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Exit Here
Enter apathy.Travis is back from college for the summer, and he's just starting to settle in to the usual pattern at drinking, drugging, watching porn, and hooking up.But Travis isn't settling in like he used to; something isn't right. Maybe it's that deadly debauch in Hawaii, the memories of which Travis can't quite shake. Maybe it's Laura, Travis's ex, who reappears on the scene after a messy breakup and seems to want to get together -- or not. Or maybe it's his suddenly sensing how empty and messed up his life is, and wanting out.But once you're at the party, it's tough to leave...
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Jason Myers
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Jason Myers was born in 1980 and raised on a farm ten miles outside of the small town of Dysart, Iowa. After
he graduated high school, he moved to San Francisco where he studied
film at the Academy of Art University. It was there, after taking a
Screenwriting 3 class that he met and studied under the inspiring instructor
and author James Dalessandro. James helped Myers grasp the value of
having great stories within the story and also the value of pacing. He also
taught him how to structure his stories in a way that made the reader feel
invested. Myers then sat down in early 2003 and began working on what
would become the first draft of Exit Here. He signed with literary agent
Gary Heidt and in 2005, at the age of 24, he signed a major publishing
deal with Simon & Schuster. Exit Here would go on to be released in May
of 2007 and thus far the book has sold over 90, 000 copies worldwide.
In 2010, Myers' second book, The Mission, also on Simon & Schuster,
was released worldwide. The book went into its third printing six months
after its release and has already sold nearly 30,000 copies to date. Myers
recently signed a new two book deal with Simon & Schuster. His next book,
Dead End, a Midwestern Gothic back roads chase thriller will be released on
6.14.2011 and his fourth book is set to be released in the Summer of
2012.
Myers continues to reside in San Francisco and writes full-time.
Jason Myers was born in 1980 and raised on a farm ten miles outside of the small town of Dysart, Iowa. After
he graduated high school, he moved to San Francisco where he studied
film at the Academy of Art University. It was there, after taking a
Screenwriting 3 class that he met and studied under the inspiring instructor
and author James Dalessandro. James helped Myers grasp the value of
having great stories within the story and also the value of pacing. He also
taught him how to structure his stories in a way that made the reader feel
invested. Myers then sat down in early 2003 and began working on what
would become the first draft of Exit Here. He signed with literary agent
Gary Heidt and in 2005, at the age of 24, he signed a major publishing
deal with Simon & Schuster. Exit Here would go on to be released in May
of 2007 and thus far the book has sold over 90, 000 copies worldwide.
In 2010, Myers' second book, The Mission, also on Simon & Schuster,
was released worldwide. The book went into its third printing six months
after its release and has already sold nearly 30,000 copies to date. Myers
recently signed a new two book deal with Simon & Schuster. His next book,
Dead End, a Midwestern Gothic back roads chase thriller will be released on
6.14.2011 and his fourth book is set to be released in the Summer of
2012.
Myers continues to reside in San Francisco and writes full-time.
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October 2, 2011
Oh mah odd, I cannot begin to explain how terrible and disappointing this book was. I thought it would be one of those angsty unforgettable books that you throw at all your friends because it changed your life. WRONG.
This book was unbelievably redundant: trashy, horny white kids who do coke ALL THE TIME and listen to crappy music. That's all this book was about. Every other page was "snorting rails" or having sex. There is a slut and every single character must be good-looking and the protagonist just HAS to describe what they are wearing.
The protagonist.. The protagonist! What a lazy, stupid bum! Ought I feel sorry for him because of ..what happened in Hawaii? (cue mysterious CSI music) NO! I don't! He's dumb as hell, always getting high or drunk and making sexy time. Why can't you do something with your life, dick?! He's like my brother, ew. Stop complaining and move out if you hate everyone so much.
..Ass.
Please, don't buy this book. Don't even read it. It just keeps going and going and it seriously lasted 200 pages too long. Seriously. Waste of paper, y'all, waste of paper.
This book was unbelievably redundant: trashy, horny white kids who do coke ALL THE TIME and listen to crappy music. That's all this book was about. Every other page was "snorting rails" or having sex. There is a slut and every single character must be good-looking and the protagonist just HAS to describe what they are wearing.
The protagonist.. The protagonist! What a lazy, stupid bum! Ought I feel sorry for him because of ..what happened in Hawaii? (cue mysterious CSI music) NO! I don't! He's dumb as hell, always getting high or drunk and making sexy time. Why can't you do something with your life, dick?! He's like my brother, ew. Stop complaining and move out if you hate everyone so much.
