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ImperfectCJ
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I listened to this bit by bit on a series of drives across Ohio and Michigan with my family. On a road trip is a great way to listen to Kevin Wilson (this is our third), and the premise of this one in particular fits road trip listening well. Wilson's characters are so immediately engrossing, all of us were engaged, alternately moved and laughing as Wilson led us through the complicated nature of "family," via Marin Ireland's narration.

BarbaraBB Sounds great. It‘ll be my next read! 11h
ImperfectCJ @BarbaraBB We still like Nothing to See Here better, but this one is quite good. I hope you enjoy it! 9h
BarbaraBB That one is my favorite too so far! 22m
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Hooked_on_books
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I read this last week and have just dragged my feet on reviewing it. There‘s some genuinely funny lines and I like the characters, but I expect something special from KW and this is not. I‘ve read this book before and he‘s usually so fresh and new. Plus, the ending is pat and not fully developed.

Prairiegirl_reading This is the summer of the road trip novel, he was probably rushed. I still want to read it to compare to two other road trips I wanted to get to this year. 😊 5d
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HeatherBookNerd
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I love Wilson‘s dysfunctional family stories. This one has newly discovered siblings on a cross country road trip trying to track down their absent father. It‘s amusing and odd and just what I‘ve come to expect and appreciate about Wilson‘s characters. Loved the audiobook.

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MallenNC
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I enjoy Kevin Wilson. He does such a good job with quirky characters. While this one doesn‘t replace Nothing to See Here as my favorite, I liked it a lot. In this one, a set of half-siblings who don‘t know each other go on a road trip to find their father. It was especially interesting to see how the dad changed in every family and how that influenced who the kids became.

OriginalCyn620 I want to read this one too! 1w
MallenNC @OriginalCyn620 i think you‘d like it. I listened to the audiobook. The narrator was great. 1w
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bookish_wookish
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This one was so good! It may be one of my favorites of the year! Its about siblings that didn‘t know each other existed and they all embark on a road trip to find and confront their dad. The wit and humor was perfect. It was an easy read but still had a lot of heart.

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bookish_wookish
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Started this one on my lunch break. I can already tell that I‘m going to like it!

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Erinreadsthebooks
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I‘m afraid this one is headed back to the library unread. A road trip novel isn‘t appealing this soon after reading the ultimate feel good road trip book, The Road to Tender Hearts. Maybe I‘ll pick it up later and give it a fair chance.

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Mattsbookaday
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Run for the Hills, by Kevin Wilson (2025)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Premise: Very different people become an unlikely family discover they share the same father and embark on a cross-country road trip to find him and ask why he abandoned them all to forge very different lives for himself.

Review: Wilson is the king of profound but off-kilter fiction, and this is no exception. Cont.

Mattsbookaday This is a fascinating exploration of family, the psychological impacts of abandonment, and the capacity for reinvention. Despite the immense suspension of disbelief required to buy that these strangers would road trip together the way they did, I can‘t help but give this five stars.

Bookish Pair: My favourite Kevin Wilson book is Now Is Not the Time to Panic (2022)
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Megabooks
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I‘ve been using Libro.fm solely for this year and partially for a few more, and I‘ve hit a point of having the same number of finished and unfinished books. 😁🎉 Still not anywhere close to the 900+ I own on Audible, but I love supporting my local bookstore.

I‘m really enjoying Run for the Hills! Fun fact: Marin Ireland narrates both it and My Friends. I like her as a narrator. She‘s one that will swing me to the audio side.

Megabooks Also, Tender Hearts is a must read! (edited) 1mo
squirrelbrain I was thinking about getting The Road to Tender Hearts on audio - you‘ve convinced me! And I‘m getting the Wilson as well anyway…. 1mo
squirrelbrain But, just checked everywhere and I can‘t get Tender Hearts! 🤨 1mo
DHill I will listen to anything narrated by Marin Ireland. She also narrated Nothing to See Here, one of my favorites by Kevin Wilson. 1mo
BarbaraBB I am looking forward to the Wilson! 1mo
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BookishTrish
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I listened to this one while down with a particular bad cold. The cold happened to go perfectly with this fever dream of a novel where lived trauma becomes literal horror. Thanks #netgalley for access to this audiobook.