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Benjamin Whitmer

Auteur van Pike

7+ Werken 150 Leden 8 Besprekingen

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Bevat de naam: Whitmer Benjamin

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Werken van Benjamin Whitmer

Pike (2010) 68 exemplaren
Cry Father (2014) 56 exemplaren
Evasion (2018) 14 exemplaren
Les dynamiteurs (2020) 7 exemplaren
Nach mir die Nacht (2016) 2 exemplaren
Flucht: Kriminalroman (2020) 2 exemplaren
Im Westen nichts (2017) 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1972
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA

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Evident talent. I enjoy rough first novels.
 
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Mcdede | 2 andere besprekingen | Jul 19, 2023 |
 
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truller10 | Jul 21, 2022 |
If there’s a theme to the nihilistic, excellent, Cry Father it’s summarized in one succinct sentence: “Most of what you think is your life can be ruptured in an instant.” Patterson Wells writes this to his son, who died as a young child, and would know the truth of the sentiment. The book proves it over and again as lives are ruptured left and right. Patterson has a hand in some of it. An angry meth driver named Junior does his share of rupturing. The “damaged young men” aren’t exactly friends, more like partners in violence, usually at Junior’s instigation.

Grief, loss, hopelessness, drugs, alcoholism, violence, and sometimes love, swirl together in the story. Patterson summarizes: “Nothing ends, nothing heals. Not that I’d have it any other way.”
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Hagelstein | 3 andere besprekingen | Aug 2, 2016 |
I received an advance e-copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I started this book with the knowledge that it would be about father and son relationships. I wasn't expecting to be taken to the darkest corner of mankind wallowing in drugs and unimaginable violence. Actually I have a pretty thick skin around foul language so that didn't stop me from diving into this book with both feet. The cruelty and shallow personalities in this story seem to come at you from all angles.

In the end I wasn't sure if Patterson Wells and Junior were victims or perpetrators in their vicious encounters with the La Familia or drug cartels. They both seem to know that there is a better life available to them but they persist in clinging to the pain in their past. Patterson is unable to accept his son's death and his failure to be a better father when he had the chance. Junior harbors hatred and disgust surrounding his past with his father.

Both men have had the chance to move forward in a loving family relationship but squandered their marriages and have chosen to alienate themselves from civilized behavior.

The story is full of graphic violence and foul language; the faint of heart should be warned. On the other hand, it is a look at depression and revenge/vengence from the perspective of two drowning souls unable to pull themselves out of misery. In the end, the reap what they sowed.
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Itzey | 3 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2016 |

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Werken
7
Ook door
2
Leden
150
Populariteit
#138,700
Waardering
½ 3.7
Besprekingen
8
ISBNs
25
Talen
2

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