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Just a great author. This story of reform school boys making a hilarious trip from Nebraska to New York was LONG but I was sad for it to end. Emmet, Billy, Duchess, Woolly and Sally are great characters. Would love to see them come back.

I wish there was a word, and there probably is –when you really enjoy a book, it could be five stars and then something happens to bump down your enjoyment. The something happens here is rather spoiler-y and although I guessed it, I didn‘t like how the other characters just… let the heartbreak happen.

There is still something missing from her books that stop me from loving them (ala Sarah Dessen) and I‘m not sure what it is.

'Look,' I said. 'We went wrong somewhere.'

Martha turned her head and couldn't believe what she saw. On the horizon, in all its unreality, was the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

'It's tiny,' she said. 'Like a replica in an amusement park.

"That's it all right. I can say with some confidence that we're not in Florence.'

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What are you supposed to write....When tanks are rolling into cities where friends of yours live? What are you supposed to write when you realise you don't understand the world any more - I mean in an absolutely fundamental way - when all your certainties collapse, when you realise that the bubble you live in is just that, a bubble that could burst any minute?'

'Something feels off. There's something up with him.'
'Hardly surprising under the circumstances, is it?'
'No, something else. I don't know what.'
We listened to his breathing. It was fitful, with long pauses between gulps of air.

"The appointment is tomorrow at two,' I said. 'And tomorrow is tomorrow, even if we get there today.'

'Fucking physics'.

While I am the target audience for a Kevin Wilson book, I‘m definitely not the target audience for any book involving estranged families coming together. This was that and it was okay and sometimes good and then it ended too abruptly.

I agree with several reviews I read for this one. It started out fairly interesting; I enjoyed the flow of the writing and description of the country as they traveled. However, it got old as each section seemed to repeat the same aimless travel to a different place with never enough money, but through some work and theft, they managed enough for drugs and to find another woman to love and leave.

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This book had a lot of hype; while it was good, it wasn't amazing to me. Sort of funny, a bit heartwarming, but likely not one that will stick with me. There were a lot of questionable characters especially Tom's mother.

Well shoot,I really liked Wilson‘s previous books and loved the idea of half siblings were complete strangers embarking on a a road trip to find the father who abandoned them all. The problem is that there seemed to be only the idea of a story here. The characters were one dimensional, the journey itself was kind of boring, and the ending was so unsatisfying. Happy others seem to be enjoying it but I didn‘t like this one at all.

June's #WeeklyFavorites, at long last. Traveling threw me off, and I didn't finish any books between the 7th and 14th, so here's a cardinal for that spot. I think my favorite of these was the tagged.

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