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    A Lite Too Bright
    A Lite Too Bright
    A Lite Too Bright
    Audiobook11 hours

    A Lite Too Bright

    Written by Samuel Miller

    Narrated by Michael Chamberlain

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    For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway.

    Arthur Louis Pullman is on the verge of a breakdown.

    He’s been stripped of his college scholarship, is losing his grip on reality, and has been sent away to live with his aunt and uncle. It’s there that Arthur discovers a journal written by his grandfather, the first Arthur Louis Pullman, an iconic Salinger-esque author who went missing the last week of his life and died hundreds of miles away from their family home.

    What happened in that week—and how much his actions were influenced by his Alzheimer’s—remains a mystery. But now Arthur has his grandfather’s journal—and a final sentence containing a train route and a destination.

    So Arthur embarks on a cross-country train ride to re-live his grandfather’s last week, guided only by the clues left behind in the dementia-fueled journal. As Arthur gets closer to uncovering a sad and terrible truth, his journey is complicated by a shaky alliance with a girl who has secrets of her own and by escalating run-ins with a dangerous Pullman fan base.

    Arthur’s not the only one chasing a legacy—and some feel there is no cost too high for the truth.

    ""A Lite Too Bright Theme"" written and performed by Samuel Miller and Dylan Bauld.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatherine Tegen Books
    Release dateMay 8, 2018
    ISBN9780062841940
    Author

    Samuel Miller

    Samuel Miller is a novelist and screenwriter, made in South Dakota, based in Los Angeles. His most recent novel, Redemption Prep, was a New York Times and Indie bestseller and is in development for television with MGM. His debut, A Lite Too Bright, released to critical acclaim and has been translated into four languages and published in eight countries. Sam wrote his first novel in a fifteen-passenger van while touring with his alt-rock band, Paradise Fears. In addition to writing novels he coaches Little League Baseball, walks his dog, and works to dismantle capitalist systems of power. You can find him at samuelmillerbooks.com.

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    • 4/5
      A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller 3.75/5 Contemporary YA

      A Lite Too Bright is a coming of age story with some unique elements. The main character is the grandson of a famous writer who wrote a seminal novel in the seventies, think J.D. Salinger. This is the story of Arthur’s journey to discover what his granddad had done during his last week of life. His grandfather was suffering from severe Alzheimer’s and took off without a word from his house in California and a week later he died in Ohio. Arthur is delightfully unreliable. There are lots of examples of the grandad’s writing, taken from various sources that are discovered on the journey.
      The characterizations were good. They carried the story. We learn lots about the main character, the love interest and the grandfather over the course of the novel. There were fleshed out secondary characters to add to the story.

      This book has a contemporary setting, with a long trip across western United States. Each stop is interesting, and the train is a great set piece for some events.

      Themes in this book are about coming of age, loss of innocence and mental illness. I think the main character has schizo-affective disorder. Both the grandad and the grandson have significant losses in their lives and that play into the central themes.
      There were some thorny problems in the book, mainly how the main character could locate places and items of importance seemingly without effort. Coming up are some minor spoilers, so look away! There is a side character that is totally unbelievable. Lots of events are so perfectly timed as to strain the suspension of disbelief. The main character is allowed to cavort around the west, committing crimes, joining with a revolutionary group, and assaulting a police officer. So unbelievable.
      I really liked the writing in this book. The epistolary pieces are done well. The resolution is satisfying. It was a good book.
    • 3/5
      Samuel Miller did a good job of writing a mystery of sorts while demonstrating his ability to skillfully write both poetry and prose. At times, A Lite...did not shine so brightly--it was flat and often dry--though I believe Miller worked hard to meaningfully interweave issues of mental illness, legacies, intergenerational relationships and more.
    • 1/5
      Admittedly, it's been years since I read Catcher in the Rye. Seeing as this book is marketed as perfect for those who are fans of that book I thought that maybe I would at least like it. But I didn'tThis book is about a guy named Arthur Louis Pullman who goes on a cross-country train trip to discover his grandfather's past. Years earlier his grandfather, also named Arthur Louis Pullman, took the same trip only he had dementia and no one knew how he ended up in a hospital several states away where he ultimately died. Arthur (the third) finds people along the way that came into contact with his grandfather and he learns some other things that help him deal with his own problems. I was so bored with this book. Honestly, I have no idea how I got through it all the way and even the parts that were interesting were not all that engaging. I'm not a fan of road trip stories but I didn't think this would be all that boring. I didn't like Arthur at all, he wasn't unlikeable but he wasn't interesting either. Maybe I have to go back and read Catcher in the Rye and see if I still like it because I do remember that my English teacher always said that there are two kinds of people: one who likes Catcher and one who hates it. Hopefully I still like it?