Neon in Daylight (Paperback)

from oldblack

Another reviewer on LT wrote "I love a good New York story". So do I, and that's probably why I 'randomly' chose this book from the library shelf. Unfortunately, although it is indeed a 21st century New York story, I did not find it to be a good one. The characters were uninteresting to me, and w...

from zmagic69

Well. It least it was a quick read. It is truly hard to fathom how such a boring, uninteresting book like this ever got published. The story takes place in NYC between a hot summer and hurricane Sandy not that it mattered and neither event has any baring on the story, but the book is about 3 terr...

from blakefraina

Kate, the young British protagonist of Hermione Hoby's Neon in Daylight begins her tenure in New York City standing outside the locked brown door of the apartment where she'll be cat-sitting during one of the hottest summers on record. At the novel's close, she's looking out the window at a brigh...

from lisapeet

I enjoyed this even though it didn't really go anywhere to speak of. I like a good New York story-especially a good downtown New York story-and Hoby carries the book with a super sharp observational voice. Not a lot of plot, and only one character actually makes any kind of inner progress-and not...