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Happy 21st birthday Penny!๐ฅณ
After a traumatic fall as a child, Penny was left in a coma. When she recovered, she was never the same. But in a positive way... she developed a photographic memory. She became a one-percenter...of brilliant minds.
Those near to her considered her a savant. As she studied at an academy devoted to those with brilliant minds, they also studied her.
But now at 21, with her mentor leaving the school, Penny decided it was the perfect time to venture out. It was time to find her father. The man who despicably left her the day of her accident. She needs answers and maybe some long needed closure.
This would be her first time out on her own. And so the road trip of a life-time begins. It will be filled with colorful characters, amazing adventures as well as many dangerous moments. Is Penny ready to see the world? Is the world ready for Penny?
Strangely addictive! Though Pennyโs naivety gave this book a bit of a YA feel and some of the situations she got herself into were a bit OOT, I still had a hard time putting this one down.
I chose the audio version, and the narrator did a great job with Pennyโs character but her inflections for the males were a bit odd at times.
My only other (minimal) criticism is the book title. I nearly passed this one up because of it. (But thatโs just me). ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
This is the fourth book Iโve read by this author and am looking forward to more!
Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media๐ง
A intriguing story with some action sprinkled in.
I have to say, this book pleasantly surprised me. Penny, the main character, was unique and interesting to read about. While the plot did get a bit unrealistic at times, I found it to be quite entertaining overall. However, I do want to mention that the story's ending is left open, which might not be everyone's cup of tea. But if you're in the mood for a mystery with some thrilling action, I highly recommend giving this novel a chance.
***Thank you to NetGalley, Carter Wilson, and Dreamscape Media for graciously sending me the audiobook to review. As always, all thoughts are my own.***
Well done! I really enjoyed this one! Loved the quick and easy chapters. The main character doesnโt always make the best choices for someone being so intelligent but I liked that part of it. Many plot twists and lots of stuff to keep you intrigued!
I enjoyed the short chapters, but the book read a little choppy and was sometimes all over the place. The plot had some good potential, but I donโt feel it was executed well.
EXCERPT: July 13, 1987
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Monday
I remember everything.
This isn't an exaggeration. As the few who know me would confirm, I'm not prone to hyperbole. And when I say I remember everything, I'm not talking about the events of this morning. Or yesterday. Or the whole of last week.
I remember everything since October 7, 1973.
ABOUT 'THE FATHER SHE WENT TO FIND': A road trip to find closureโฆ or a reckless chase that could turn deadly?
Penny has never met anyone smarter than her. That's par for the course when you're a savant--one of less than one hundred in the world. But despite her photographic memory and super-powered intellect, there's one mystery Penny's never been able to solve: why did her father leave when she was in a coma at age seven, and where is he now?
On Penny's twenty-first birthday, she receives a card in the mail from him, just as she has every year since he left. But this birthday card is different. For the first time ever, there's a return address. And a goodbye.
Penny doesn't know the world beyond her mother's house and the special school she's attended since her unusual abilities revealed themselves, but the mystery of her father's disappearance becomes her new obsession. For the first time ever, she decides to leave home, to break free of everything that has kept her safe and use her gifts to answer the questions that have always eluded her. What Penny doesn't realize is she might not be able to outsmart a world far more complicated and dangerous than she'd ever imagined...
MY THOUGHTS: If there is one thing The Father She Went to Find by Carter Wilson reinforces, it's that intelligence doesn't always equal common sense.
The entire narrative is from Penny's point of view. A savant, she is determined to find her father who disappeared while she was aged seven and in a coma. The only clues she has to go on are the birthday cards she has received each year from different locations and a treasure map relating to a road trip the two of them took when she was aged six.
Penny hasn't really lived in the 'real world' since she woke from her coma with her new abilities. She has been isolated and protected in 'The Institute' (a nod to Stephen King?) only returning home to check on her alcoholic mother. She has no friends and the only person she feels close to is a doctor at the Institute - that is, until she meets Travis.
I have to admit to having been quite fascinated by this story. I didn't always like it, but it did fascinate me. It's a real mix of a tender coming-of-age story with a crime thriller with bad guys, car chases, guns and bodies. Surprisingly, it mostly works.
The ending isn't going to please everyone. Personally, I liked it.
I recommend you go into this read with no expectations. I went in expecting it to be a certain type of read, and it was nothing like I expected. This may have slightly affected my rating, and this is something I can think on and adjust.
I was lucky enough to receive both a digital and an audio ARC of The Father She Went to Find by Carter Wilson, and I honestly preferred the written to the audio. This is no reflection on the skills of narrator Gina Rogers who did a perfectly adequate job of the narration. It is just a personal preference with this book.
