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Now Is Not the Time to Panic
by Kevin Wilson
Two weeks later I'm writing the review for this book and I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it.
I picked this up because I loved "Nothing To See Here" by Kevin Wilson and so I was interested to see what else they had to offer. While I didn't love this book, I also didn't hate it and I stand firm in my decision to give it a solid 3-stars.
This book is almost completely 'slice of life' where we're following two teenagers during the summer before Social Media, Internet, Cell Phones, and the time where people just lived in the moment. Frankie, an outcast and the younger sibling to triplet older brothers that like to cause havoc around their small town meets Zeke - a visitor to their small town for just the summer. Together, they create a piece of art, make some photocopies, and start spreading it around town. At first is weird, and fun, and innocent, but soon, it because more than what either of them could have imagined or asked for...
Now, twenty or so years later, an art report has found Frankie and wants to get to the bottom of the "Coalfield Panic".
There was a lot in this book that I really related too - so many good quotes that just really hit me in the feels. It talked a lot about being a teen and just wanting to find yourself in a world where you were lost. Wanting to SCREAM at the top of your lungs to make people notice you.
Those were the moments of the book I loved and and what allowed me to continue forward with the story as a whole.
I think that this was around a 4-4.5 star read for me until I the ending then I was just left defeated and disappointed..a little bit mad that I read all of this stuff and for what?! Maybe that's my own fault for not looking a bit more into the book - but this just felt like something I needed to go into blind which I don't regret.
Overall, if you're looking for something different and something that isn't too heavy - just a story of young love and adventure - this is your book.
I picked this up because I loved "Nothing To See Here" by Kevin Wilson and so I was interested to see what else they had to offer. While I didn't love this book, I also didn't hate it and I stand firm in my decision to give it a solid 3-stars.
This book is almost completely 'slice of life' where we're following two teenagers during the summer before Social Media, Internet, Cell Phones, and the time where people just lived in the moment. Frankie, an outcast and the younger sibling to triplet older brothers that like to cause havoc around their small town meets Zeke - a visitor to their small town for just the summer. Together, they create a piece of art, make some photocopies, and start spreading it around town. At first is weird, and fun, and innocent, but soon, it because more than what either of them could have imagined or asked for...
Now, twenty or so years later, an art report has found Frankie and wants to get to the bottom of the "Coalfield Panic".
There was a lot in this book that I really related too - so many good quotes that just really hit me in the feels. It talked a lot about being a teen and just wanting to find yourself in a world where you were lost. Wanting to SCREAM at the top of your lungs to make people notice you.
Those were the moments of the book I loved and and what allowed me to continue forward with the story as a whole.
I think that this was around a 4-4.5 star read for me until I the ending then I was just left defeated and disappointed..a little bit mad that I read all of this stuff and for what?! Maybe that's my own fault for not looking a bit more into the book - but this just felt like something I needed to go into blind which I don't regret.
Overall, if you're looking for something different and something that isn't too heavy - just a story of young love and adventure - this is your book.