE FEELS. WAS CREDIBLE!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!5 LIKLIKE COMMENTSTEPHANIE442 REVIEWS1 FOLLOWERJUNE 26, 2023MI AUDBOOK: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MACMILLAN AUD FOR THE PLIMENTARY PY OF THE BOOK! THIS BOOK IS OUT NOW! CONTENT WARNG OM STORYGRAPH: GRAPHIC: HOMOPHOBIA, ANIMAL ATH, ALHOLISMMORATE: DG E, HATE CRIME, GRIEFMOR: DEATH OF PARENTI HAD NO IA WHAT THIS BOOK WAS ABOUT. 98% OF THE TIME I GO BY VIB, THOR & BUZZ AND THAT WAS THE SE WH THIS. I HONTLY THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GOG TO BE ABOUT A ROMANCE LEADG UP TO BIG GAY WEDDG. AND THIS WAS NOT THE SE AT ALL. THIS BOOK WAS FELY MORE OF A FICTN THAN A ROMANCE. WHICH IS FE JT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS ANTICIPATG. I WISH I HAD THE PHYSIL BOOK (ODDLY ENOUGH WENT TO 3 STOR AND ULD NOT LOTE A PY) BEE THERE WERE SO MANY CHARACTERS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHILE I WAS LISTENG. IT TOOK A B TO UNRSTAND WHO WAS WHO AND THEIR ROLE THE FAY BUT BY THE END I HAD EVERYONE STRAIGHT. CHRISSY DURANG'S GROWTH THIS BOOK IS THE START OF THE BOOK. AT THE BEGNG OF THE BOOK SHE WAS AT ONE END AND WE ARE WH HER ALONG THE JOURNEY OF ACCEPTG HER SON'S SEXUALY AND THAT HE WAS GETTG MARRIED TO APPROVG AND LOVG BART'S HBAND ERZA. I ALSO WAS SURPRISED ON HOW THE BOOK END AND WAS SOMETHG I SAW G BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTG AT THE START OF THE BOOK. PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNGS AS WAS PRETTY TAILED. I LOVE WHEN ACTORS DO DBOOK NARRATG. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE LISTENED TO A BOOK WH NOAH GALV NARRATG BUT HE JT IS SUCH EXCEPTNAL. HE WAS ABLE TO ADJT HIS VOICE TO GIVE EACH CHARACTER THEIR OWN PERSONALY. THIS BOOK HAD THE LGHS, THE TEARS & STILL A LOT OF LOVE BETWEEN. 2023 2023-DBOOKS4 LIKLIKE COMMENTDREW READS83 REVIEWSMAY 15, 2023USUAL GAY WEDDG STORI VOLVED THE GROOMS, A ROMANCE, OR THE BT IEND - BUT ??? ??? ??????? IS NOT LIKE TYPIL STORI. THIS STORY IS MALY ABOUT THE MOTHER OF THE GROOM, HER ONLY SON, AND HER JOURNEY OF ACCEPTANCE. THE MOTHER-SON RELATNSHIP IS ON FULL DISPLAY AS SHE STARTS OFF CLGG TO HER IAL VERSN OF HER BOY VS ACCEPTG THE MAN HE HAS BEE… BUT SHE DO E AROUND.WHILE ’S A HOPEFUL STORY, WH HAPPY ENDG, SOME OF THE REALI OF HOMOPHOBIA A SMALL TOWN ARE A B HEARTBREAKG AND HARD TO READ. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS PLENTY OF EDIC RELIEF, MALY THE FORM OF EZRA AND HIS PARENTS - PARTS WERE A B OVER THE TOP FOR ME AND BEME A LTLE CRGE.IN THE END, THE LOVE REALLY DO SHE THROUGH THIS STORY.BARRETT IS A SWEET-AS-PIE AND THE LOVE HE AND EZRA SHARE IS UNIQUE. CHRISSY’S CHARACTER ALSO GO THROUGH QUE THE JOURNEY, OM BARELY ACKNOWLEDGG BARRETT IS GAY, TO ACCEPTANCE, FENR, AND FULLY EMBRACG HER NEW SON--LAW AND LARGER FAY.??? ??? ??????? BY BYRON LANE ★★★.5OUT MAY 30TH.THANKS TO HENRY HOLT & CO. AND NETGALLEY FOR A CHANCE TO EARLY REVIEW THIS STORY EXCHANGE FOR AN HONT REVIEW.2023-LOOKG-FORWARD NOVELS4 LIKLIKE COMMENTKAYTEE COBB1,915 REVIEWS388 FOLLOWERSJUNE 11, 2023SO MANY GIGGL AND A FEW TEARS. I LOVED THIS.2023-READ-YOUR-SHELV BUDDY-READ FICTN ..4 LIKLIKE COMMENTTL 1,863 REVIEWS45 FOLLOWERSMAY 15, 2023WON VIA GOODREADS GIVEAWAYS. ALL MY OPNS ARE MY OWN. ----3.5 STARS ? A WARM HUG OF A NOVEL.. MAY TRATE YOU THE BEGNG BUT WON ME OVER QUICKLY AND I WAS ROOTG FOR EVERYONE HERE. THIS ONE HAD ME SG, LGHG, CURSG CERTA PEOPLE, AND TEARS NEAR THE END .JT WHAT I NEED AT THE MOMENT:)GOODREADS-GIVEAWAYS4 LIKLIKE