Exit Strategy eBook Ryan Potter
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Looming above Zach Ramsey's hometown of Blaine are the smokestacks of the truck assembly plant, the greasy lifeblood of this Detroit suburb. Surrounded by drunks, broken marriages, and factory rats living in fear of the pink slip, Zach is getting the hell out of town after graduation. But first, he's going to enjoy the summer before senior year. Getting smashed with his best friend Tank and falling in love for the first time, Zach's having a blast until he uncovers dark secrets that shake his faith in everyone--including Tank, a wrestler whose violent mood swings betray a shocking habit. As he gets pulled deeper into an ugly scandal, Zach is faced with the toughest decision of his life--one that will prove just what kind of adult he's destined to be.
"Fast-paced and riveting."--Kirkus Reviews
Exit Strategy eBook Ryan Potter
This story really works. It delivers poignantly on the gritty realities of life and growing up. The setting in the suburban Detroit area adds flavor for those familiar with the city or not. I was absorbed in the characters and what was going to happen to them. This is a quick and engaging read because it is well written. I've read some of Ryan Potter's short stories, and now I'm starting on his novel The Cleaner.Product details
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Exit Strategy eBook Ryan Potter Reviews
4.5 Stars - Exit Strategy was far from many things I've read before. I seem to be saying that often these days. The characters and story were written from the view point of our main character Zach - a 17 year old boy who wants more from his life then what's happening around him, then what he knows his town can offer. It focuses on the months of the summer before his senior year of High School.
Zach wants nothing more then to get out of his hometown of Blaine. Much of the focus on his story is about the varying BEP - "Blain Escape Plans" for not only Zach, but the other characters throughout as well. It's something that Zach wants more then anything, not only for himself, but also for the people he cares about and this aspect of the story comes through clearly. There were many shocking truths that are brought to light, making the characters full of so many layers that the author sometimes only touches lightly upon. Giving the readers just enough to fully comprehend what each was going through throughout the story - via the eyes of Zach.
Potter makes being a 17 year old boy in a no where town real and true. From Zach and his search for more in his life and those around him, to Tank - his best friend, and his need for perfection on the wrestling mat; to the root of the subject matter and it's affects that ripple throughout so many lives, which wasn't nice or sweet - it all fit and worked in this well written story. Let's not forget about Sarah - Tank's twin sister who wasn't found often throughout the story, but Potter worked magic in what was there. I never felt like I missed anything in the complex relationship she had with her brother, father and Zach.
Strong characters make up a huge part of any great book and this one doesn't disappoint. Understanding early on what this book was about didn't take away from anything while reading. There was plenty to give me as a reader and I'd suspect anyone else - room to question just where the characters would find themselves at the end of the story. The end was bittersweet but worked perfectly and really, I don't think any other would have fit like this one did.
All in all author Ryan Potter has written a story that surpassed my expatiations and I for one am looking forward to seeing just what he writes next.
Stuck in Blaine, Michigan a small suburb of Detroit, Zach is desperate to leave after his senior year, hoping to avoid the fate of his parents, who have lived and worked there their whole lives. In the meantime, he becomes determined to expose his football coach, who he suspects is supplying steroids to athletes, and his best friend Tank's father, an undercover cop who he thinks is mistreating his children and having an affair with a married woman.
Zach is also a little bit stressed out about his brother's seeming lack of motivation to get out Blaine and is more than a little curious about why his talented and athletic brother quit the football team his senior year...another mystery to solve.
When Zach is forced to get a summer job he ends up working at the local "beverage" store across from the assembly plant, the box boy who had the job before him lets him in on a few secrets about the job. Will this job take him down the road to responsibility or just be another example of lame adults who once again fail to live up to Zach's righteous view of "adult behavior"?
It occurred to me while reading this book that there are a lot of teens out there that are in a very similar situation to Zach. With the economy the way it is and the slow death of industrial jobs there are a lot of "dead end" towns out there with kids hoping to escape the same fate as their parents.
Zach is a very realistic character...flawed but likable and struggling to figure out who he is and the path he wants to take in life. I predict a lot of boys who read this book will see themselves in Zach and the obstacles and questions he is facing.
I think this is a great story and the writing flowed nicely. There are a few sub-plots in the story like Zach's realization that he is in love with his best friends sister. At first I really wished that these were played out and developed a bit more but I came to the conclusion that this book isn't a love story, or about any other people in Zach's life...Exit Strategy is a definitive coming-of-age story with the main focus being Zach and the person he is becoming.
I KNOW this book will be popular here in my library...it has all the stuff boys like to read about (at least from my experience as a middle school librarian)...sports, girls and the choices boys have to make when it comes to sex, drugs, alcohol and friends.
References to the above topics and a few cuss words make this book appropriate for ages 14 and up.
Great read. It is nice to find a book for teen boys that is about real life situations. Even though I am an adult and the book is designed for teens, I was totally glued to what would happen next to Zach and Tank. The book does have it all for teen boys sports, friendship, drugs, guns, girls and more. Again, a great book!
Brilliant
This story really works. It delivers poignantly on the gritty realities of life and growing up. The setting in the suburban Detroit area adds flavor for those familiar with the city or not. I was absorbed in the characters and what was going to happen to them. This is a quick and engaging read because it is well written. I've read some of Ryan Potter's short stories, and now I'm starting on his novel The Cleaner.
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