So I just finished reading," The Dive from Clausen's Pier," by Ann Packer. Out of a possible 5 stars I would give it 3. At times I felt that this book was a bit depressing and felt that the plot was a bit smooshed together.The story opens with a group of friends at a Memorial Day weekend celebration. The friend are having a good time, when one of the guys dares another guy to jump from the Pier. Mike, the diver, ends up becomeing a quad- and will never walk again. The story the moves through his struggle as a quad,and his girlfriend's struggle with him being a quad. All in all I felt that the characters were extreemly relatable to any age group.
Oh, I see your 3 and raise you two stars to make it a 5. I love this book. I haven't read it since 2005, so maybe maturity would make me see it differently now, but at the time I loved it. I loved that the main characters were so flawed and real. I loved it so much that I read Ann Packer's second novel Songs Without Words. However, I was disappointed by that one.
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