The Great American Whatever
Quinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck and Hollywood hopeful whose only worry used to be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister Annabeth. Of course, that was all before—before Quinn stopped going to school, before his mom started sleeping on the sofa…and...
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Quinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck and Hollywood hopeful whose only worry used to be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister Annabeth. Of course, that was all before—before Quinn stopped going to school, before his mom started sleeping on the sofa…and before Annabeth was killed in a car accident.Enter Geoff, Quinn’s best friend who i
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00Z7C1MXU
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I think what ruined this novel for me was listening to the audio of it. It was read by the author and I thought the author was too old to play the part and his voice just wasn’t cut out for it as I thought all the characters sounded the same and I thought his voice had an even tone to me. The more I...
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** One-sentence summary: a quick read, and the story goes down easy, but the "cerebral" protagonist is too familiar from other YA novels (see: John Green, Becky Albertalli, David Arnold), and the author is so busy hitting his notes correctly ...
So–so I liked this book, and I liked Quinn, and I think Federle is a good writer who has a specific & unique voice that I enjoy a lot. But I have two quibbles. First, I recognize & respect what Federle is trying to do in the depiction of Quinn’s mom, but I’m not sure it works. Second, I think it wan...
This was really sweet and there are lots of reasons to love it.
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