..Ass.
Please, don't buy this book. Don't even read it. It just keeps going and going and it seriously lasted 200 pages too long. Seriously. Waste of paper, y'all, waste of paper.
December 28, 2009
Everyone has a small collection of books on their shelves at home that speak to you in a way no one will ever understand. It's those few books that have made you cry, have changed your life, have made you think in a completely different way. 'Exit Here' by Jason Myers is one of those books.
Though the content is raw, inappropriate, and absolutely crude, it's realistic. It's scary. It's chilling. It gives you goosebumps and it shows the good and the bad of the human nature. It isn't formatted and written like an expert. There isn't the use of a expanded vocabulary and at times he rambles, but it's genius. It's the pinpoint of a young adults mind and Jason really takes you through the threads of a broken man and his broken life.
From this book, I learned the value of trust and how desperately important it is in any type of relationship; platonic or not. I learned that the devil in someone can ruin everything, even if it isn't normally like them to be that certain way. And most of all, I learned that guilt is the most troublesome of stress and the best way out of it, is through.
Though the content is raw, inappropriate, and absolutely crude, it's realistic. It's scary. It's chilling. It gives you goosebumps and it shows the good and the bad of the human nature. It isn't formatted and written like an expert. There isn't the use of a expanded vocabulary and at times he rambles, but it's genius. It's the pinpoint of a young adults mind and Jason really takes you through the threads of a broken man and his broken life.
From this book, I learned the value of trust and how desperately important it is in any type of relationship; platonic or not. I learned that the devil in someone can ruin everything, even if it isn't normally like them to be that certain way. And most of all, I learned that guilt is the most troublesome of stress and the best way out of it, is through.
March 4, 2010
Could this book be more misogynistic? Nothing really bad happens to any of the male characters (Cliff being the exception, I guess), yet we see almost the entire female cast suffer sexual or physical abuse, end up HIV positive or dead, thought of only as sex objects or as the subject of fashion jokes. How am I supposed to feel any sympathy at all for the main character Travis, who is the world's biggest jerk, hypocrite, and pathetic whiny loser?
Who was this book really written for? Someone please explain why all the pop culture references were to shows and stars from 15 or 20 years ago. The characters are 19 and up...the culture references are old...the sex is GRAPHIC...lots of drugs and violence...WHY, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, was this EVER marketed for teens? This question will plague me until I die.
Who was this book really written for? Someone please explain why all the pop culture references were to shows and stars from 15 or 20 years ago. The characters are 19 and up...the culture references are old...the sex is GRAPHIC...lots of drugs and violence...WHY, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, was this EVER marketed for teens? This question will plague me until I die.
July 12, 2009
Supposedly this is a YA novel, but it reads like a 30-something trying to write like a teenager. I was completely confused by what the time period was supposed to be--references to Wonder Years, Mr. Belvedere, and Saved by the Bell combined with vast amounts of cocaine made me think it was the 80's but cell phones and text messaging made me think otherwise. Not a modern-forward thinking book on any level. Jim Beam, American Apparel, and 400 Blows must have paid Myers for product placement. Characters all run into each other because they are all defined by their worst behavior and no one changes for the better (or really at all) through the whole book. The complete and utter apathy was not appealing to me, just annoying.
December 23, 2009
I can't believe that this dude essentially rewrote LESS THAN ZERO then managed to get Simon Pulse to package this as a YA book. I was kind of fascinated that this was the dumbing-down of a great book... and then incredibly irritated that I read this entire thing.
The author's bio is priceless: "Jason Myers has lived the EXIT HERE LIFE... lived close enough to guys like Travis to know how to tell this story right." If that doesn't stand out as a plea to take his 'creds' seriously, then I don't know what is. Ugh, terribly. Fascinatingly terrible.
The author's bio is priceless: "Jason Myers has lived the EXIT HERE LIFE... lived close enough to guys like Travis to know how to tell this story right." If that doesn't stand out as a plea to take his 'creds' seriously, then I don't know what is. Ugh, terribly. Fascinatingly terrible.
January 16, 2014
I'm not done yet, but nothing this book does from this point on can redeem it. It's so horrible and stupid I just can't.
UPDATE: (finished)
So we know that old saying don’t judge a book by its cover, right?
God, isn’t that just a great cover?
