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Overall 5 out of 5 stars 11-24-24
Exceptional and Heartfelt
I cried and laughed throughout this book. There were so many incredible passages that tugged on my heart strings and made me feel deeply for the characters. There were so many major changes in each character and I appreciate that these changes weren’t immediate and that it showed how it can take time. You have to keep at it and it makes all the difference if you have people around you that encourage your changes and will support you through it all. This book does well at explaining this and shows the many unassuming people that can step up and be with you. You can be that unassuming person for someone else. It was incredibly powerful and encouraging. There were many quotes from the book that are true and applicable to everyday life. “Change isn’t giving up something you want, It’s giving up something you don’t want anymore.” It can be scary, imagining giving up parts of your old self in order to change for the better, but if you think of it as you’re giving up things, you don’t want any more to accomplish things that you do, it’s a different mindset. “It’s all the little things that add up that make us who we are.” It can be easy to think who we are is a big grand gesture that you haven’t done yet, but it actually is all of the small things that we do, think and say that add up and make us who we are. “It occurs to me that when I think how other people see me and what they think of me, it might be that I’m looking more through my eyes of inadequacy than their eyes of superiority. So maybe I need to check my vision every now and then.” It’s so easy to think others are being as critical on us as we are on ourselves. We are our own worst critic. We can only change if we want to change. No one else can do it for us. Every choice we make is who we are and sometimes we mess it up, but the good thing is that we have many small choices in a day to do better, every day. There were a few technical things when reading the book that made it harder to understand which character was saying what. And the overall narration takes a couple minutes to get used to, as most audible books do, but overall, this was an incredible book, and a must read! “Change isn’t giving up something you want, It’s giving up something you don’t want anymore.”
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5 out of 5 stars 05-22-24 Listener received this title free
Terrific young adult fiction!
Greene tackles very serious topics facing young adults using real and relevant language that will resonate with young and old alike! His characters are relatable and make the story come to life. For those of us who raised teenage boys, it brings back memories of that very tumultuous time. Overall, a great read/listen! Highly recommend it.
NOTE: This audiobook contains authentic language used by high school age young men, which means it has a whole lot of F bombs. If you are offended by this kind of language, that is used quite enthusiastically, this book may not be a good choice. You will need an Amazon username and password to download the free book. You do not need subscribe to Audible to download this promotional copy.
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