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THE AUTHOR: Born in New Mexico in 1970, Carter grew up primarily in Los Angeles before attending Cornell University in New York. He lived in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Miami before moving to Boulder, Colorado in 1996. Throughout his life, Carter has journeyed the globe for both work and pleasure, and his travels have been a constant source of inspiration in his fiction.
Carterโs writing career began on a spring day in 2003, when an exercise to ward off boredom during a continuing-education class evolved into a 400-page manuscript. Since that day, Carter has been constantly writing.
Carter lives in Erie, Colorado in a Victorian house that is spooky but isnโt hauntedโฆyet.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and Dreamscape Media via NetGalley for providing both a digital and audio ARC of The Father She Went to Find written by Carter Wilson and narrated by Gina Rogers for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
The Father she Went to Find by Carter Wilson is due for publication 2nd April 2024.
This is going to be hard to explain but this is one of the few books that would have been better as a a movie. I say this because it would have been better with some way to move the story along that didnโt concentrate on this main characterโs inner monologue and conversations with a dad she doesnโt remember but somehow has elevated in her mind. The story was good. It read very much like a first draft of a very young writer. I am not sure how to explain it better than that. This would have been one of those oddball on the road meets crazy people on a journey. Almost like Poker Face with a teenager who is not at all world wise.
Thank you so much to Dreamscape Media for the free audiobook!
I was absolutely HOOKED on this from the moment I hit play! The first person narration and incredible narrator (Gina Rogers) really made this impossible to put down. I basically listened to the entire thing straight through.
I can't say too much without giving anything away and think it's best if readers go in blind, but suffice it to say things did not go the way I expected them to. When the major twist came, I was absolutely surprised and flabbergasted! The whole premise of this one felt fresh and original!
As a Wisconsinite, this gets bonus points for taking place in Eau Claire, WI!
I will say there was way too much cursing for my taste it almost felt like every other sentence and it became a distraction after a certain point.
Overall, I think this will be a huge hit!
3..5 stars rounded to four for GR
This will be available for purchase on April 5, 2024.
I like the way Carter Wilson tells a story. Even when things go so far out there that they should, by rights, result in eye rolls that threaten to dislodge my actual eyeballs, he somehow manages to hold all the pieces together long enough to bring me right 'round again, feeling satisfied and darkly amused at the whole ride. I'm not sure how he does it, but he does it time and again - and this book was no exception.
It starts as a sort of straightforward story, with a girl on a quest to find her father. But of course, as it's a Carter Wilson story, the girl is a savant who developed abilities after a mysterious fall (push?) down the stairs at age 7. And her father fled while she was in the coma that resulted. From there things only get crazier (seriously), with drifters and murders and cops-who-aren't-cops and car jackings and an increasingly desperate cross-country flight that takes the form of a scavenger hunt from her long-lost father. Sound crazy yet? Because it is. And as I'm trying to explain it, I realize that I should never have found the energy to finish a book with a description like that, let alone actually enjoyed it, and yet I did - on both accounts.
It's not going to be for everyone. It's fairly random and there's a LOT of (melo)drama going on, but it's a heck of a ride so just go in it, sit back, and enjoy the chaos!
Hmm.
Iโm not really sure how I feel about the book. Itโs unique, but I would say it shares the same vibe as the show Stranger Things, minus the monsters. If it werenโt for a couple of moments, I would have thought this was a book for adolescents.
Penny has special abilities and lives in a โfacilityโ. When she turns 21, she decides to break out on her own and find her father. She joins forces with a couple of folks along the way and gets into some trouble too.
Likes- the unique storyline, the characters
Dislikes- the whole โtalking to her father in her headโ thing, her abilities not being used much in the storyline (the portrait drawings could have been used more and the number/colors could have served a better purpose), the ending didnโt do it for me.
Narrator- I definitely liked her and felt that she fit the Penny character, but she has a bit of a monotone voice, which caused me to have some trouble paying attention.
Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this ARC on exchange for an honest review.
The Father She Went To Find (audio)
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This was a bit boring for me. Donโt get me wrong, thereโs a lot of action, but not what I was expecting. The story itself felt all over the place: traumatic brain injury as a child, desire to find dad who ran off 14 years ago, roadtrip with strangers, loan sharks, shootouts, murders, mental conversations with โdadโโฆall while presented in 1st POV that is void of emotions which reduced the thrill for me. Penny basically never left her bubble until her 21st birthday and once she did every single out-of-left-field-worst-case-scenario is thrown at her. All the way up to the last chapter.
Narrator for FMC was flat which matches the character, but made it difficult to listen to and connect.
Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing this ARC. This review is being shared on NetGalley and Goodreads.
