How Far We Go and How Fast By Nora Decter
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Nora Decter grew up in the North End of Winnipeg Manitoba She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook University and a BA in English and Creative Writing from York University Though she now lives most of the year in Toronto Ontario she wrote the first draft of How Far We Go and How Fast at a cabin in the woods in Manitoba She has a rock n roll past HOW FAR WE GO AND HOW FAST the debut YA novel by Nora Decter will be published by Orca Book Publishers on September 25 2018 For information and to hear the songs Jolene writes in the book visit site_link www. How Far We Go and How Fast book com Nora Decter grew up in the North End of Winnipeg Manitoba She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook University and a BA in English and Creative Writing from York University Though she now lives most of the year in Toronto Ontario she wrote the first draft of How Far We Go and How Fast at a cabin in the woods in Manitoba She has a rock n roll past HOW FAR WE GO AND HOW FAST the debut YA novel by Nora Decter will be published by Orca Book Publishers on September 25 2018 For information and to hear the songs Jolene writes in the book visit site_link www. Kindle How Far We Go and How fast x com site_link Sixteen year old Jolene named after the girl in the Dolly Parton song is from a long line of lowlifes but at least they re musical lowlifes Her mother is a tanning salon manager who believes she can channel her karaoke habit into a professional singing career Jolene s dad a failed bass player has gone back to the family demolition business and lives by the company motto We do not build things we only tear them down But Jolene and her big brother Matt are true musicians writing songs together that make everything Jo hates about their lives matter less When Matt up and leaves in the middle of the night Jo loses her only friend her support system and the one person who made her feel cool As it becomes clear that Matt is never coming back Jo must use music to navigate her loss How Far We Go and How FastSeriously the best book I ve read all year This book is a spooky coming of age tale that centers on Jolene and her wrecked family Her parents are divorced her mom s strung out and she tries her hardest to stay out of their way while dealing with her older brother s disappearance. How Far We Go and How fastenal Jolene is a dynamic character Her age is indeterminate and unconfirmed until the last page of the book and so the reader has to guess from her behavior and actions how old she really is She is cognizant of her own actions and often will reflect on the deeper meaning behind her outbursts or self damaging behavior She has an array of people that she meets each personalities of their own and of course there is Howl her dog Howl serves as her conscience in the book tugging her back on track any time she started to stray too far Also it takes please in Winnipeg That s awesome Fiction Young Adult Memoir When I first started reading this book I was hooked As I continued to read the story became somewhat mundane but I had to discover what was going to happen with Jolene and her family. How Far We Go and How Fast book He strummed gently at first and then harder and as the rhythm unfurled into a song I sang along I usually only ever sang when we were walking when we were goofing around and that was like hollering anyway I didn t know how it sounded now or if he wanted me to shut up but when the song concluded Matt looked up and said That sounded good Let s do it again The book is told from Jolene s POV Jolene isn t a very confident person and feels quite worthless She s really only comfortable when she s with her older brother Matt It s during these times that she can relax be herself and play music Out of the blue Matt leaves and Jolene is left in a world of depression It s like Jolene has been beat down and has to find a way to build herself up again She needs to live again and has no idea how Her people skills are lacking and she doesn t have a lot of support. How Far We Go and How fastkit When Matt left parts of me stopped working My mouth doesn t move when I try to talk Or it opens and nothing comes out At night when I lie down to sleep I can t close my eyes even when I try My feet won t listen to reason Some days they insist on carrying me to a strange part of town like they have an appointment to keep that I m not privy to. Book How Far We Go and How fastrak Her dad doesn t want to talk about Matt and her mom is simply too busy singing karaoke and bringing people home from the bar Everyone seems to be living their lives even with Matt gone when all Jolene can think about is getting her brother back or leaving Winnipeg for good She talks to her dog named Howl and seems to gain some comfort there She continues to play guitar to cope as it s the only thing connecting her to her brother as she attempts to find a way to move forward with her life. How Far We Go and How fastcase I play my song again trying to get it perfect this time I think it counts as a song but I don t know how to tell when you re making than noise when you ve given the sound enough shape to call it something else I played it over and over last night so I wouldn t forget it I played till it infiltrated my bones and my pulse fell in step alongside it until I could hear it even when I stopped playing so that any dreams I might have had were drowned out Music is the noise I make out loud The rest I keep inside myself The premise of this story is interesting but the majority of the book is Jolene dealing with depression and coping with her brother s absence On top of that she deals with her dysfunctional family The book deals with loss and other themes including coming of age tragedy facing fears and family I m not going to say I didn t feel emotion when reading it because I did but there surely isn t a whole lot happening for much of the book It s quite dismal but around half way through the book picks up and you start figuring out things that were previously hidden