Bright Eggs is an intriguing, multi-generational saga centering family relations. While Georgie has complexity as a queer lead in the story, I would not advertise this book's target market as LGBTQIA+. The book offers a bleak perspective on family, simultaneously undermining and upholding normative roles of women, family structures, love and intimacy. I love inter-generational stories for the networks of characters and their influences, but perhaps being a little more thorough with a smaller selection of characters might allow for more a poignant narrative. Creighton's prose is unique and clearly carefully crafted, but perhaps a little overworked. Not every sentence needs to be interesting; I found myself bogged down in metaphor about even the simplest description, which both pulled me out of the story and took away opportunities to more concretely flesh out scenes and interior emotions of the characters.

I devoured "Bright Eggs" in under 24 hours. Absolutely captivating!

Creighton has crafted something special: a generational story that feels both expansive and intimate. While the timeline took a few pages to click, once I found the rhythm, it became one of my favorite aspects. It's rare to find such a sweeping narrative in a short read that still makes every character feel fully realized and authentic.

The writing is disturbingly real in the best way. Those moments that hit close to home, Creighton nails them with precision and heart. This will resonate with readers from all walks of life.

My only critique? The ending took a few extra victory laps. Several moments felt like natural conclusions, but the story continued on. While I appreciated the character development, the pacing felt slightly stretched in the final chapters.

Despite that, "Bright Eggs" is a remarkable achievement that lingers long after you close it. Highly recommended for anyone who loves character-driven narratives that mirror the beautiful messiness of real life.

This was everything that I was looking for and enjoyed about the genre and how the characters were everything that I was wanting. It had a strong plot and was engaged from the first page and it didn't let go until the end of the book. Kelly Creighton has a strong writing style and glad it was so well done and enjoyed the overall feel of this.

This was set in Belfast two hours from Me so I was excited to read it .
I couldn't really get into it though.
It was pretty sad but an interesting read a bit like a family saga .
It was like the line from the song the living years " every generation blames the one before " .


I felt sorry for Georgie,s dad and of course Georgie herself.

I definitely do think the author is a good writer, just parts were slow .