Aftershock
by Kelly Easton
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Aftershock is a story of an adventure. You could call it a sort of "walk-about." Seventeen-year-old Adam, begins his journey with a fatal car wreck that kills both of his parents. His trip with his parents leaves him an orphan, stranded in the middle of nowhere, on the opposite side of the country from where he lives, and quite literally speechless. Adam, still in shock from the wreck, begins a trek of a lifetime. As he hitch-hikes across the country, he must weed out all the travelers who don't mind giving a ride to a mute, ragged, dirty teenager. Will he make it home?.. Will he starve?... Read and find out.
This book did a pretty good job at keeping my attention, but at times I felt that it was dragging a little bit. I gave it four stars because I thought it wasn't a really realistic story. The author did a good job showing the desperation that such bad luck would bring, and I liked the transitions for the flashbacks. All in all, it was a fairly good book that I would suggest for some but not for others.
7 comments:
I think it was a good book club book though our time is way too short to really get into the tough questions that the novel brings to mind.
true, but having the mentality of a teenager.. I tend not to look too deeply into such things.
ehh, tried to read it, it didn't catch my interest
This book was so confusing I didn't have much interest in it.
This book was kind iof boring, and I was left with more questions than answers.
I really like the book, but at times I think it was unrealistic.
The idea of someone being so in shock that they just up and leave, just keep walking on and on, instead of falling into a coma or something I was what captured my interest in this book.i would never be able to just leave the empty shells of my parents, who had nurtured and cared for me, just to get away from shock. I feel like I've read something like this before, I'll have to pick up this book and make sure it wasn't this one I've read before.
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