Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Fiction/Coming of Age
Description:
“Good-natured yet naïve Tobi Stone has always been dealt an unfair
hand.
Tobi dreams of becoming a successful musician but finds creative
spirits are silenced in forgotten ‘fly-over’ towns. When his closest friend
goes missing, a streak of luck leads him on a journey to find her.”
Author:
It appears that Liberty Lane grew up in a town in rural Ohio and her
bio indicates that “Liberty’s main goal is to evoke emotion in her readers. She
aims to craft characters and worlds that are realistic, tangible,
thought-provoking, and sometimes controversial. Taking readers on a journey of
love and loss, she explores gray areas of the modern world that typically fly
under the radar.”
Appraisal:
This story drew me in with characters that I
cared about and wanted to see how things turned out for them. Some readers
might see the obvious flaws that Tobi, the protagonist, has and think poorly of
him. However, as you get to know him better you come to realize that all things
considered he is doing pretty good and that in those areas where he falls short
(school work being the obvious one) it might be due to factors that cause that
to be a lower priority. Tobi also has some dreams. This story of Tobi reaching
for his dreams, learning and adapting his goals as he learns from life, is a good
coming-of-age story with lessons to be learned for all of us buried in there.
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FYI:
The author includes a trigger warning that this book at times touches
on some topics that some readers may find troubling “including but not limited
to drug and alcohol usage/abuse, childhood trauma, previous loss of a family
member, sexual assault, various mental health topics, bullying, and domestic
violence.” She recommends those who might find any of these topics to be an
issue to “proceed with caution.”
Format/Typo
Issues:
This review is based on an advance reviewer copy of the book, so I can’t
gauge the final product in this area.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 105-110,000 words
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