Title: The Long and Winding Road
Series: Bear, Otter, and the Kid: Book Four
Author: TJ Klune
Narrator: Sean Crisden
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Run Time: 10 hours and 23 minutes
Category: Contemporary
At a Glance: I cannot recommend this book enough. The words are beautiful, the narration is amazing, the listener is taken by the heart and led through this world so beautifully; it is a journey not to be missed.
Reviewed By: Mike
Blurb: Family is not always defined by blood. It’s defined by those who make us whole—those who make us who we are.
And here, at the end, Bear and Otter will be tested like they’ve never been before.
There’s a knock at the door from a little girl who has nowhere else to go.
There’s a phone ringing, bringing news they do not expect.
There’s a brother returning home after learning how to stand on his own.
As these moments converge, all of their lives will change forever.
Beginning in Bear, Otter, and the Kid and continuing in Who We Are and The Art of Breathing, TJ Klune has told a saga of family and brotherhood, of love and sacrifice. In this final chapter, the events of the past pave the long and winding road toward a future no one could have imagined.
Review: Bear and Otter are the makers of a logical family, one Armistead Maupin taught us is what we do when our blood families are not enough to fill our lives. Bear and Otter along with the Kid have finally overcome so much—moving from coast to coast, the death of someone close to them, near fatal accidents, and addiction. But just when things begin to settle and life is finding a balance, an unknown sister, a rekindled romance, and super sperm all land at once and conspire to take their nice and quiet (never mind normal, that never happens), the occupants of the “Big Green Monstrosity,” and all their sundry friends and family, and toss them into the air like a cartoon salad. The results are funny, sweet, sad, and ever so satisfying.
Sean Crisden is back for the final edition of this saga, and his voice is a welcome and well-loved blanket. Having narrated three of the four books in this series, Crisden gives us the send off we had hoped for. He rides the rollercoaster of emotion Klune wrote and then brings it into sharp focus for us once again. Old friends greet us, new characters pop onto the canvas to have their say and leave us wondering where they have been for the last three books.
This series is a masterwork. Crisden’s voice is the complement the words were waiting for to make us all notice. Being immersed in this world one last time by its original narrator is a bittersweet farewell. The talent of the narrator is given a full world to play on. No one should miss this series or this book in particular. Sean Crisden has narrated some amazing books in this genre, and he never fails to live up the high expectations he has set in previous performances.
I cannot recommend this book enough. The words are beautiful, the narration is amazing, the listener is taken by the heart and led through this world so beautifully; it is a journey not to be missed. Buy. This. Book.
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