and eventually everything comes together. How Far We Go and How Fast ebookee As far as characters I thought some were well developed but a few others weren t Jolene s dad for instance doesn t have much of a background at all and some of the secondary characters were just there I was able to really connect with Jolene having an older brother within the same age gap but some of the things she does in the book just seemed a tad strange I understand that she s dealing with depression and feeling abandoned but in the beginning of the book she comes off as thinking quite negatively and simply accepting her mother s drinking habits and wild lifestyle but then as the story moves on in the second half Jolene is the one out partying using drugs and drinking so that she can open up and become social Jolene is highly neglected for being sixteen years old For these reasons this may be a book better for older teens due to the drug use and drinking etc Of course this is my personal opinion. How Far We Go and How Fast booker Overall I enjoyed the book Outside of finding parts of it dull I thought it was written well and I ll look for books by this author in the future I would avoid reading reviews on this one before you read the book because there are a few reviews that share HUGE spoilers It s best to just go in blind with this one in my opinion 3. How Far We Go and How Fast booking Around here anything can happen and it very often does Obligatory SummaryJolene is struggling with the sudden absence of her brother while trying to go to school eat walk her dog hang out with friends and deal with her absent parents The only thing that gets her through is her music But when does a coping mechanism become a crutch and when does the problem become too much to ignore How will long until she can t stay in her hometown How long until she joins Matt This is a story about sadness and loss and avoidance through action and inaction It s a mystery and a coming of age and a drama It s about the grieving process and how it takes time to be okay and how you ll never be the same again but you can learn to love what you have and what you ve lost too. Book How Far We Go and How fast I don t know if I believe in time I mean I don t believe it works for me the same way it works for other people Other people can count on today turning into tomorrow and tomorrow turning into the day after that But I can t count on it at all The Writing and CharactersI really enjoyed the writing in this book It read it in mostly one sitting It really just flowed well and drew me in deep rather quickly I loved the plot and the pacing The whole thing gave me some strong Forgive Me Leonard Peacock feels with a dash of Sadie thrown in for good measure. Fiction How Far We Go and How fastrak A unique aspect was the music and concerts Jo goes to I love music and I honestly related to that part of the story so much minus the drugs and alcohol All the characters felt so real I know people like them I love them I hate them I am them. EBook How Far We Go and How fastrak Jolene She was so relatable it scares me a little She s an overthinker to the extreme hello that s me she avoids conflict thanks for calling me out Nora Decter and she dresses like a hobo with some money stashed away help me She s self deprecating and sarcastic and I just want her to have good things I want to have good things too. Book How Far We Go and How fast x Her relationship with Matt her brother was definitely one of the most interesting parts of the book It just so happens that one of my WIPs is basically the same plot but I a sci fi setting so to see it so wonderfully executed was both exhilarating and frightening. How Far We Go and How Fast fiction meaning Maggie She s such a great character She s awful but also awfully human She s not bad but not good and you have to love what she gives youThe Squad Graham Drew and manicpixiedreamgirl were fun characters and really liked them but they were definitely the least interesting part of the book though they did help move the plot along. Book How Far We Go and How fast food I can t tell him how I ve slowly stopped going to school at first because everybody looked at me and now because they don t look at me at all and it turns out maybe it s worse that way It s what I wanted but it s worse I can t tell him that sometimes when I come over and we hang out it s been a day or two since I ve said much out loud and my voice sounds strange to my ears I can t tell him how much I want to leave or how I m afraid I might someday like tomorrow or the day after that And how I m afraid leaving might be like other things I thought I wanted and then after I got them it turned out I didn t I don t tell him how afraid I am Of everything How I see danger everywhere How sometimes when I try to sleep at night I see a roof collapsing on him at work or the floor caving in or I see him falling How I see Maggie plowing the car into a tree or the river or something else that seems harmless until it s not I don t tell him how sometimes I think I m right when I m wrong Really right when I m really really wrong And so it s not just that I don t trust other people I don t trust myself. How Far We Go and How Fast epubs I don t tell him these things so that he won t say they re amazing Because Jim thinks everything is amazing And everything is not Conclusion I really appreciate this book It s short and intense and will make you cry Also it s got a psuedo psychic dog named Howl for goodness sake Read it Fiction Young Adult Memoir Death and dying In this case it is Joline s brother Matt who has died and with him the last shreads of what has grounded her to her home with her alcoholic mother and her distant divorced father Matt was there for her taught her about music and how to listen and now he is gone. Book How Far We Go and How fast x And so this book is a story of a journey Jolene knows she wants to needs to go somewhere but doesn t know where just not be in Winnipeg And yes that is the whole book this journey this mourning in her own way so to speak. Kindle How Far We Go and How fastrak But along the way we