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Big John and the Fortune Teller
Los Angeles.Fifteen-year-old Big John Hoover has strange tingly hands and an unstoppable appetite.But when he learns his dream girl could never love a 258-pound teenager, he wanders into a psychic shop in Venice searching for the secret to her heart. And though he’s skeptical when the mystical madam has him draw the fit body he desires, he’s stunned to wake the next day ripped and handsome.
Despite his hunky new form snagging him high-paying modeling gigs and the most popular chick in school, he’s certain there must be more to life than being impossibly buff. And when the fortune teller returns to reveal why he feels so weird inside, he discovers he possesses a unique healing destiny that paints a deadly target on his back.
Can this remade guy survive unwanted lethal attention?
Despite his hunky new form snagging him high-paying modeling gigs and the most popular chick in school, he’s certain there must be more to life than being impossibly buff. And when the fortune teller returns to reveal why he feels so weird inside, he discovers he possesses a unique healing destiny that paints a deadly target on his back.
Can this remade guy survive unwanted lethal attention?
- GenresFiction
132 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 6, 2020
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About the author
Duke Tate
43 books86 followersDuke Tate was born in 1980 in Jackson, Mississippi to Ken and Charme Tate.
He is married to the lovely Wiphawan Tate and the couple have two sons, Chirayu and Phiraphat, and a daughter named Isabella. The author of 41 books, his father and his memoir was released in 2020 and selected for The London Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year List.
He is married to the lovely Wiphawan Tate and the couple have two sons, Chirayu and Phiraphat, and a daughter named Isabella. The author of 41 books, his father and his memoir was released in 2020 and selected for The London Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year List.
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March 12, 2021
I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
Big John is a 15 year old kid struggling with his weight. He's got a crush on his neighbor. When he goes to a fortune teller, she casts a spell that allows him to become fit in a day. From there, he has some adventures, gains some powers, and meets a woman.
Pretty good, in a mystical sort of way.
Big John is a 15 year old kid struggling with his weight. He's got a crush on his neighbor. When he goes to a fortune teller, she casts a spell that allows him to become fit in a day. From there, he has some adventures, gains some powers, and meets a woman.
Pretty good, in a mystical sort of way.
June 20, 2020
what did I just read?
That was... something. It read like the kind of thing I would have written in the 9th grade, only with way better grammar and a weirdly spiritual bent. That's the best way I can think to describe it.
It was a ride, that's for sure! It was maybe a half hour read, but in that time, the protagonist went from fat zero to svelte and spiritually enlightened hero. I won't spoil the details. There was just so much with fulfillment fantasy going on, and it all just.... happened. Instantly. No lead up, no plot development, just....bam, bam, bam!
Look, I just need you to read it for yourself. Objectively, it was not great, but it is such a small time investment, and the price is so low, that it's worth reading just to see for yourself. And maybe wax nostalgic about the stuff you wrote as a young teen and stashed in a shoebox under the bed.
That was... something. It read like the kind of thing I would have written in the 9th grade, only with way better grammar and a weirdly spiritual bent. That's the best way I can think to describe it.
It was a ride, that's for sure! It was maybe a half hour read, but in that time, the protagonist went from fat zero to svelte and spiritually enlightened hero. I won't spoil the details. There was just so much with fulfillment fantasy going on, and it all just.... happened. Instantly. No lead up, no plot development, just....bam, bam, bam!
Look, I just need you to read it for yourself. Objectively, it was not great, but it is such a small time investment, and the price is so low, that it's worth reading just to see for yourself. And maybe wax nostalgic about the stuff you wrote as a young teen and stashed in a shoebox under the bed.
November 27, 2020
Readable
Strange book !! Maybe it's for California teenager but no one else? I'm any case got to about a third of the way they but could not keep going!! If the writer has made the character likable then maybe it would have been so I but as it is the main character was a spoiled rich kid!!
Strange book !! Maybe it's for California teenager but no one else? I'm any case got to about a third of the way they but could not keep going!! If the writer has made the character likable then maybe it would have been so I but as it is the main character was a spoiled rich kid!!
June 24, 2020
Be careful what you wish for
A story that shows that sometimes what you wish for is not the best thing for you and may have unintended consequences. An interesting, short read.
I won this book thru a goodreads.com giveaway.
A story that shows that sometimes what you wish for is not the best thing for you and may have unintended consequences. An interesting, short read.
I won this book thru a goodreads.com giveaway.
March 13, 2021
Hilarious new YA voice
Thank you Goodreads for the free giveaway e-book.
This is a great YA/adult crossover that covers a lot of ground in terms of humor and theme. Lost one star because many of the minor characters and plot points felt rushed as a result.
I’m not sure exactly what I just read but I’m here for the sequel.
Thank you Goodreads for the free giveaway e-book.
This is a great YA/adult crossover that covers a lot of ground in terms of humor and theme. Lost one star because many of the minor characters and plot points felt rushed as a result.
I’m not sure exactly what I just read but I’m here for the sequel.
July 26, 2020
Terrible
Jumped around, no plot, I’m not sure what his target group is but just made no sense no matter age group.
Jumped around, no plot, I’m not sure what his target group is but just made no sense no matter age group.
March 8, 2021
Won this in Goodreads giveaway...read it...Meh!
March 15, 2021
Held my interest from the first page to the last
October 15, 2021
Fun and interesting story.
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October 11, 2020I gave this as a gift to a woman in a book club. i will get back to you on her thoughts. Thanks so much
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