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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. DNF at 80%. I feel gross listening to any more of this. At first the age fetish hints were subtle but they really ramped up in the second half. It was the reveal of a past trauma for our MC that finally convinced me I should’ve DNF’d back around the 10% mark when those feelings started. Lucy is obsessed with a 9-year-old, and wants to be his mother. She is 26. She was intensely attracted to a 21-year-old artist when she was 13. She was even more attracted to said artist when they met again 13 years later. That now-34-year-old didn’t find it weird that he was amicably attracted to the no-longer-13-year-old. Lucy’s ex-boyfriend was her college professor. And there’s SA discussed with minor characters… who are also minors. Actual quotes from this dumpster fire: “Guess I’m just a big kid…” [said flirtatiously] “Sorry that [moan] was a little pornographic…” [said after a spoonful of soup] “No! You look *good* ‘bizarre’ [without your glasses]. Like, really young.” Just watch Willy Wonka. Or read Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. Both are far superior works surrounding adults making a game surrounding kids that isn’t disgusting. And one of the adults was clearly disposing of the losers along the way. In all fairness, while I did give this book two stars I did not read the whole thing. Someone, somewhere described it as "a warm hug" and that should have been warning enough. Still, I forced myself to read several chapters because fans of "The Wishing Game" are very dedicated and very convincing. But from the get-go I did not like the main character, Lucy, who essentially believes that "love is all you need." Some might find her determination to adopt a young boy charming, but I found it arrogant. She has no money, no parental experience, no training as a psychologist. What she does have with the boy is shared childhood trauma and that will, what, make her capable of healing him? Then the story spins into a bit of fantasy which, as many before me have already pointed out, is pretty much a reworking of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." If Lifetime Programming for Women is your cup of tea, you may like this. I just could not take the page after page of cuteness (even its most devoted admirers often describe the book as "cute") and the cloying quality of both the story and the writing. Audiobook. It was such a nice story with bits of darkness, strange/misunderstood characters and a sprinkle of romance. I didn't really see the connection with Willie Wonka, I missed the magic. It was sweet in that Hallmark kind of way. Not all sweet there was some dark parts, child abuse was touched on as was terminal illness. Lucy was a MC, she was a teacher aide with her heart set on adopting one of her students. She was hard working, under paid and desperate to become a family with this little boy. Aww sweet right ? It was and it was also a little too obsessive at times. I found it uncomfortable that she thought she was the only one in the world that could care for the boy causing her outbursts. This character also failed for me in believability. Her actions, her "thoughts" didn't jibe with the person she was written as. She wasn't professional, wasn't ever concerned about other children, and many called her teacher, she was a teachers aide. Her character ruined the book for me. It was okay but I wished I hadn't read it, I wasn't good reading time. I wouldn't recommend it to my circle of friends, as a great read. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML:Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children??s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner??s life in this absorbing and whimsical novel. ??Clever and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after we've grown up.???V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it??s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher??s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially seven-year-old Christopher Lamb, who was left orphaned after the tragic death of his parents. Lucy would give anything to adopt Christopher, but even the idea of becoming a family seems like an impossible dream without proper funds and stability. But be careful what you wish for. . . . Just when Lucy is about to give up, Jack Masterson announces he??s finally written a new book. Even better, he??s holding a contest at his home on the real Clock Island, and Lucy is one of the four lucky contestants chosen to compete to win the one and only copy. For Lucy, the chance of winning the most sought-after book in the world means everything to her and Christopher. But first she must contend with ruthless book collectors, wily opponents, and the distractingly handsome (and grumpy) Hugo Reese, the illustrator of the Clock Island books. Meanwhile, Jack ??the Mastermind? Masterson is plotting the ultimate twist ending that could change all their lives forever. . . Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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It's been 15 years since he had secluded himself on his Clock Island where he struggles to ever write another book. His illustrator, Hugo Reese, has been his loyal companion not wanting to leave his long time friend alone on the island. Little does he know, Jack has been working on what would be his final novel but not for mass publication. He proses a "special" wishing game on the island with personally selected competitors. The prize is the one and only copy of his final book which the person can do with as they wish. The people chosen are thinking about how the publication of the book would help their financial situations.
Lucy Hart chooses to leave her home and controlling boyfriend, Sean, in Maine after she graduates college. She is desperate is leave her family behind and what she felt was a lonely childhood. She found respite in the Clock Island books. Her sister Angie was a sickly child with her parents focusing primarily on her and leaving Lucy feeling neglected. As a result she has always resented her sister who managed to become a lawyer in Maine.
As an adult, Lucy is a 26-year-old woman working as a teacher's aide at an elementary school in California. She is well liked by the teachers and students but she seems to form a bond with 7-year-old Christopher Lamb who is living with a foster family. Her connection to him sometimes feels "cringe-worthy" given that Christopher is being cared for by a caring family. Lucy desperately wants to adopt him even to the extent that she expresses this to the young boy. He is aware of her financial insecurity and wants to "help" Lucy raise money so she can afford to adopt him. They discuss what the future would look like when Lucy can provide a stable and financially stable home for Christopher.
When Lucy is notified about the Wishing Game opportunity, she is excited to think that she may be able to reach her financial goals sooner than she expected. But, winning the Wishing Game proves to be more challenging than she could've imagined. ( )