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reading_rachel's review against another edition
3.0
More like 3.5 - I liked this book, but there were some parts that just dragged me down. Definitely a well-told story in three different perspectives.
deecreatenola's review
3.0
I'm not big into YA but I met this author at a book festival and enjoyed his workshop. The story is good, if dramatic (of course, it is YA). I love the backstory of the primary character, Dill. I don't often come across snake handlers in books! I like the idea of exploring how it would be to grow up in that culture, the extreme faith along with a father who has become an outcast.
It covers the things teens deal with: bullying, trying to decide who you will become, what it feels like to be different, first love. A good read.
It covers the things teens deal with: bullying, trying to decide who you will become, what it feels like to be different, first love. A good read.
nessiethegreat's review
5.0
This dude is such a talented writer I’m extremely jealous. This book made me sob so hard. Like I haven’t cried his hard since finishing the book thief. My bud recommended it to me and I’m so so so glad she did because I’m not sure if I would have picked it up on my own. This is an amazing, well-written, thoughtful, heartbreaking book and you have to read it. I’m gonna go back to crying now.
kawarwick's review
5.0
A wonderful story about friendship and choices. I didn't want it to end. It has many amazing lines to stop and think about.
affyfe's review
4.0
On the surface this book looks like any other troubled high schooler book, which the plot is a bit like that. However, something about this book just draws you in and you want to keep reading. Maybe it is because you really want the best for these three friends and you know they have it in them. Great character development and writing as so much of this book could've gotten very cheesy and predictable.
Three friends starting their senior year of high school and moving through that year trying to figure out what is next. They are the misfits, one with a great home life and the other two without. I highly recommend this book, but make sure you have tissues handy!
Three friends starting their senior year of high school and moving through that year trying to figure out what is next. They are the misfits, one with a great home life and the other two without. I highly recommend this book, but make sure you have tissues handy!
andiepie's review
4.0
A quick easter weekend read - I received this in my first owlcrate book box and honestly I was very tentative at first (books with pentecostal pastor sons don't scream READ ME). But as the adage goes - Never judge a book by its cover.
The story is low key and simple, it follows Dill, Lydia and Travis - three senior high school students from Forrestville, Tennessee - and their final year of high school. The journey was sweet, heartbreaking and humbling all at once.
The author's quote truly sums up the book nicely "I wanted to write about young people who struggle to lead lives of dignity and find beauty in a forgotten, unglamorous place. Who wonder what becomes of dreams once they cross the county line." - Jeff Zenter
A touching young adult contemporary that left me feeling both giddy and out of sorts. I cried. I smiled like an idiot. It was wonderful.
It was a story with a lot of heart and it's small town setting was a big part of that charm.
Not bad for a debut novel.
The story is low key and simple, it follows Dill, Lydia and Travis - three senior high school students from Forrestville, Tennessee - and their final year of high school. The journey was sweet, heartbreaking and humbling all at once.
The author's quote truly sums up the book nicely "I wanted to write about young people who struggle to lead lives of dignity and find beauty in a forgotten, unglamorous place. Who wonder what becomes of dreams once they cross the county line." - Jeff Zenter
A touching young adult contemporary that left me feeling both giddy and out of sorts. I cried. I smiled like an idiot. It was wonderful.
It was a story with a lot of heart and it's small town setting was a big part of that charm.
Not bad for a debut novel.