get bot mots such as these An empty king can of Coors rolls by the Winnipeg equivalent of a tumbleweedOr Because I don t believe in love I saw through a mouthful of deep fried potato They look at each other What do you mean you don t believe in it Love isn t like a Sasquatch It s existence isn t up for debate he says. Book How Far We Go and How fast Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review Fiction Young Adult Memoir i loved this and it hurt me Fiction Young Adult Memoir 4 1 2 starsHonestly when I read the blurb I wasn t expecting the novel I ended up reading Nora Decter s How Far We Go and How Fast although the title should have given me a hint is an absorbing novel of a 16 year old girl Jolene who has managed to survive her dysfunctional household thanks to the support of her older brother Matt and passion for the music they share When he leaves she flounders trying to navigate the waters of feeling abandoned and lost. How Far We Go and How fastenal In Decter s skillful writing the reader is nonchalantly following a path of expectation Almost midway through the novel I realized that I d been following the wrong path and frankly I didn t want to put the book down although I was obligated to finish another ahead of it and had to set it aside As soon as I could I grabbed the book and devoured the remainder. How Far We Go and How fastbridge Jo s exploration is like following a nightmare the cold the gray the isolation While she had once been like everyone else an accomplished swimmer a good student she now is on the periphery feeling like she will never be like everyone else that she is not a good person that it s all somehow lost to her. How Far We Go and How Fast kindle By the end I was crying with Jo To offer would be to spoil the story for you Suffice to say if you re a fan of Gayle Forman Jandy Nelson or Jessi Kirby you might want to read How Far We Go and How Fast. How Far We Go and How Fast fiction books I won an ARC from LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review Fiction Young Adult Memoir so so good Fiction Young Adult Memoir 16 year old Jolene is navigating life on her own terms since her father is often absent her mother is a drunk partygirl and her older brother and best friend has fled West Winter in their Canadian town is brutally cold yet Jo s favorite pastime is walking her dog who speaks to her telepathically Jo is also passionate about her music which is a gift her brother gave her growing up them against the world When Jo makes her first friend after her brother has left her world gets a little bigger and a whole lot scarier And although Jo spends her days dreaming of leaving for good we slowly find out that things are not what they seem I truly enjoyed the story and the writing style as well as the slow discoveries revealed throughout the book I won this book from LibraryThing Fiction Young Adult Memoir I was lucky enough to read this novel a few years back and rereading it I am struck even further by it Following our teenage protag Jolene named after the Dolly Parton song as she skips school plays music thinks too much tends to her drunk mother sneaks into classes at the University of Winnipeg and tries to find a way out of the city ideally west where her older brother went suddenly one night She fights with winter with her mother and slowly over the course of the novel a bigger truth is revealed I won t spoil that though it s of course not a twist in the sense that once you know it the book is no longer interesting But the brilliance with which Decter releases information unfolds the story is breathtaking How you feel for Jolene scrappy and smart and sad and seeking consolation from her dog and how you fall as well for the ragtag cast of characters all trying to survive the horrible Winnipeg winter and have the best intentions to make their lives better while doing it Highly recommend for the young as it is marketed as YA for older teens and the less young folk alike Fiction Young Adult Memoir Thank you to Netgalley the author and publisher for an advance copy of this book Any quotes used are subject to change prior to final publication I guess what I m beginning to understand is that you can kill yourself asking unanswerable questions. How Far We Go and How Fast kindle books This book was not what I was expecting I honestly wasn t sure where the story was goinguntil it happened and we were there It read very much as literary fiction but toned down to be appealing to the YA crowd It s so fascinating how people handle grief It can be difficult to pinpoint if someone is acting a certain way due to grieving which is exactly what happened to me in this case and it always makes for an interesting story. How Far We Go and How Fast fictional I really liked Jolene s character she was flawed but in a beautiful way And HOWL OMG I loved Howl Because she says I pay attention to my family It s my job I actually loved all the characters which is very rare I love books about music there s not much I enjoy than seeing passionate words about music and how it makes people feel: How Far We Go and How Fast kindle direct 5 I d like to thank Netgalley the author and the publisher for sharing this book with me in exchange for my honest review: Book How Far We Go and How fast You can also see this review Fiction Young Adult Memoir I received this eARC from Orca Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, Book How Far We Go and How fast x Ms Groves She s honestly the Herr Silverman of this book and I loved her She s sassy and unconventional and freaking loves tea: How Far We Go and How Fast pdf reader This is not to say it isn t a typically angstish teenager in the story but she has a lot to say and a lot of pain, Memoir How Far We Go and How fast x Well written I won t say enjoyable because books like these are tear jerkers or emotion tiggers But there is the joy in reading a well written book. How Far We Go and How Fast booklet While writing this I realized how much I enjoyed the story than I initially thought Fiction Young Adult Memoir 
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