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Live From The Road (2012)

by P.C. Zick(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1477451129 (ISBN13: 9781477451120)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Createspace

review 1: I won this book from a Goodreads Giveaway.When I started the book, I thought, this sounds like it is going to be a fun book, adventures on the road, maybe a few hijinks, and I might be in for a bumpy, eventful ride.Well, I got part of it right.Although I enjoyed the author's writing style, and thought her execution was good, the story ~ not so much. I have a hard time believing in this day and age (or anytime for that matter) that as they are traveling down the road, they stop, meet someone, and within minutes their new acquaintances would drop everything, and decide to join their caravan to travel Route 66! I wasn't buying it.I didn't really care for the character Meg. It seemed as though the author was trying to squeeze too much into one character. One minute she was... more independent, the next, needy, revealing/closed off, up/down, decided/undecided, you get the picture ~ just too conflicting. During the trip she was forever having "Epiphany moments". It made me wonder if this woman ever had any real connection with herself before. And for that matter, there were just too many life altering moments for all of them. I don't see that happening in real life.Some of the antics that happened on the trip were funny, and others not very realistic. Again, I think the author was just trying to squeeze too much into one book, and after while the whole story became just too unbelievable.
review 2: I read it at the suggestion of a friend who just loved it. I think there were some excellent characters here - Looza and Slick come to mind first and the former Marine definately. This was a look at four women related by birth and friendship as they traveled down Route 66 and the changes each one undergoes during the trip. It was well written and flowed nicely for the most part. There were a couple of points that I felt were random deviations from the overall point of the story and took away from the existential angst the women were trying to come to grips with. Overall, if you're looking for a feel good, fun romp of a roadtrip, this book probably isn't what you want. less

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