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The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships: A Novel Hardcover – July 25, 2023

by Ali Bryan (Author)
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
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A prison escape, a bear on the loose, botched lyrics. What more could go wrong with Crow Valley’s most anticipated night of the year?

A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepson―karaoke legend, local prison guard, and all-around good guy―the community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition. But when a convicted murderer escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, residents discover there’s more on the line than local, perhaps even national, karaoke fame.

In this darkly comedic, fast-paced ride through an unforgettable small town, five residents with intimate connections to Dale and drastically different goals for the night will collide into, conspire with, and aid one another as they scramble to make it successfully through the evening under the scrutinizing watch of neighbors.

To the soundtrack of classics belted out with abandon, voices will crack, cars will be stolen, marriages will falter, and kids will slip away in search of trouble. And maybe, just maybe, lives will be transformed for the better.

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"This book has it all―it's hilarious, moving, bawdy, empathetic, and packed with beauty and insight. Readers will be cheering for every one of these characters, and this book is a reminder that there's always more than one kind of victory."
―J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

"Ali Bryan is a comedic genius―the kind of writer who makes you laugh until your guts hurt, and then turns around and sucker punches you with a truth so powerful it breaks your heart. The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships is a wise, hilarious, big-hearted novel that made me want to move to Crow Valley, practice up on my singing, and hang out with this motley crew of characters in all their quirky, messy, charming, relatable glory. Strap yourself in, this is one wild ride."
―Amy Jones, bestselling author of We're All In This Together

"This is undoubtedly a book we need right now. The big, bold cast in this big, bold story serves as an able reminder that life is deep and rich and fun and tragic. It's all these things, daily, and there’s nobility in the adventure we undertake toward each sundown; every second of every day is worth it, whether glad or bad. The buckets of humor that Ali dumps atop it all makes this karaoke-fest a fine lot of fun, too. In these pages, there’s love and loss, life and death, drama, danger, mystery, and poutine. Never has so much hinged on a karaoke regional qualifier. This book is a dazzling spectacle. You won’t be able to turn away."
―Bradley Somer, author of Fishbowl and Extinction

"Ali Bryan has written a haunting, gritty and often funny meditation on love, loss, family, and forgiveness and how it all ripples through a caring community. The pages practically turned themselves, and the story and characters have been with me ever since. Bravo!"
―Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour

"[A] madcap romp that will have you laughing all the way to the last page."
―Good Housekeeping

"[T]he antic and darkly comic latest from Bryan."
―Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Ali Bryan is a writer based in Calgary, Alberta. Her first novel, Roost, won a Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was an official selection of One Book Nova Scotia. Her second novel, The Figgs, was released in 2018 and was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. She won the 2020 Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story. She is a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Emerging Artist recipient. Her debut YA novel, The Hill, was released in March 2021 from Dottir Press and was long-listed for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt and Co. (July 25, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250863430
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250863430
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1 x 9.55 inches
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    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

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Ali Bryan is an award-winning novelist and creative nonfiction writer based in Calgary, Canada. Her first novel Roost (Freehand, 2013) won the Alberta Literary Awards Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was the official selection of One Book Nova Scotia 2014. Her second novel, The Figgs, was released in May 2018 and was short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. She twice long-listed for the CBC Canada Writes Creative Non-Fiction prize for her essays “Asshole Homemaker” and “Mints After The Meal.” “Mints After The Meal” was also shortlisted for the Alberta Literary Awards Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award in 2015. “Let’s Talk” was nominated for the same prize in 2016. She is a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards 2018 Emerging Artist recipient. Her debut YA novel, The Hill, a near-future feminist coming-of-age adventure set on a reclaimed garbage dump that explores, gender, power, the female experience, friendship and what it really means to be a girl, will be published by Dottir Press in the fall of 2020.

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Ahava Karen
4.0 out of 5 stars Want to read something different? Then this book is for you!
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024
I won this book via Goodreads, thanks to Henry Holt & Co. I am giving this book 4.5 stars.