Pub Date 02 Apr 2024
This was a really good book. Talk about an adventure! I enjoyed the story although I found it a little odd how trusting people can be when they themselves trying to keep their own secrets. I enjoyed the narrator in this book.
First read by this author and I definitely enjoyed the writing. An accidental savant whoโs been a bit too sheltered decides to practice her independence with a road-trip to find her father. Making some unexpected friends along the way, this has the feeling of a perfect summer read. Plot was easy to follow and narration was great. My only complaint is that the ending of the book was a little tedious to get through. Overall great read.
I've been a Carter Wilson fan since his first book and I've read every book since. I've watched his progression as a writer from 'really good' to 'excellent' to one of the absolute very best mystery writers out there! One of the things that appeals to me about Carter's writing is that his books are not just mysteries, they're also character studies and detailed stories about people. His exquisite use of vocabulary makes the book come alive for me and makes me remember his detailed descriptions long after I've finished the book.
Some of his books are deliciously creepy while others are more true-to-life. In most cases, the books hit a perfect balance between the two. That's the case with this book. The characters are realistic and interesting, the story - though not something most of us would ever experience - is fast-paced and gripping. Carter manages to make the sometimes unbelievable totally believable. This one is another page-turner for sure!!!
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this audiobook. A thriller!!! This was an intense action movie in my head. I couldnโt imagine going through all of this to find a person. The ending was absolutely unexpected and twisted. The narrators voice was a little bland for me but it wasnโt distracting enough to take away from the book.
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๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค?? ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ? ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐จ๐-๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐น ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ.
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ? ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฉ!
๐๐ก๐ ๐
๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐
๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ-๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐
๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ. ๐ธ๐๐๐.
๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ "๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฌ," ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐, ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ. ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ $๐ฃ๐ข๐ข ๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐
๐๐ธ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐
๐๐ถ๐, ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐ ๐พ๐น๐๐ถ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐๐ ๐พ๐. ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซโ๐ "๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ"โ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ (๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ).
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐จ๐-๐๐ ๐. ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ!
๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐. ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.
โ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ป๐๐ฅ๐: ๐ธ๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ ๐, ๐๐๐๐
๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ถ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐๐๐, ๐ถ๐๐น ๐ซ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐น ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐น๐พ๐-๐๐
๐ ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐!
Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an early audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
4 stars
Penny is a savant with perfect recall due to an accident as a child. Penny has had a very sheltered life spending most of her time being studied by doctors. She hasn't seen her father in years and after getting one of her annual birthday cards from him she decides to go find him. Lots of mishaps happen along the way (much more intense than I was expecting). Overall I enjoyed the book.
Gina Rogers did a great job narrating.
That road trip story I listened to was something else. It wasn't just about hitting the highway; it was an emotional journey, especially for someone like me, living with autism. The main character stepping outside her comfort zone to find her father was truly inspiring. It wasn't easy for her, but she did it, and that made me feel proud.
I was on the edge of my seat throughout the entire audio. It was gripping, even though it didn't fit the typical thriller mold. But that's what made it stand out. It wasn't just about the twists and turns of the road; it was about the twists and turns of life. And let me tell you, I felt every single one of them.
Sometimes, stories like this can hit close to home, and that's exactly what happened here. It wasn't just entertainment; it was a reminder that anything is possible, even when it feels like the odds are stacked against you. And for someone like me, that message is invaluable.
So, yeah, that road trip story wasn't just a story. It was an experienceโone that I won't forget anytime soon.
Wow this was on wild ride. Penny is a sheltered savant that decides to find her dad when she received a card from him on her 21st birthday. She befriends Travis at the mall who agrees to help her. Their adventures starts from there and it is not an easy search. Their drive across the country takes a turn and they go through some scary moments. The story doesn't let up and kept me motivated. Gina Rogers did a good job with portraying a sheltered young woman.
Thank you @dreamscape_media @netgalley @poisonedpenpress for a copy of this book.
DNF at 50 per cent. I could not get into the story at all. I could not relate to the character and the narration was kind of monotone.
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The Father She Went to Find by Carter Wilson, an audiobook narrated by Gina Rogers was different, so different! The storyline absolutely fresh, and the line of the events is like a Hollywood action thriller! WOW! And I mean it - WOW! The main character was just so amazing! So original! I enjoyed every minute with her!
The narrator did fantastic work and I sunk into this book without realizing that I stopped my day!
Penny is one of the smartest girls in the world. No, she wasn't born gifted! Her brain was rewired after a fatal fall down the stairs! Now she is different! So different. Like no one!
The day she decides to find her father starts a domino effect with dangerous events and not everyone has a chance to survive!
Thank you, NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this unbelievably intense journey!