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Ten days, four boys, a cross-country trip, and a book about heroes and adventurers
I grew up in Nebraska and in a community through which the historic Lincoln Highway travels so was particularly excited to read Towles' latest novel. I anticipated rich descriptions that would transport me to the countryside of open skies and cornfields. But the majority of the action takes place in New York City and unfortunately, the cross-country travel across the Midwest--other than the era-appropriate overnigh ...more
I grew up in Nebraska and in a community through which the historic Lincoln Highway travels so was particularly excited to read Towles' latest novel. I anticipated rich descriptions that would transport me to the countryside of open skies and cornfields. But the majority of the action takes place in New York City and unfortunately, the cross-country travel across the Midwest--other than the era-appropriate overnigh ...more
There is a lot of traveling and a lot of knowledge shared in the 10 days that this book takes place.
The characters are all well written, with Billy being my personal favorite, followed closely by Ulysses.
I learned more facts about the physical Lincoln Highway than I ever knew existed!
I also think we will see this one on many lists of favorite books for a very long time.
The characters are all well written, with Billy being my personal favorite, followed closely by Ulysses.
I learned more facts about the physical Lincoln Highway than I ever knew existed!
I also think we will see this one on many lists of favorite books for a very long time.
I think this is probably more of a 3.5 but I can't quite round up to a 4. I see why this has been such a popular read lately. There are some fantastically developed characters. I tend to dislike books where I have to keep track of multiple characters but in this case, the story keeps building with each add. It is interesting to get the various viewpoints, sometimes even of the same situation. After all this reading I still feel deprived by the ending. I'm sad about the outcome of a couple charac
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Apr 24, 2022
Rod Snavely
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it was amazing
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Wow! What a road trip!
The writing is good, but I thought it was kind of slow. I’m not a fan of jumping around each character’s perspective, especially when there are random characters introduced along the way. Not my favorite read.
Nov 12, 2021
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