At first, I thought it was going to be difficult to keep up with all the characters and their point of views. However, the chapters are short enough, which was easy to read and decipher between characters. The further you get into the book the better it gets and everything really is woven together to make sense.

I don’t think I’ve ever read a book like this, especially not a town karaoke night where this much action happens, so it was unique. I became to love each character for their flaws and for their own realities. There’s a lot of crazy, real life, and also a bittersweet side to what is happening on this night. The ending holds on to hope of solitude and some sort of happiness due to what part of life they are living.

If you want to read something different, this is for you!
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Marcia C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a freight train speeding toward destruction
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2023
I loved this book. It reads like an untethered freight train speeding towards destruction, incinerating everything in its wake. I barreled through the book as quickly as I could, anxious to learn what would happen next after each chapter. The chapters all are told from the point of view of one of several characters, cycling through from one to another and back again. Even though the action takes place in the span of just a few hours, the reader becomes privy to each person’s lifetimes of joy and regret, happiness and sorrows. All of them wear their emotions on their sleeves, and it’s impossible not to root for each and every one of them, regardless of their individual foibles or mistakes. Although it seems everything and everyone is destined to end in a tragic manner, there are several surprises at the very end that I did not anticipate, making for a very satisfying ending.

Of course, the satisfaction received from reading this novel should have been expected, given that its author, Ali Bryan, has won several awards for her previous works, including her first novel, Roost, which won the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was the official selection of One Book Nova Scotia, and her second novel, The Figgs, was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. She also has won awards for several short stories, essays and her one YA novel.

I would love to thank Ms. Bryan, her publisher Henry Holt and Company, and NetGalley for providing me the opportunity to read an advanced digital reader’s copy of Ms. Bryan’s newest book. I look forward to reading many more from this terrific author. My review of it is wholly VOLUNTARY.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Canadian dark humor contemporary
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023
The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships by Ali Bryan is a contemporary dark humor novel set in a small town in Canada. We alternate between the point of view of several characters.

It has been one year since the town of Crow Valley dealt with a horrible forest fire that claimed the life of prison guard and karaoke champion Dale Jepson. The community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition in his memory. Hijinks ensue, including the escape of a convicted murderer.

The premise for this book really intrigued me, since I love karaoke and currently sing in the choir for a video game music orchestra.

There are so many different characters here, and they are fleshed out and not just caricatures. The five different narrators especially are all highly relatable in very different ways. Though it was a highly character-driven story overall, I was definitely interested in reading further just to see what would happen next.

It was an enjoyable read, but the beginning especially moved pretty slowly for me and I think I would have had a better experience if I was listening to the audiobook. There were also a lot of characters we were juggling, and I got confused a few times.

CW: suicidal ideation, grief, physical and emotional abuse (referenced in the past)

I received a copy of this book to review. All opinions contained herein are my own.
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Amanda K
4.0 out of 5 stars The people of Crow Valley make bad decisions and sing karaoke
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships is an enjoyable and thoughtful character driven novel. Told from multiple points of view, we are introduced to the townspeople of Crow Valley, still struggling to recover from a devastating forest fire and the death of Dale Jepson, their beloved karaoke champion and all-around good guy.

The story is told over one evening, when everyone comes together for the town’s annual karaoke competition. This year, the event is held in memory of Dale. It’s also a high stakes qualifier for the National Championships. Emotions run high. Dale’s wife Roxanne struggles with her grief. Competitors Brett and Molly place all their hopes on winning. And in the middle of it all, they learn that a prisoner has escaped from the local correctional facility.

Ali Bryan’s writing is a delight of descriptive language. I can’t help but wonder if she collects random metaphors and similes in a notebook when they pop into her head.

Here’s one of my favorite passages: “That was the thing about marriage; it was good until all of a sudden it wasn’t. Like meat in a refrigerator. Prime, pink, and reliable one day, gray and questionable the next. You ate it anyway, ignoring that it might be off, ignoring the pain in your gut, in your heart.”

I really loved this book, its humor and heart. It’s a story full of regret, loss, and sorrow, but also forgiveness, redemption, and the power of letting go.

Thank you to Henry Holt Books for the gift of this ARC.
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