The Wanderer
Ratings6
Average rating3.6
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Ratings6
Average rating3.6
From Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the popular Virgin River novels, comes Thunder Point- the highly anticipated new series that will make you laugh, make you sigh, and make you fall in love with a small town filled with people you'll never forget. Nestled on the Oregon coast is a small town of rocky beaches and rugged charm. Locals love the land's unspoiled beauty. Developers see it as a potential gold mine. When newcomer Hank Cooper learns he's been left an old friend's entire beachfront property, he finds himself with a community's destiny in his hands.
Cooper has never been a man to settle in one place, and Thunder Point was supposed to be just another quick stop. But Cooper finds himself getting involved with the town. And with Sarah Dupre, a woman as complicated as she is beautiful.
With the whole town watching for his next move, Cooper has to choose between his old life and a place full of new possibilities. A place that just might be home.
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This book was fine. It was well-written, and a lot of characters were fleshed out nicely, from the town sheriff to the high school quarterback to the waitress at the diner. Rather than centering on any one relationship, The Wanderer is more of a story about an entire town and the subtle ways everyone is affected by the titular character. It's a little bit whodunit, a little bit romance, a little bit Friday Night Lights. My one complaint is the treatment of the one character of color.
loc 3472: “True,” Eve said. “Okay, tell me more about this guy.”
“Well, he's African-American. Mostly.”
“Mostly? Does that mean he's black?”
“Latte,” she said. “He's also Native American, lots of different European and Caribbean.” And then she smiled. “He's very beautiful.”
I almost threw my Kindle out the window. Calling someone “latte” is ridiculous. “Latte” as a racial identifier is not a thing. Maybe it's how white folks talk about POC and think they're being complimentary, I don't know. But this (and it happens a couple other times) almost made me put down the book entirely. Every time I think about this passage, I roll my eyes and think about chucking this thing out the window again, just to make myself feel better.
Other than that though, this book is fine to read on a rainy day.
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5 primary booksThunder Point is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Robyn Carr.
