Schroder

I would have never picked up this book based on it's description, but happened on a review and decided to listen anyway.

And I don't normally write reviews, because I'm not a good writer, but I have to tell you (as I've told my friends one by one today) that I listened to this whole book yesterday and started it again today. It is perfect. It is funny and sad and moving and every single sentence is so well constructed and lovely...the reader is perfect. I'm not kidding at all, this is the best book I've ever listened to-- don't pass it by.

I hope her other books will be available on Audible- in the meantime, I'm going to read them!

I enjoyed this book of a father abducting his own daughter and the adventures/misadventures than ensue. Good characterization.

I would listen to this book again. It was a great story and Schroder was an interesting character

Sophie's Choice - because terror and hardship force us to make difficult & painful decisions that we must live with for the rest of our lives.

Erick Schroder was my favorite because he was such a rich character. He did what we have all wished to do at times in our lives - become someone different, re-invent ourselves.

What would you do if you hated your life and wanted to forget??

I was captivated by the story and motivated to read on. Gaige's style is interesting. I thought the narrator was excellent. Collyer made the main character seem believable even appealing at times. Schroder/Kennedy made one bad decision after another. Painful.

Having been through a difficult divorce (with children) I could feel the angst created in the story line. You felt angst throughout the audio.

I would recommend this book whole heartedly except that the end was not good. I like a book to have a true beginning, middle and end. I was disappointed with the end. I felt like the story stopped abruptly and I was left saying to myself, "Huh?".

wow this book was disturbing. and it was beautiful at the same time. every time i put my iphone down, i couldn't stop thinking about it. i wanted to just listen to it nonstop so that i could be done with it. but in a good way.

i know that sounds weird.

let me try again. this story was so...real. the way that this father describes his life, his love, his daughter. his life and love for his daughter. it's so true, so real. there are moments that i was reading this and i couldn't feel more connected to the narrator.

then there were moments where i was so appalled by him. and upset, horrified, disgusted. i got angry at myself for feeling empathetic a few moments before.

as i said in the title, this is an amazing and disturbing read at the same time...i loved it.