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School
Lucas Donovan and Jake Holden are lifelong best friends in Wilson, North Carolina who face change and uncertainty when their parents decide to send them to the local private school. The two find their niche when Lucas's economic mind realizes that they can become suppliers for whatever it is people want-namely a new drug they nickname The Party Starter. As the market increases, so do the stakes, as Lucas and his assembled crew find themselves at odds with rival drug dealers, the police, and the school administration.
155 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 3, 2014
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April 5, 2014
DNF - just not for me. I don't like the main character and the drug storyline is disturbing me.
March 8, 2014
Summary/First Reactions: Despite reading the blurb for this book, I was not ready for "School". Which ended up with the novel doing a 180 on me. To sum it all up, School starts with our main character Lucas realizing that he could be the guy that gets everyone what they need. So after recruiting a team including his best fried Jake, the muscle bound Beason, and the suave Poet, the four guys take there school by storm. When the team is all together they operate beautifully. However, events happen that make everyone question each others motives.
This novel has stopped me from going to bed three nights in a row. All ending with me having to force myself to put the kindle down and sleep. Like I said before, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
Lucas is such an amazing character. There were several times where I completely forgot that he was only a sophomore in high school. Jake was believable and I felt for him. Beason was loveable, yet some one I would not want to cross for any reason. And the Poet was extremely intelligent. At times it seemed like he knew everything that was going on and understood it better than the main character himself. Hands down he was my favorite character. He always knew what to say.
The book itself is told with a past tense sort of vibe, with Lucas knowing stuff that he couldn't possibly have known until after the fact.
The only problem I have with "School" is that some of the secondary characters. like Rachael and Lauren, needed a little more work. For me the weren't believable and I couldn't careless about how they turned out. A little more storyline with them would have changed that instead of just using them as stepping stools for bigger characters. They might as well have not even been there.
What I took away from this novel is that to some school is not for learning. School is a business. There can be more going on under the surface. And that truth always comes to light, you just have to know where to look.
All in all, the novel is amazing. And the Poet needs his own book.
The Good: Superb writing and storytelling. Likeable and relatable characters. Well known setting. Ending that wasn't cliche. The Poet.
The Bad: Secondary characters needed more work.
Overall: 5/5 An Indiesently Good Read!!!
This novel has stopped me from going to bed three nights in a row. All ending with me having to force myself to put the kindle down and sleep. Like I said before, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
Lucas is such an amazing character. There were several times where I completely forgot that he was only a sophomore in high school. Jake was believable and I felt for him. Beason was loveable, yet some one I would not want to cross for any reason. And the Poet was extremely intelligent. At times it seemed like he knew everything that was going on and understood it better than the main character himself. Hands down he was my favorite character. He always knew what to say.
The book itself is told with a past tense sort of vibe, with Lucas knowing stuff that he couldn't possibly have known until after the fact.
The only problem I have with "School" is that some of the secondary characters. like Rachael and Lauren, needed a little more work. For me the weren't believable and I couldn't careless about how they turned out. A little more storyline with them would have changed that instead of just using them as stepping stools for bigger characters. They might as well have not even been there.
What I took away from this novel is that to some school is not for learning. School is a business. There can be more going on under the surface. And that truth always comes to light, you just have to know where to look.
All in all, the novel is amazing. And the Poet needs his own book.
The Good: Superb writing and storytelling. Likeable and relatable characters. Well known setting. Ending that wasn't cliche. The Poet.
The Bad: Secondary characters needed more work.
Overall: 5/5 An Indiesently Good Read!!!
December 30, 2013
The upcoming novel School by Hunter Gardner explains that there is so little to do in North Carolina that one might become a major drug dealer out of boredom. No, really.
Lucas and his friend Jake are suburban North Carolina kids who become accidental dealers. They’re not in need of cash, and they don’t use their own product. Lucas seems to be motivated by the challenge of building and running his empire, and Jake, at first, seems to be going along for the ride.
The boys set out to increase their empire. Lucas feigns ADD to get a prescription to sell, sells answers for his chem tests, and recruits football-playing Tyler to be their muscle and their car (because, as we know, North Carolina is useless without a car). They meet Christopher, a transfer student making cash by selling English papers for $10 a page, and add his special skills to their business. The boys are a little too bright and too creative for a suburban North Carolina school, which makes them sympathetic, even if their actions are not exactly legal.
Read more here, I tried not to include spoilers.
May 18, 2014
Great debut novel for Gardner. A complicated story, yet quick read, that is woven together in a compelling tale that is fit for the big screen. Great character development with a tense climax.
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