Heartbreaker

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A poignant new novel that combines humour and heartache, from the brilliant mind of Governor General s Award finalist Claudia DeySeventeen years after falling from a stolen car into a remote northern town, Billie Jean Fontaine is still an outsider She may follow the stifling rules of this odd place, but no one will forget that she came from elsewhere When Billie Jean vanishes one cold October night in her bare feet and track suit with only her truck keys, those closest to her begin a frantic search Her daughter, Pony, a girl struggling against being a teen in the middle of nowhere her killer dog to whom she cannot tell a lie her husband, The Heavy, a man haunted by his past and the charismatic Supernatural, a teenage boy longing only to be average Each holding a different piece of the puzzle, they must come together to understand the darkest secrets of their beloved, and lay bare the mysteries of the human heart.With her luminous prose, wry humour and dead on cultural observations, Claudia Dey has created a storytelling tour de force about what it means to love, no matter the consequences. Download Heartbreaker author Claudia Dey – kino-fada.fr Dnf at 20% There may be brilliance somewhere here, but if so I can t find it Have no idea what I just read Definitely not the book for me.May end up being a five star book Need it to settle a little.That was weird af.Some parts were pure brilliance, some were dubious, some others I didn t get one word of, and some were intriguing The writing will not appeal to everybody, methinks It can be too much but it can also be very, very powerful The way Claudia Dey depicts what being a mother feels like is just breathtaking, in my humble opinion The plot, or at least, the chosen ending, was the one thing I didn t really buy Like, hmmkay that s awkward But does it matter Does it take away the That was weird af.Some parts were pure brilliance, some were dubious, some others I didn t get one word of, and some were intriguing The writing will not appeal to everybody, methinks It can be too much but it can also be very, very powerful The way Claudia Dey depicts what being a mother feels like is just breathtaking, in my humble opinion The plot, or at least, the chosen ending, was the one thing I didn t really buy Like, hmmkay that s awkward But does it matter Does it take away the haunting sentences and peculiar atmosphere and all the dirty, the sad, the terrifying and the desperate hope overflowing from the pages Not really.I didn t get everything Fuck, during some paragraphs I was wondering if I had half a brain of if it was only written for some other species from another world, which would explain m...This book defies genre and logic in so many ways I was under the spell of 1980 s music references, the mysterious location we re never entirely sure about, and the cult like community we enter Billie Jean Fontaine hasn t left her home in almost three months She abruptly walks out without shoes or a coat on a freezing evening and takes off in the family truck The community begins to whisper about her absence and though she arrived 17 years ago and became a part of the territory , she has This book defies genre and logic in so many ways I was under the spell of 1980 s music references, the mysterious location we re never entirely sure about, and the cult like community we enter Billie Jean Fontaine hasn t left her home in almost three months She abruptly walks out without shoes or a coat on a freezing evening and takes off in the family truck The community begins to whisper about her absence and though she arrived 17 years ago and became a part of the territory , she has remained the outsider.Billie Jean s story unfolds for us through three surprising narrators Her dramatic and ofte...Quirky and different, Heartbreaker defies norms and logic and jumps across genres Truthfully, even after having finished reading, I don t know what to make of it A strange cult, everything 1980s, weird traditions, three primary narrators being a girl, a dog and a boy sure I was fascinated, but then it all got too weird and too confusing I am not even sure I understood what th...Between 2.5 and 3 stars Wow, this was a difficult book to rate If I m completely honest there arenegatives than positives while I m sitting here trying to collect my thoughts But I did finish the book and at no time did I seriously contemplate giving up so it must have held my interest and desire to see how it turned out So for that one seemingly tiny thing is the reason it s getting the 3 stars instead of lower What I didn t like The dialogue was cheesy I know this was supposed to Between 2.5 and 3 stars Wow, this was a difficult book to rate If I m completely honest there arenegatives than positives while I m sitting here trying to collect my thoughts But I did finish the book and at no time did I seriously contemplate giving up so it must have held my interest and desire to see how it turned out So for that one seemingly tiny thing is the reason it s getting the 3 stars instead of lower...This book THIS BOOK I had no idea what I was in for when I started it All I knew is that it was kind of a mystery set in the 80sHeartbreaker begins with teenager Pony Darlene ruminating on the disappearance and life of her mother, Billie Jean We see life through Pony s eyes her mysterious mother, her stoic father, the super 80s characters of the townBut the magic of this book isn t with the plot, per se, though that was as complex and expertly woven as a beautiful, colorful This book THIS BOOK I had no idea what I was in for when I started it All I knew is that it was kind of a mystery set in the 80sHeartbreaker begins with teenager Pony Darl...This is a strange, ambitious book that partly succeeds in what it sets out to do, though not entirely.Fifteen year old Ponys mother disappears one day from the isolated, cult like territory they call home The book is split into three sections, each with its own narrator Pony, the family dog, and a local teenage boy named Supernatural.I was pleasantly surprised to find that it all actually does come together and make muchsense than I anticipated, in spite of the weird setup and structure This is a strange, ambitious book that partly succeeds in what it sets out to do, though not entirely.Fifteen year old Pony s mother disappears one day from the isolated, cult like territory they call home The book is split into three sections, each with its own narrator Pony, the family dog, and a local teenage boy named Supernatural.I was pleasantly surprise...This book and I did not get along..I found the writing disjointed, as it should be as the author is presenting the thoughts of the characters However, I just kept bouncing off the text, and finding other things to do instead of continuing with this book I m sure there s something intere...I ve been recommending this book to anyone who will listen and prefaced each time with but I couldn t stand the first 60 80 pages, I didn t get it How to explain This will be a frustrating read for many For me the whole first part made me want to bail so hard but I was committed to reviewing it and I knew there had to be something I was missing and boy was I right The story is told 3 ways in 3 big chapters First it follows 15yo Pony Darlene, a very strange girl making her own way in I ve been recommending this book to anyone who will listen and prefaced each time with but I couldn t stand the first 60 80 pages, I didn t get it How to explain This will be a frustratin...

Heartbreaker
  • 19 January 2019
  • ebook
  • 1443451371
  • Claudia Dey
  • Heartbreaker