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The Coward
by Jarred McGinnis
The Coward is an incredibly honest memoir/fiction novel about the life of Jarred McGinnis from a troubled, angsty teen to a troubled angsty grown up. After a tragic car accident, Jarred finds himself in a wheel chair and forced to move back in with the father he'd run away from ten years previously. Jarred has to deal with a myriad of problems, emotional, physical, financial and medical, as a result of the accident, whilst also trying to deal with the issues from his teen years that caused him to run away in the first place.
I already miss the characters. I loved the dry humour of both Jarred and Jack and how they deal with the stares and misunderstood comments of strangers. I giggled at their responses to the people around them. Their father/son relationship is fraught with how they care for each other and yet still bare the raw and painful scars of the past.
The novel delves into how we deal with grief, loss and addiction. It's enlightening, and avoids being patronising or overly sentimental. A really touching book that I highly recommend. I genuinely cared about the characters and found it impossible to put this book down.
This is a fantastic novel which I really enjoyed. Thanks to Netgalley and canongate for an ARC of this novel.
I already miss the characters. I loved the dry humour of both Jarred and Jack and how they deal with the stares and misunderstood comments of strangers. I giggled at their responses to the people around them. Their father/son relationship is fraught with how they care for each other and yet still bare the raw and painful scars of the past.
The novel delves into how we deal with grief, loss and addiction. It's enlightening, and avoids being patronising or overly sentimental. A really touching book that I highly recommend. I genuinely cared about the characters and found it impossible to put this book down.
This is a fantastic novel which I really enjoyed. Thanks to Netgalley and canongate for an ARC of this novel.