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    Looking for Group
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    Audiobook6 hours

    Looking for Group

    Written by Rory Harrison

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    3.5/5

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    Rory Harrison’s beautiful novel about identity, home, and fresh starts recounts one boy’s quest to discover a world where he can thrive, one adventure at a time.

    Dylan doesn’t have a lot of experience with comfort. His room in the falling-down Village Estates can generously be categorized as squalid, and he sure isn’t getting any love from his mother, who seemed to—no, definitely did—enjoy the perks that went along with being the parent of a “cancer kid.”

    His only escape has been in the form of his favorite video game—World of Warcraft—and the one true friend who makes him feel understood, even if it is just online: Arden. And now that Dylan is suddenly in remission, he wants to take Arden on a real mission, one he never thought he’d live to set out on: a journey to a mysterious ship in the middle of the Salton Sea.

    But Arden is fighting her own battles, ones that Dylan can’t always help her win. As they navigate their way west, they grapple with Arden's father (who refuses to recognize his daughter’s true gender), Dylan’s addiction, and the messy, complicated romance fighting so hard to blossom through the cracks of their battle-hardened hearts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 25, 2017
    ISBN9780062661845
    Author

    Rory Harrison

    Rory Harrison lives in the American Midwest and is sorted into Slytherin. She’s a geek and a gamer: she and pop culture are >>likedis<<. Some of her favorite games include Skyrim, Dragon Age 1 & 3, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 1 & 2, Life Is Strange, Goat Simulator, and whatever else strikes her fancy at the moment. When she’s not reading, writing, or gaming, she’s having very strong opinions about things. Visit her online at www.roryharrison.com.

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    • 3/5
      Well I thought it was okay, nothing I'd reccomend though.
    • 4/5
      Dylan has recently made a seemingly miraculous recovery from a cancer that was expected to kill him, but that doesn't mean he's really doing okay, physically or otherwise. He's dirt-poor and his mother is a neglectful piece of crap. When he tries to re-register for high school after his stint in the hospital and is told it can't be done unless his mother shows up in person -- which she won't -- he kind of snaps. Instead of going home, he drives off to find his World of Warcraft buddy, Arden. Arden is from a rich family, but she's got problems of her own, including a father who refuses to accept that she is, in fact, a "she." Together they go off on a ridiculous road trip, or possibly a quest.YA is a very hit-and-miss genre for me, and I was afraid, going in, that this one had all the elements of a "miss." Making the main character a cancer survivor could have felt emotionally manipulative, and the road trip is very much the kind of dumb teenager stunt that usually has me rolling my eyes. But I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The writing is engaging, the characters are believable, and the teenage dumbassery actually had me feeling sympathetic and remembering a few minor dumbass stunts from my own youth. The romance was really sweet, too, and I say that as someone who is kind of a hard sell on teen romances.
    • 4/5
      World of Warcraft road trip LGBTQ rep = a book I enjoyed very much.