by Matthew Quick
Richard Gere? Really?
When I chose this book to read, it was the title that grabbed my attention. I just had to find out what the author was referring to when he called it The Good Luck of Right Now. Little did I know that I was about to embark on a journey with a number of unique and interesting characters. Bartholomew ...
“When something bad happens to us, something good happens – often to someone else. And that’s The Good Luck of Right Now. We must believe it. We must. We must. We must.” The Good Luck of Right Now is an epistolary novel, in that it is comprised entirely of letters written to the actor, Richard Gere...
If you liked Quick's "The Silver Lining Playbook," you will likely enjoy this story, too. It also features relationships between several damaged people, and I actually preferred The Good Luck of Right Now to SLP.
I read this on a flight from Portland to Minneapolis. I clapped at the end. Love love love. The characters in this are amazing, I couldn't pick my favorite. Max is a revelation. This should be the next book on everyone's reading list.
Find this review and much more at Read, Run, Ramble Thank you HarperCollins via Edelweiss for providing me with an early copy of this book! Quick has a way of building quirky, understandable, endearing characters that make you feel. This is only my second book by the author and already he's a fave....
I really like Matthew Quick. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock was my first book by him and it was one of my favorites last year! And even though I was late to the Silver Linings party (the movie clips made it look like a chick flick sob-fest, so sue me!!) I loved it, not quite as much as Leonard, but s...
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I wondered if faith were not a form of pretendingYou’re in Luck! Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, has written an incredibly moving story, populated with his usual range of damaged, quirky, lovable characters, but containing a core of significant philosophical substance. A man ...
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