Review: The characters were so real
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2012
I received an eARC of My Disjointed Life by Martin Reed for review. From the moment that I began reading this book I loved it, it wasn't written in a format that I have ever read before but, that didn't change my love. In fact, I think it made the story a lot more enjoyable if that makes sense. It was in sort of like a journaling timeline aspect of writing. I'm not sure how else to explain it.Jeep is a hilarious character and I loved that he had an `imaginary friend' who also commented on the things he was telling in the story. I think I liked Jeep so much because the things that he said and thought are along the lines of things that I say and that made him really relateable, besides the whole being a guy thing. The story isn't without it's drama and it is more than just a romance thrown into college life. No, it's a bit more and it does get pretty serious towards the end but I really enjoyed it even when it got serious. Jeep has quite a bit of problems with girls and family as well as and then he joins the football team unexpectedly and all of a sudden he's a part of a team and he's enjoying himself. The teammates are good characters and I rather enjoyed Donnie's character as well as Chase.I can't give too much away in this book because I really want you to read it yourself and enjoy it as much as I did but, it does deal with situations such as suicide, depression, pressure to do well in football and steroids.There was a lot of times in this book that I actually laughed out loud and I even teared up. The ending was fantastic. Was it a typical ending? Nope but, I think that's why I enjoyed it.This book was real and it is definitely worthy of a five star rating.