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So Long, Chester Wheeler
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
I think when this book first came on my TBR, I had just read "The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride" and while not the same, felt similar, and I pushed it off for a while. This author is a good one to turn to whenever I have a KindleUnlimited subscription (generally a temporary thing, when Amazon offers a deal to former members) because most of her books are included, with text and audio. I've read several, I really liked this one.
Fairly predictable setup - a young gay man living next to a grouchy older man, who mocks him. Ends up being his caregiver and they go on an adventure and get to know and understand each other. A little Hallmark. Quite clean, no proFanity, some discussion of LGTBQ stuff. Dealing with death ... when you know it's not that far off.
I had this in three formats ... with KU I got the Kindle copy and the Audible, and I found the paperback at a thrift store and picked it up too. Table of Contents pet peeves!!! No TOC in the print copy, in Audible - just the chronological chapters listed. Kindle copy was the only one to include the chapter headers. Even those most of these headers weren't super profound, I still appreciate seeing them together in a TOC.
1. The Bad-Neighbor Lottery
2. Oh
3. What's Wrong with That Man?
4. I Want a Drink
5. Nocturnal Redemptions
6. Who Are You and What Have You Done With Chester?
7. Scrape Them
8. What Lay Ahead
9. Personal
10. Gobble Gobble Shine
11. There
12. The Disconnect
13. Honor
14. Judgy
15. Grays
16. You Want To Hear This
17. Chester 1.0
18. Watching You
19. Cool
20. The Win
21. It Okay Honey
22. Weenies
23. Sentimental
24. Serve
25. Calling
Epilogue: One Year Later
I really like chapter headers in a TOC ... Scrape ... I remember the bumper stickers. The Win ... Ahhhhh, I'm going to remember that moment so fondly. If the author goes to the effort of making chapter headers, PLEASE make a TOC and include them (in all formats!) I went dominantly with the audio - I've heard Michael Crouch in quite a few other books, but usually as part of an ensemble. Here, it was all him, as this was all from Louis's POV (first person/past tense).
There were bookclub questions in the Kindle copy - which again, I appreciate. I read them, , they make me think about some things I might not have otherwise (as a bookclub discussion might), delve a little deeper. These had some points to ponder.
Fairly predictable setup - a young gay man living next to a grouchy older man, who mocks him. Ends up being his caregiver and they go on an adventure and get to know and understand each other. A little Hallmark. Quite clean, no proFanity, some discussion of LGTBQ stuff. Dealing with death ... when you know it's not that far off.
I had this in three formats ... with KU I got the Kindle copy and the Audible, and I found the paperback at a thrift store and picked it up too. Table of Contents pet peeves!!! No TOC in the print copy, in Audible - just the chronological chapters listed. Kindle copy was the only one to include the chapter headers. Even those most of these headers weren't super profound, I still appreciate seeing them together in a TOC.
1. The Bad-Neighbor Lottery
2. Oh
3. What's Wrong with That Man?
4. I Want a Drink
5. Nocturnal Redemptions
6. Who Are You and What Have You Done With Chester?
7. Scrape Them
8. What Lay Ahead
9. Personal
10. Gobble Gobble Shine
11. There
12. The Disconnect
13. Honor
14. Judgy
15. Grays
16. You Want To Hear This
17. Chester 1.0
18. Watching You
19. Cool
20. The Win
21. It Okay Honey
22. Weenies
23. Sentimental
24. Serve
25. Calling
Epilogue: One Year Later
I really like chapter headers in a TOC ... Scrape ... I remember the bumper stickers. The Win ... Ahhhhh, I'm going to remember that moment so fondly. If the author goes to the effort of making chapter headers, PLEASE make a TOC and include them (in all formats!) I went dominantly with the audio - I've heard Michael Crouch in quite a few other books, but usually as part of an ensemble. Here, it was all him, as this was all from Louis's POV (first person/past tense).
There were bookclub questions in the Kindle copy - which again, I appreciate. I read them, , they make me think about some things I might not have otherwise (as a bookclub discussion might), delve a little deeper. These had some points to ponder.