Any Closer

I read/listened to this last year and must have been in a grumpy mood? I'm not super versed in [a:Mary Calmes 3152411 Mary Calmes https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473696272p2/3152411.jpg]'s style but I don't think this is too far off the mark and apparently I like it. In any case up one star because [a:Greg Tremblay 8108759 Greg Tremblay https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1484561919p2/8108759.jpg] deserves all stars.Charlie Ryder has been working for Leo Foster's construction company for three (3) years, making his way up the the ladder by learning every aspect of the business. What was he doing before? That's what Leo finds out at the beginning of this story and it sets in motion the events of the next couple of days. I'll say no more about the plot. I will say that I loved Leo, his family, and his work family too. Loved how blind/oblivious he is but will innately do the right thing. I loved that he's exactly what Charlie needs and how he doesn't even know he's in the running. I also think there's quite a bit of food for thought when you dwell on Charlie's former life, how young he was, and the events that transpired. Sadly I couldn't go 4 1/2 or 5 stars because, though I got that he had to act that way almost out of desperation in the face of Leo's obliviousness, the Charlie of the last act was too ... out of character? Dunno. He just didn't seem like the Charlie we'd been presented with during the rest of the story. Also I would've liked to know more about Charlie. Maybe adding another “day” so that things could develop more organically would've been better IMO. In any case I enjoyed it.