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Bezig met laden... Grab On to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way: A Novel (P.S.)door Bryan Charles
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() ![]() Fantastic example of what a coming-of-age novel can be. Avoids sentimentality and really moves forward thanks to Charles's ability to write really profound, wonderful sentences. Essentially the tale of a kid graduating HS in the early 90s. But it takes place in Michigan, so it has this great feeling of uniqueness. I never felt like Charles was writing a cliched story. Amazing how that can be accomplished with a setup that has been done to death. An engaging novel that fluctuates between brilliant, touching, confusing, offensive, and pretentious. Very well written and interesting take on the well used theme of "entering the real world. (Although I do find the underground punk music scene portions of the book to be a bit annoying.) Gets a small bonus point for being set in my home state of Michigan. I read this in an afternoon not long after it's release. The draw for me was that it was set in Kalamazoo, where I live, written by a guy around my age. To me it read as non fiction due to how well he pegged our town. I don't rightly know if others would get the book as well if they didn't know the area, but anyone from the Kalamazoo area would love it! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Vim Sweeney, newly graduated from Kalamazoo High School in 1992, reluctantly stumbles his way toward adulthood, while dealing with the typical teenage angst over sex, money, parents, and the uncertainties of the future. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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