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Gibson Frazier
From the "author to watch" (Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.
Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button.
Only he isn't sure he wants to.
After all, life hasn't been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer's. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend's suicide last year.
Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him.
But Henry is a scientist first, and, facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it...or let the world - and his pain - be destroyed forever.
©2016 Shaun David Hutchinson (P)2016 Simon & SchusterListeners also enjoyed...
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Amazing beyond doubt
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Secondly, I nearly abandoned the book early on because the first couple of chapters came across very juvenile, with a lot of focus on masterbation. As an over 60 female, I thought maybe I was not the audience for this book. I don't know why the author choose to start the book this way and it is not reflective of the rest of the book.
Disappointingly, the supposed premise of the book ("Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button."), plays a relatively minor role in the book, other than marking Henry for teasing by his peers. Do not go into this book expecting a rousing science fiction story.
Bait and switch
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I believe the deeper meaning of this stories is derived from this philosophy.
Found pieces of myself in many of the characters and couldn’t help but cry at multiple points of the story. 5/5
Nietzsche's Philosophy
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A trivial feel-good story
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Loved it!!
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Eye opening
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Which character – as performed by Gibson Frazier – was your favorite?
All the characters were well done, but I especially liked his portrayal of Diego.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Henry's science teacher recounted her high school years.Any additional comments?
Sarcastic, funny, and poignant. Don't let the summary blurb fool you - this is less science fiction that it is a wrenching window into coming of age, being an outcast, the ugliness of teenagers, the pain of adolescence, mental health, and young love. Though the impetus for the narrator's (Henry Denton) consideration of whether or not life should go on on earth is his (real or imagined) abductions by aliens, the biggest way science fiction themes run through the book are intermittent chapters where Henry brainstorms the very many ways life on earth could end. I loved the book and it rang very true, there were no pat endings or easy solutions, but real growth by the characters and a lot of to consider. It made me relieved to have since grown out of the hell that high school could be, the vicissitudes of popularity and friendship, the dizzying highs and lows of emotion, the way everything felt urgent and unsure and permanent all at the same time. But it also managed to touch upon and recreate all those feelings, and remember when life seemed so achingly immediate and vivid, and for all the pain, the window into Henry and his friends, his family and one particularly knowing teacher, was a moving and worthwhile.Evocative and moving
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Where does We Are the Ants rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best psychological analysis of how we handle or hide from problems in life. It even shows that there are much more important things to worry about such as family, fiends and those you love caring compared to the bullies teasing your for being gay and you should not destroy yourself caring about other's opinion when it just kills you inside to never come out or staying in a relationship that forces you to. This book can be recommended to many young LGBT teens as the message you get between the lines is clear...indirectly.It is also a fun story.
Any additional comments?
Best line; "I wish the aliens would stop taking my pants."An amazing tale of coming of age and mind
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review of narrator
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Great Story - Horrible Main Character
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