Which is why I am SO ANGRY that this book sucks as much as it does. I’ve been wanting to read Exit Here because of its cover for the longest time and last week I found it at a low price, so I went for it. And that was a bad decision…in fact, I’m definitely thinking this is the worst book I have ever read, and I feel the need to dissuade anyone else from reading it.
I feel that before I start reviewing this I should post a disclaimer that I will never complain about a book’s content being strong. I feel like graphic content can help to strengthen a book in many cases, but not when the writing is bad. Plus, there’s more to take issue with in this book than just the writing. I’m just going to make this easier by using a list. Note that from here on out, there will be spoilers.
1. The ‘plot’—if we can call it a plot—wasn’t there until at least 150 pages in. I’m fine with buildup, but something, ANYTHING, could have been happening.
2. The main character isn’t likeable. In fact, he’s maybe the most annoying character I’ve ever read, due to the following reasons:
a. He’s selfish. I’ve never read a character that couldn’t care less about others as much as Travis. There’s tons of evidence for this. He lets his sister get into the same crap he’s into and later tells his parents that they should have done something about it sooner. Every time he has sex in the book, it’s all for his own pleasure, something I’ll go way more in-depth on later. And as if those ones weren’t bad enough, he was pretty sure that he had KILLED a girl, albeit not on purpose, and he just went on with his life.
b. He’s whiny. All of this stuff that happens to him is his fault, and he will blame it on others and get upset about it.
c. He’s very privileged, and he knows it, but he wrecks his life anyways. His dad has all of the money he needs to go to a good college and make a good life for himself, but all Travis cares about is getting high and getting laid.
I realize that none of this is exactly a flaw in the book, but suffice it to say that a book isn’t fun to read if I don’t like the main character even a little bit.
3. There are tons of racial and homophobic slurs. Everyone in the book is white unless proven otherwise, and the characters that aren’t white are stereotyped. And the word ‘faggot’ is thrown around quite a bit between characters.
4. Things that should never have made the final cut in the book did. There was a whole chapter dedicated to the main character…well, taking a dump. I don’t know why the author felt the need to include it, but he did, and it was very disgusting to read. In case you’re curious, here is a quote from the chapter: “My asshole opens and shit starts falling out of it so hard that the toilet water splashes against my butt.” Okay…what? Why? Also, later on there was a scene where Travis and his friends watched a very gruesome video that you don’t want to read about (basically, it’s weird porn, but the dude dies at the end) and I’m just like…this makes me uncomfortable.
5. There was no description, only action, and when there was description it was either about drugs or what someone was wearing. Every time the author brought in a new girl, he described what she was wearing, and it was usually just because the MC thought that it was sexy.
6. The description of the book makes it seem like Travis REALLY wants to get out of his current life, but in reality, he only expresses discontent every now and then, until the end of the book.
7. There is basically no character development until about the last 100 pages (or less) of the book.
8. This is probably the most major point I have: The book is so sexist. Oh my god, guys, it’s bad. As I mentioned in point 5, there were so many times when girls were described by what they were wearing. There were multiple occasions when characters would talk about tag-teaming girls. The sex scenes were written in a way that would only seem attractive if you had no respect for girls, including a ton of weird fetish stuff that I won’t even go into. I am absolutely fine with sex in YA, but these scenes had no place in a YA novel. I am so against banning books based on content, but I truly don’t feel that young teens should read these scenes because nobody should think that sex is all about the man. And it’s not only the sex scenes that I took issue with. The main character is mad that his girlfriend dumps him after he goes months without speaking to her. Later he finds out that over that time, she had sex with his friend and got pregnant and had an abortion, and he acts like that’s this huge tragedy in his life and how could she betray him like this? It’s all very woe-is-me and it makes it clear that the MC is all about himself. The feminist in me is not happy.
ALL OF THAT SAID, I understand that the argument anybody who has read the book will come to me with is, “But Travis changed at the end. He turned himself in for the thing in Hawaii.” And I will look you straight in the eye and say that it was too little too late. By the end of the book, I was so tired of reading it that I didn’t care what happened, I just wanted it to be over, and the ending does not seem realistic to me nor does it make up for all of the horrible crap that was included in the book.
So, basically, don’t read this book.
That’s all the energy I have in me for an angry review.
UPDATE: (finished)
So we know that old saying don’t judge a book by its cover, right?
God, isn’t that just a great cover?
Which is why I am SO ANGRY that this book sucks as much as it does. I’ve been wanting to read Exit Here because of its cover for the longest time and last week I found it at a low price, so I went for it. And that was a bad decision…in fact, I’m definitely thinking this is the worst book I have ever read, and I feel the need to dissuade anyone else from reading it.
