The Lincoln Highway in On The Same Page

Dec 14, 2022 Lindsey Gandhi rated it liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, 2022-ng-reading-challenge, read-with-jenna, botm

I really wanted this book to be more likeable based on the reviews. But I struggled to get through it. I did like some of the characters... well, really all of them except Duchess. The story just dragged on for me. I live historical fiction, this just didn't do it for me. It held enough attention for me to finish the book which is why I gave it 3 stars versus 2. And I loved Billy. ...more

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Jan 23, 2022 Shelli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: great-narrator, audio, ni-group-read, read-in-2022, library, historical, favorite-author, different-than-expected

“Questions can be so tricky, he said, like forks in the road. You can be having such a nice conversation and someone will raise a question, and the next thing you know you’re headed off in a whole new direction. In all probability, this new road will lead you to places that are perfectly agreeable, but sometimes you just want to go in the direction you were already headed.”

This quote from the book pretty much sums up my feelings. I read the first two books by this author and enjoyed them. When t ...more

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Apr 15, 2022 Glenda rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2022

3.5 stars

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves i ...more

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Apr 12, 2022 Ellen Librarian rated it liked it

This book started off with so much promise and that made it all the more disappointing that it never seemed to go anywhere. There's a lot of activity and movement and many themes were hinted at but it all left me cold and unsatisfied. Most of the characters were flat and I never understood what the so-called friends saw in each other. Much of what happened strained credulity. This was almost a great book and instead it felt like a muddle. ...more

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