Mela's Reviews > The Road Trip

Is this still who I am? Just because it’s familiar, does that mean it’s me?

Oh my, it was brilliant!

Brilliant story, brilliant characters.

The story was genially, smoothly, funnily, wisely, hurtfully driven by remarkable characters.

And the road that they all went through - from...

We were both so unformed. So sure of ourselves and so utterly lost.

You’re just beginning to play around, and he’s nearly ready to give up and settle down and say, This is who I am, I’m done.

I’m a toy version of a man, flopped in my seat, waiting for someone to lift my strings and jerk me into life.

the lost boy wandering the world, weak-willed and daydreaming and achieving nothing

to...

it all adds up to make him seem kind of worldlier. A bit damaged, a bit stronger. More self-possessed

but she’s different now. She’s warmer; less guarded, oddly enough; she knows herself better.

Those fictional people were so real, when they had fun, when they felt in love, when they were happy, sad, angry, lost, growing-up and most of all, when they were making mistekes...

‘Did you tell him you needed him?’
‘I wanted him to just . . . know,’

I keep pressing Esc but I’m still here

Everyone’s got the potential to do the wrong thing – if we were measured that way, we’d all come up short. It’s about what you do

This story just couldn't have existed without those characters, but they easily could have existed without this story, it is how genuine they were. And you know what? In my heart, they will exist for a long long time... Addie, Dylan, Marcus, Deb, Rodney, Grace, Cherry, Kevin, Luke, Terry...

The novel reminded me of great Shakespeare's works of art. It could be a superb movie.

Mrs. O'Leary, take your time, I can wait for your next book since they are getting better and better (although, I don't know how you can write the better one now).