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Boy21

Matthew Quick

Start date: March 1, 2014

Finish date: March 31, 2014

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Oct 13, 2013 Dre rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2013, contemporary

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There isn't enough books about friendship, that's for sure.

Russ : Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical.
Finley : That's just a story.
Russ : So are we- we're stories too.

This is the first book that I've read from Matthew Quick. After watching the movie version of The Silver Linings Playbook, I had an idea of how his ...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Nancy rated it really liked it

4.5 stars
I really liked Matthew Quick's last book, Sorta Like a Rock Star so I was eager to read this one. Themes are similar although protagonist and storyline is different. The story endears the reader to Finley, a minimal talker and even to Russ, Boy21. He is purported to be an amazing basketball player and, it will surprise nobody, that he turns out to be an amazing basketball player. The bare bones of it is that the book is about priorities, friendship, and family.

Finley has his life plann ...more

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Apr 06, 2013 Heidi rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-that-rocks

Just as with Mr. Quick's other book Sorta Like a Rock Star this book was different and strange but also fascinating and "unputdownable". I was instantly a fan of Finley as well as his lady love Erin and wanted to know more about not only them but their world. Ultimately this book was about friendships and setting priorities for your life as well as working through grief and heartache the best way you can. I was not a fan of the ending which seemed a little too rushed and final but I loved the re ...more

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Apr 17, 2015 Luella rated it it was amazing

I loved this book. It dealt with sports but really was not about sports per se. It was about two young men who deal with tragedy in their lives and how they overcome.

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