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The River
The River
Author: Peter Heller
Wynn and Jack have been best friends since college orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780525521877
ISBN-10: 0525521879
Publication Date: 3/5/2019
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 28
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(Review written 6/21/2019)

I read the audiobook of The River by Peter Heller because two book podcasters praised it highly. While I read widely, this book is not within my usual genres. I'm glad I read it and I appreciate the skillful weaving of the nature adventure with the thoughtful coming-of-age stories. However, I don't have an urgent need to read the author's other titles ... and I think of this book every time I see blueberries. Thank you, Anne and Susie, for motivating me to read outside my usual zone.
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Very low rating!

I thought this would be a thriller but it turned out to be a boring wordy description of everything including a tree, not my kind of reading

I tried to stick with it but the story was jerky and choppy, these 2 friends sound like backwood idiots with their dreams and flashbacks that didn't add anything but words and pages

Boring very boring!


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