I feel that before I start reviewing this I should post a disclaimer that I will never complain about a book’s content being strong. I feel like graphic content can help to strengthen a book in many cases, but not when the writing is bad. Plus, there’s more to take issue with in this book than just the writing. I’m just going to make this easier by using a list. Note that from here on out, there will be spoilers.
1. The ‘plot’—if we can call it a plot—wasn’t there until at least 150 pages in. I’m fine with buildup, but something, ANYTHING, could have been happening.
2. The main character isn’t likeable. In fact, he’s maybe the most annoying character I’ve ever read, due to the following reasons:
a. He’s selfish. I’ve never read a character that couldn’t care less about others as much as Travis. There’s tons of evidence for this. He lets his sister get into the same crap he’s into and later tells his parents that they should have done something about it sooner. Every time he has sex in the book, it’s all for his own pleasure, something I’ll go way more in-depth on later. And as if those ones weren’t bad enough, he was pretty sure that he had KILLED a girl, albeit not on purpose, and he just went on with his life.
b. He’s whiny. All of this stuff that happens to him is his fault, and he will blame it on others and get upset about it.
c. He’s very privileged, and he knows it, but he wrecks his life anyways. His dad has all of the money he needs to go to a good college and make a good life for himself, but all Travis cares about is getting high and getting laid.
I realize that none of this is exactly a flaw in the book, but suffice it to say that a book isn’t fun to read if I don’t like the main character even a little bit.
3. There are tons of racial and homophobic slurs. Everyone in the book is white unless proven otherwise, and the characters that aren’t white are stereotyped. And the word ‘faggot’ is thrown around quite a bit between characters.
4. Things that should never have made the final cut in the book did. There was a whole chapter dedicated to the main character…well, taking a dump. I don’t know why the author felt the need to include it, but he did, and it was very disgusting to read. In case you’re curious, here is a quote from the chapter: “My asshole opens and shit starts falling out of it so hard that the toilet water splashes against my butt.” Okay…what? Why? Also, later on there was a scene where Travis and his friends watched a very gruesome video that you don’t want to read about (basically, it’s weird porn, but the dude dies at the end) and I’m just like…this makes me uncomfortable.
5. There was no description, only action, and when there was description it was either about drugs or what someone was wearing. Every time the author brought in a new girl, he described what she was wearing, and it was usually just because the MC thought that it was sexy.
6. The description of the book makes it seem like Travis REALLY wants to get out of his current life, but in reality, he only expresses discontent every now and then, until the end of the book.
7. There is basically no character development until about the last 100 pages (or less) of the book.
8. This is probably the most major point I have: The book is so sexist. Oh my god, guys, it’s bad. As I mentioned in point 5, there were so many times when girls were described by what they were wearing. There were multiple occasions when characters would talk about tag-teaming girls. The sex scenes were written in a way that would only seem attractive if you had no respect for girls, including a ton of weird fetish stuff that I won’t even go into. I am absolutely fine with sex in YA, but these scenes had no place in a YA novel. I am so against banning books based on content, but I truly don’t feel that young teens should read these scenes because nobody should think that sex is all about the man. And it’s not only the sex scenes that I took issue with. The main character is mad that his girlfriend dumps him after he goes months without speaking to her. Later he finds out that over that time, she had sex with his friend and got pregnant and had an abortion, and he acts like that’s this huge tragedy in his life and how could she betray him like this? It’s all very woe-is-me and it makes it clear that the MC is all about himself. The feminist in me is not happy.
ALL OF THAT SAID, I understand that the argument anybody who has read the book will come to me with is, “But Travis changed at the end. He turned himself in for the thing in Hawaii.” And I will look you straight in the eye and say that it was too little too late. By the end of the book, I was so tired of reading it that I didn’t care what happened, I just wanted it to be over, and the ending does not seem realistic to me nor does it make up for all of the horrible crap that was included in the book.
So, basically, don’t read this book.
That’s all the energy I have in me for an angry review.