COMMENTARMANDO C.98 REVIEWSJUNE 4, 2023I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS BOOK WAS TRYG TO BE BUT FUNNY IS WHAT IS NOT. THE CHARACTERS ARE ONE DIMENSNAL AND THE STORY WENT ON AND ON AND ON. THE ONLY THG THAT SAVED THIS BOOK OM A ONE STAR IS THE SWEET CHICKEN STORY AT THE END. 4 LIKLIKE COMMENTJARED (JAREADFORFILTH)53 REVIEWS50 FOLLOWERSMAY 20, 2023FIRSTLY I HAVE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO @BYRONLANEDOT AND @HENRYHOLTBOOKS FOR SENDG ME THIS ARC! ?IF I’M HONT, I WAS A LTLE B NERVO ABOUT STARTG THIS BOOK EVEN THOUGH IS IRONILLY ONE OF THE BOOKS I WAS THE MOST EXCED TO READ ? A LARGE THEME IS OVERG HOMOPHOBIA, MALY STEMMG OM RELIGLY DOCTRATED BIGOTRY, AND WHETHER OR NOT FAY LOVE IS ENOUGH TO OVERE THAT. AS A FLORIDA RINT, I FEEL NSTANTLY BOMBARD BY HOMOPHOBIC RHETORIC, SO I WAS TORN CHOOSG TO READ ABOUT MY LEISURE AS WELL. I GOTTA SAY THOUGH, THE END I’M REALLY GLAD I ST MY FEARS ASI AND READ ANYWAY ?WHILE THERE ARE CLEARLY DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGERG TOPICS AT PLAY HERE, THEY ARE REAL, IMPORTANT AND HANDLED AS GENTLY AS BIGOTRY N BE AND TOLD A WAY WHERE YOU GET TO SEE THE MARGALIZED AND THEIR ALLI SHE AND PREVAIL. THERE IS SO MUCH HEART, SO MUCH QUEER JOY AND LOVE, AND SO MUCH HUMOR HERE TOO, I LEGIMATELY LGHED OUT LOUD SEVERAL TIM, ’S THAT FUNNY! ALSO THE SCHT’S CREEK VIB HERE ARE IMMACULATE AND I THK WE NEED A SP-OFF ABOUT NICHOLE JSJS ???AS MUCH AS THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A BIG GAY WEDDG, I FOUND ’S REALLY CENTERED AROUND A WIDOWED MOTHER FIGHTG TO NAVIGATE HER HOMOPHOBIA AND AVOID LOSG HER QUEER SON. HER SON—OR RATHER, THE IALIZED VERSN OF HIM SHE’S CREATED HER HEAD—IS HER WHOLE WORLD, BUT DO SHE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PACY FOR UNNDNAL LOVE? WHILE SHE IS NOT MY FAVORE CHARACTER, SHE IS VERY WELL-WRTEN AND HAS A TON OF HUMANY AND SOME REALLY BADA** AND HILAR MOMENTS THAT STILL GOT ME CHEERG FOR HER THE END. ALSO, I’M OBSSED WH BASILLY EVERYONE ELSE AND AM NVCED I AM EZRA JS ? FETCH ME MY VICTORIAN GOWN ??5 LIKLIKE COMMENTTEDDY201 REVIEWS11 FOLLOWERSJUNE 13, 2023GREEN VIB! THIS BOOK WAS SO ENTERTAG. I WASN’T EXPECTG OMNISCIENT POV BEE DON’T SEEM AS POPULAR MORN BOOKS, BUT AFTER READG THIS AND LSONS CHEMISTRY- I HAVE TO WONR WHY. WHEN EMPLOYED WELL, ’S SUPER CREATIVE - AS THIS SE WHERE WE HOP BETWEEN ALL THE CHARACTERS AS WELL AS THE ANIMALS. CHRISSY IS THE PROTAGONIST AND I DID WANT A B MORE OM HER ARC, BUT THE MOTHER AND SON MOMENTS WERE SO TENR AND RANG TE. I LIKED THAT THE BOOK POKED FUN AT BOTH CULTUR (URBAN AND RAL) BUT WAS ALSO ENARG TO BOTH AND SIGHTFUL. IT WAS FANCIFUL AND JOYO. MY MA TWO CRIQU ARE THAT SOME THGS FELT A B CLICHE/TOO IALISTIC, AND THE ENDG WAS WAY TOO LONG BY HALF. BUT ON THE WHOLE, AN ENJOYABLE READ WH IMPORTANT SIGHTS.SHORT SUMMARY: NOTHG IS MORE IMPORTANT TO CHRISSY THAN HER RCUED ANIMALS ON POLE SOCIETY RANCH AND HER SON, BART. HOWEVER, BEG GAY IS NOT SOMETHG THAT’S “DONE” RAL LOUISIANA SO WHEN HE AND HIS FIANCé EZRA WANT TO GET MARRIED ON THE FARM, CHRISSY STGGL. SHE LOV HER SON BUT HAT THE S AND THE FAY IS PRSURED BY THEIR MUNY. WILL THE MEN GET THEIR BIG GAY WEDDG OR WILL THEY BE N OUT OF TOWN?THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND HENRY HOLT & CO. ARC PROVID EXCHANGE FOR AN HONT REVIEW.3 LIKLIKE COMMENTDISPLAYG 1 - 30 OF 460 REVIEWSSHOW MORE REVIEWSLOADG...
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They are nial and will stop at nothg to rid Jack of his “gayns”.