Review: Well-written, quick read!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2013
Unbelievably, the author says and I quote: "I wrote Here on my mobile phone while sitting on the train on my way to work, while sitting outside my toddler's music class and while eating lunch at a cafeteria across the street from my office". Crazy, right? I can barely get a two-word text off and the guy wrote a whole freakin' book on his phone! Major props for that, Mr. Marier!So if you read the description you know what it's about and now you know how it was written, but not whether or not it's worth reading. If you are looking for a quick-read and something with a different storyline than many of the new adult novels we've read, this might be it. Also, the book started a little on the slow side and took me awhile to get into it, but I definitely was geared up to know what was going to happen towards the end.The characters are a bit on the older end of New Adult literature (out of college), and there is no sexy alpha-male bad boy here. Not even close. Sam was painfully awkward, in fact, but very sweet...the kind of guy you'd like to have as a best friend. The other main character is Michelle, whom I didn't really feel like I got to know very well, even when the story was told with her in focus. But I didn't dislike her either, and that's saying something when it comes to a leading lady.Overall, I thought that the dialogue was pretty good.Sam sauntered back toward Ricky. "It's going to be really tough getting back on that horse again.""I think right now the horses are pissed off," Ricky advised."Dude, how'd you get so smart?""All the sick days I took in grade school," Ricky answered. "I was eating crackers, hot tomato soup and watching Oprah with my mother. Oprah practically raised me."Although sometimes, I was like, "Say what?""I don't want to get to know you better.""Okay, what the hell happened? You were all flirty at my party and now you're as cold as Sharpay in High School Musical."What guy even knows who Sharpay is? And other times, it was super sweet."This is a big world, Sam. It's huge. You wouldn't believe how many people you have yet to meet, and how many people who have waited their lives just to meet you."All in all, it wasn't my favorite book to date, but I've read other reviewers who have loved the story and its characters, so it's definitely a personal preference. Thankfully, there wasn't a cliffhanger ending, although a sequel would provide more closure, in my opinion. I am impressed by the method of writing, although I will continue to use my phone for nothing more than making calls, since I definitely don't have the mad phone skills of this author.***I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.***