October 4, 2011
This Book is about this poor little rich white boy who wants to make a "Change" in his life and start over. So how does he show the reader this, you ask? He continues to party and drink and do drugs and have sex. Yep all the good stuff. And this goes on forever. Mind you, he's in college a time in your life where these things should be understandable and okay to do. Anyway this book is fulled with card board cut outs of what Jason Myers calls characters and scenes in the book that are there to "shock" the readers when really they probably something Jason Myers got off on. This book has an ending that is a total cop out and it's a ending I laughed to. Last this book is way to long even if you don't have a life you'll find yourself skipping pages to get to the point, all that happens is the main character has and does is: Party, Drink, Do Drugs, Have Sex, Complain and Complain some more about how much it sucks to be rich white boy and of course the ending D:. If you still want to read this book that I still feel to this day was a serious waste of my or anyone's time then fine but don't say I didn't warn you.
June 17, 2009
When I was reading this book, I was in an angsty kind of mood. I wanted to read something from YA fiction to fuel that feeling. I don't normally read things from the young adult section, but this book surprised me by being something very...enjoyable.
I think that there are a lot of YA books out there that have been fluffed up by people who want to be careful what they say to teenagers, they have been embellished until the story no longer resembles anything close to reality, or they are written by people who no longer remember what it was like to be a teenager, or at least have no clue what it is like to be a teenager within this decade. This book is one that shows the darkest side of the modern teenager. And I definitely know people who are like this. The characters complain about music taste and talk about "underground" bands. They do cocaine and pretend they are never going to suffer any consequences. They suffer over previous loves. They have promiscuous, thoughtless, demeaning sex. They do heartless things to others and laugh about it. Great book.
I think that there are a lot of YA books out there that have been fluffed up by people who want to be careful what they say to teenagers, they have been embellished until the story no longer resembles anything close to reality, or they are written by people who no longer remember what it was like to be a teenager, or at least have no clue what it is like to be a teenager within this decade. This book is one that shows the darkest side of the modern teenager. And I definitely know people who are like this. The characters complain about music taste and talk about "underground" bands. They do cocaine and pretend they are never going to suffer any consequences. They suffer over previous loves. They have promiscuous, thoughtless, demeaning sex. They do heartless things to others and laugh about it. Great book.
August 22, 2011
I have just joined this site, and I figured this book should be the first book I put a review in for.
Jason Myers is such a powerful writer! His material he gives is so raw and there's no skirting around the powerful and intense words that he puts on the page. "Exit Here" is one of my ultimate favorite books and everything written in it is so in your face and it hits you like a brick wall.
the character is simply mysterious in his own way, and he doesn't always do the right things but he has the best intentions. And the best thing about Jason's writing is that he puts you in their shoes and you feel either hatred, compassion, or both for whatever situation they're in.
It's so amazing to have a book that isn't about happy endings or anything mushy but it touches on real things that happen to real people. He's a down to earth writer and he tells about the more bad things in the world, and shows that not everything is happy and joyful but there are ugly things to be accounted for.
simply amazing and nothing less.
Jason Myers is such a powerful writer! His material he gives is so raw and there's no skirting around the powerful and intense words that he puts on the page. "Exit Here" is one of my ultimate favorite books and everything written in it is so in your face and it hits you like a brick wall.
the character is simply mysterious in his own way, and he doesn't always do the right things but he has the best intentions. And the best thing about Jason's writing is that he puts you in their shoes and you feel either hatred, compassion, or both for whatever situation they're in.
It's so amazing to have a book that isn't about happy endings or anything mushy but it touches on real things that happen to real people. He's a down to earth writer and he tells about the more bad things in the world, and shows that not everything is happy and joyful but there are ugly things to be accounted for.
simply amazing and nothing less.
