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How Lucky: A Novel door Will Leitch
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How Lucky: A Novel (editie 2022)

door Will Leitch (Auteur)

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2022 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel

"A fantastic novel. . . . You are going to like this a lot."â??Stephen King

"What's more thrilling than a fictional character speaking to us in a voice we haven't heard before, a voice so authentic and immediateâ??think Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield, Mattie Rossâ??that we suspect it must've been there all along, that we somehow managed to miss it? Daniel, the protagonist of Will Leitch's smart, funny, heartbreaking new novel How Lucky, is just such a voice, and I'm not sure it will ever completely leave my head, or that I want it to."â??Richard Russo

For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first novel as suspenseful and funny as it is moving, the unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man living with a physical disability, and his efforts to solve a mystery unfolding right outside his door.

Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He's got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guyâ??despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair.

Largely confined to his home, Daniel spends the hours he's not online communicating with irate air travelers observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of his daily routine. Until the day he's almost sure he sees her being ki… (meer)

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Titel:How Lucky: A Novel
Auteurs:Will Leitch (Auteur)
Info:Harper Perennial (2022), 304 pages
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Daniel is a twenty-something guy living in a southern college town and working at-home for a regional airline’s customer service department. He only has a couple of friends and doesn’t get out too much, with the exception of tailgating on football game days. Overall, though, he considers himself a lucky guy, despite the fact that he has a degenerative and eventually fatal disease that has left him wheelchair-ridden, Stephen Hawking style. Then one day he sees a college student accept a ride from some dude in cowboy boots and a ballcap for a defunct team, and when she is reported missing, he’s pretty sure he was the last person to see her, except for her kidnapper, of course. But what, exactly, can he do about it? Honestly, more than you’d think.

This Rear Window-esque novel is like a fun, slightly wild ride on a motorized wheelchair (and I’m convinced Daniel would happily take readers on such a ride if requests were made). The mystery itself isn’t anything earthshattering and there are no big or shocking twists, which threw me off a bit, if I’m honest. But Daniel himself, and the more-than-half of the book devoted to his life story, more than make up for whatever the actual plot lacks. He's a fantastically created character, who rings 1000% true, and he’s one that you’ll want to be friends with for life. ( )
  electrascaife | Apr 24, 2024 |
Boring and more like a pamphlet on SMA with a light plot thrown in. ( )
  Jenniferforjoy | Jan 29, 2024 |
This was a surprisingly great read! I didn't know anything about it but it was recommended - I do not even remember who - so I thought it would be a light, fun read just from the cover. Not surprisingly, I was wrong but not completely. It actually deals with a lot of very serious subjects but yet there is a lightness and optimism to it. Unlike so many novels today, this book is full of very likeable characters and that alone made it refreshing but it was so much more than that. The MC has a degenerative disease so there is a lot about what life and living mean but there is also a good mystery and fun friendships. I highly recommend this book. 4.5 stars ( )
  JediBookLover | Oct 29, 2022 |
Humm. Not exactly sure how I feel about this one. 3.5 stars
Definitely better than Dog in the Nighttime.
Starts off rather uplifting, but I wouldn’t say it leaves me feeling good. Got a bit dark and I’m hoping that will fade because there is a lot of positivity here or at least warm contentment.
I think just may reread the bits I enjoyed and hold on to those good vibes. ( )
  liltastypuff | Sep 12, 2022 |
Another case where I got lured in by a publisher’s elevator pitch and ended up disappointed. The blurb says it’s for readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and, it's true, there are similarities between the two books. Both are mysteries told from the POV of a young man with a disability, but in this one the focus is on the disability itself, its symptoms and the strides that have been made in treating it. So it did serve the purpose of raising awareness of a little known disorder but the mystery itself was meh. In fact, after I checked it out from the library I read a few chapters and then forgot about it for almost two weeks. ( )
  wandaly | Apr 12, 2022 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:

2022 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel

"A fantastic novel. . . . You are going to like this a lot."â??Stephen King

"What's more thrilling than a fictional character speaking to us in a voice we haven't heard before, a voice so authentic and immediateâ??think Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield, Mattie Rossâ??that we suspect it must've been there all along, that we somehow managed to miss it? Daniel, the protagonist of Will Leitch's smart, funny, heartbreaking new novel How Lucky, is just such a voice, and I'm not sure it will ever completely leave my head, or that I want it to."â??Richard Russo

For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first novel as suspenseful and funny as it is moving, the unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man living with a physical disability, and his efforts to solve a mystery unfolding right outside his door.

Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He's got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guyâ??despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair.

Largely confined to his home, Daniel spends the hours he's not online communicating with irate air travelers observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of his daily routine. Until the day he's almost sure he sees her being ki

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