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Reap
Written by Eric Rickstad
Narrated by R.C. Bray
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Like a cross between Denis Johnson's Already Dead and David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Reap draws us into the hot, still air of a summer backwoods at whose fringes lurk danger and epiphany. Jessup Burke, a lonely, naive sixteen-year-old, has grown up without a father in a jobless, indifferent logging town. Out of high school a year early, he now bikes through the woods with his fishing gear, daydreaming of his sweetheart and their secret "home" in an abandoned farmhouse. When Reg, an embittered, paranoid recluse fresh out of jail for growing marijuana, encounters Jessup hitchhiking, he is at first drawn to the boy's easily manipulated naïvete, but the two soon become irreversibly bound. As Jessup unknowingly participates in Reg's perilous, criminal behavior, he also endangers himself when his relationship with Marigold, Reg's younger, married sister, goes beyond friendship.
Jessup's rude awakening into adulthood is rendered in sure and supple prose in this dramatic, action-packed novel.
Jessup's rude awakening into adulthood is rendered in sure and supple prose in this dramatic, action-packed novel.
Author
Eric Rickstad
Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of The Silent Girls, Lie in Wait, and Reap, novels heralded as intelligent and profound, dark, disturbing, and heartbreaking. He lives in his home state of Vermont with his wife, daughter, and son.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Overall, this was a good book. It was a little distracting when the narrator changed the names of people around him, i.e. calling Reg "Turnip." The plot was engaging and it became more and more interesting as you got further into the story. The characters are created well and the dialogue seems very natural for the region in which the story takes place.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Overall, this was a good book. It was a little distracting when the narrator changed the names of people around him, i.e. calling Reg "Turnip." The plot was engaging and it became more and more interesting as you got further into the story. The characters are created well and the dialogue seems very natural for the region in which the story takes place.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the first time I've read work by this author and after this novel I see I should have read #1 first, it's not necessary as this is a stand alone story, but I would have understood it a little more at the beginning. The book it self is amazing. The main character shows such heartbreaking, raw emotions though out the story. At limes you can feel his pain. For years he's been known just as a number 221, not his given name Zaal. His master has been using a drug to mess with his brain and control him to obey and fight.Luka used to fight and had made a promise to a friend, and that was to rescue Zaal.He's violent and wild but when his sister Talia meets him she feels attracted to him and bound to help him, she knows she can. The feelings between them grow as she teaches him speak and trust he learns to be a human being again.This is a wonderful book, a real page turner, it's very sexy, and deeply emotional, I'm definitely going to read book #1, and I highly recommend this book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I didn't know this was the second book in a series so I have no idea how this compares with the first book, but I did enjoy it. It wasn't hard to figure out what was going on but I'm sure reading it in order makes it a five star read. I did go back and buy the first book so I can see how it all began. There were a few things that kinda bothered me, like saying cleanse instead of bathe or wash, but that's my own hang up. Looks like I'll be reading more by this author in the future. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Powerful, gritty, intense writing that I was unable to put down - Reap caught my interest from page one and never let me go.Talia and Zaal are a bit like Romeo and Juliet crossed with Beauty and the Beast and so much better than either. This is an adult love story of bondage, strength, fortitude and loss that grows into one that encompasses release, freedom, self-discovery and a love that is soul deep and unbreakable. The male and female characters were complex, well defined and worth rooting for. I loved the way the relationship between Talia and Zaal developed and how Zaal’s backstory was presented. I would not change anything about this book. I have not read the first book in this series but look forward to doing so AND to reading whatever comes next. Thank you to NetGalley and Saint Martin’s Press for the copy of this book to read and review.