Audiobook7 hours
100 Sideways Miles
Written by Andrew Smith
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It's how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he's a real boy and not just a character in his father's bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he's ever loved.
Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with Cade to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned-and learn how to write their own destiny.
Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with Cade to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned-and learn how to write their own destiny.
Author
Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith has worked as a broadcast commentator and an investigative feature writer for publications including The Face, The Guardian, and the Sunday Times. He has also written and presented radio series and films for the BBC, including the acclaimed documentary Being Neil Armstrong. He lives with his wife, Jan, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
More audiobooks from Andrew Smith
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Haunted Houses: Two Novels from Charlotte Riddell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Size of the Truth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of Josh Harris and The Great Dotcom Swindle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to 100 Sideways Miles
Related audiobooks
Feral Youth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The June Boys Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Suggested Reading Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stand-Off Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Goodbye from Nowhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crash and Burn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Undoing of Thistle Tate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A World Without You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Noggin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shooter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sorry for Your Loss Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Normals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Body of Christopher Creed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Other Boy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Dangerous Age Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5As You Wish Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead to You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is Where the World Ends Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Essential Maps for the Lost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every Star That Falls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cemetery Boys Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Will Save You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Golden Boy: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Blood Between Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kian and Jc: Don't Try This at Home! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Release Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Build a Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Young Adult For You
The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gideon the Ninth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Powerless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shatter Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These Violent Delights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Summer I Turned Pretty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Selection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anatomy: A Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If He Had Been with Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Divergent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study in Drowning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crave Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ender's Game Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mortal Engines: Mortal Engines, Book 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Last Stop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Butterfly Assassin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bridge to Terabithia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crush Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Sun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Warrior Girl Unearthed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Weight of Blood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firekeeper's Daughter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for 100 Sideways Miles
Rating: 3.45714285 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
70 ratings11 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed the dry sense of humor found in this. I listened to it on audio and laughed out loud a few times throughout. I'll definitely have to check out more of Andrew Smith's work after this one. I also enjoyed the different perspective of time he used. The characters were done well and the overall storyline was interesting.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Finn doesn't remember much of his early childhood. His mom was killed and his back was broken when they were hit by a falling horse. I know it sounds weird, but Finn explains it rather well. He looks at the world through miles rather than minutes and this colors this whole story. I enjoyed it and had some laugh out loud moments, but there were also times when I got bogged down by Finn's need to fill us in with what seem like extraneous history lessons, or excessive trivia. These inserts fit in well with the story and others may like them better than I did. It's a good book in a sea of dystopians right now. I'd give it 3.5 stars actually.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Somewhat realistic story, but with some of that magic that is just part of the teenage brain.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed the dry sense of humor found in this. I listened to it on audio and laughed out loud a few times throughout. I'll definitely have to check out more of Andrew Smith's work after this one. I also enjoyed the different perspective of time he used. The characters were done well and the overall storyline was interesting.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* Painful. Absolutely painful. As a sci-fi/fantasy fan, I can usually take solace in the knowledge that truly horrific and intolerable characters will either die by the end of the series or be tortured in such a way that the reader's bloodlust is appeased. In this case, sadly, Cade does not die. I have met MANY people like Cade, assholes who someone professes is impossible to dislike - trust me, most people dislike them. They just tolerate them because homicide is frowned upon in polite society. Throughout the book, the main character alludes to a truly ridiculous science fiction book his father wrote. It sounds like a far better read than this shit. At least it would ask the reader to think every few chapters. My brain was on autopilot this entire novel because there was nothing to ponder (except why I couldn't personally murder Cade) - no intriguing plot, descriptive settings, intelligent prose. It just sucks so bad.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Had a lot of potential but didn't really deliver. Much like The Age of Miracles: the unique approach would have been better in someone else's hands, or maybe just when this author has some more experience under his belt.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book should of been called "The Wild Adventures of Finn and Cade" because the whole book was an adventure. It was very interesting when the author brought in the miles traveled. It threw me in a few spots so it took me a long time to read. Really good book. I would recommend this book to all my family and friends.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A classic coming-of-age tale of aliens, boners and pizza. It's mire than slightly weird and a little bit wound too tightly around itself, but any minor flaws are more than made up for with the most entertaining sidekick this side of a Marvel comic.
You'll get some of the standard stuff (love, relationships, teenagers being unreasonably angry) along with a heaping helping of Weird (time measured in distance the Earth has travelled in the universe, a horse falling off a bridge, etc.). Recommended for anyone who's not offended by swearing and has a sneaking suspicion they live inside a book. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I genuinely liked the narrator and his "sidekick" Cade. And the plot was humorous and kept me turning the pages. But for me- the flaws that made this realistic fiction unbelievable were: the epileptic main character is having major seizures almost daily-yet there is discussion about treatment. Also, the love interest admits she's been raped-and recently. Yet there seem to be no after affects for her- in fact she seems eager to be physical with the main character. These characters are facing serious issues that I would have liked to seen addressed in some way.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love the irreverent and earnest voice of this narrator Finn, a high school junior whose father has written an extremely popular science fiction novel with a main character named Finn. Along with his best friend, a wild and crazy guy who doesn't hesitate to get into trouble, Finn seems completely believable in spite of the unusual accident of a horse landing on him and his mom when he was 7 and killing his mother. The epilepsy caused by that accident partly defines Finn, as does his wish to always be "fine" and normal, but when Julia moves nearby new possibilities come into play.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I saw an ad for this book and some other people raving about this book. So I was than intrigued to check it out. Ok, so maybe this book is good but I will never know. I found the crude language in this book to be a giant turn off for me. I am not a prude but to keep going on about "having a boner" for no reason at all other than to maybe see how many times the author can get away with having someone say it is pointless. Also, I found Cade to be a real "asshole". So to combine the crude language with a jerk of a character, is not a book that I want to waste anymore of my time reading. Plus, I was kind of shocked that the author would write like this for a teen book. Maybe he thought this was funny and this age group would relate. Also, I think it kind of down grades this age group as not all teens are like this.