January 8, 2011
Samantha Wise
Specific events & Plot : There is a nineteen year old boy named Travis Wayne who flunks out of college and goes back home. When Travis was thirteen him and his buddies started selling and smoking weed. Now one of his best friends Kyle is a coke dealer and all of them do coke and get drunk almost every night. When Travis gets home from college he starts partying , going out and getting messed up. He starts hanging out with his old friends Kyle, Michael, Claire and Emily. One night when they are all at a party Travis noticed that his ex girlfriend of five years is seeing somebody else. He wasn't to happy about that so he goes up to Laura's boyfriend and confronts him. They end up getting into a fight and Travis gets kicked out of the bar. Later on that night Travis keeps trying to get a hold of Laura but she ignores his phone calls. Around midnight Travis drives over to Laura's parents house. Laura comes out and Travis starts crying and telling her that he loves her and misses her. Instead of Laura talking to him she punches him in the face and tells him to leave, then goes back inside. Travis is really upset by this so after a couple of days of staying at home he goes out with Claire. They go out to bottoms up to have a couple of drinks, then they go back to Claire's. This what the night Travis started getting really bad off on coke. Travis' dad invites him out to lunch so they can have a talk about Travis getting back into college. His dad said that he had until the end of the week to apply for three colleges. While he was eating lunch with his dad he got a phone call from Laura and she asked him if he would like to hang out later on that night and he does. That night he takes her to the park where he took her virginity at when she was fifteen and they sit on the slide and talk. They talked about getting back together and for fourth of July Travis taking Laura to his parent's cabin. When Travis drops Laura off at home he drives by Kyle’s. While they were all sitting around talking Travis tells Kyle how he is taking Laura to his parent's cabin and for some reason none of Travis' friends don't want him hanging out with Laura, but he doesn’t care. The weekend of fourth of July they go to the cabin, he takes her out to eat, to the beach and they have a good time. When they get back from the cabin they hear that Emily and two kids got killed because Kyle was mixing alcohol and drugs. Kyle and Emily were on there way home when Kyle blacked out and ran into the side of a house killing Emily and two kids. Kyle got arrested and was charged with murder. When Travis went and hung out with Michael they got to talking. Michael and Travis were talking about Cliff and how he is strung out on heroine. Then Michael told Travis that while he was in Arizona and Hawaii when Cliff asked to borrow three hundred dollars it was to pay for Laura's abortion. This really gets Travis mad so he goes up to Laura's work and cusses her out. He calls Claire and ask her if she would like to go to dinner so they can talk about everything that has been going on. Later that night when Travis went back to Claire's he told her that while he was in Hawaii he met a girl and they started talking. One night when they were hanging out they mixed drugs and alcohol. That night him and the girl went to the girl's house and they had sex. The next morning when he woke up she was dead and he thought that he killed her but he wasn't sure because he could not remember the night before. Instead of calling the police he just left. Claire got mad at him and told him that he needs to turn himself in that her family should know who was with their daughter before she died. Then she kicked him out of her house. The next day Travis decided to go back to Hawaii and turn his self in. He was leaving in three days. The day before he was going to leave for Hawaii he got a call from Cliff. Cliff asked him to come to the hotel to help him at first Travis didn't want to but he gave into him but he did. When Travis gets to the hotel he goes into room nine. All the lights are out because it is a abandoned hotel. When he goes inside cliff ask him not to freak out when he turns the light on so he agrees. Cliff turns the lights on and Travis sees all this blood and wounds on cliff. Then Cliff asked Travis to walk in the bathroom, when he does he sees Katie in the bathtub dead. Cliff wanted Travis to help him move the body but he wouldn't. Travis left and before he got in his car he heard the sound of a gun and then there was no more Cliff. The next day Travis leaves to go to Hawaii. When he gets there he goes to the police station. He finds out the girl overdosed in her sleep, but he still gets charged for not reporting her death. At the end of the book Travis goes to prison for eighteen months.
Setting: The setting takes place in a rich neighborhood. The houses are all at least two story’s , with huge yards and a pool in the backyard. Everybody drives really expensive cars, like Cadillacs and Bentleys. The adults are very successful. They're lawyers , doctors & mayors. Then you have the teenagers that are all strung out on drugs walking around or having really junky cars.
Characters: The main character is Travis, who is home for the summer and starts doing drugs and drinking. Cliff , was Travis' best friend when they were growing up but now he is really bad on heroine. Kyle, is the dealer until he kills Emily and two kids. Michael, is in a band he becomes really good friends with Travis in the book. Laura, is Travis' ex , who Travis is in love with but she completely screws him over. Emily, is Kyle’s girlfriend who gets killed in a car wreck. Claire, is Travis' best girl friend who helps Travis out a lot in the book.
Conflict: The conflict in the book is Travis wants to get off drugs and go somewhere in life but he doesn’t know how to. It seems that every time he goes to quit drugs and start looking for colleges something comes up along the way. For example he was doing really good when him and Laura were talking again but when he found out about the abortion everything went back down hill. He started doing drugs once again because when something goes wrong he goes to drugs to fix all of his problems. The thing is he doesn't realize that drugs doesn't take your problems away permanently but just for the time of your high.
Resolution: Travis' dad tells Travis he has a week to apply for three colleges or he is taking everything from Travis. His car, and all the money they just hand over to him. Also Claire talked him into turning his self in. So Travis goes to Hawaii turns his self in and now he is in jail. Which means he won't be doing no drugs and it'll help him quit. When he gets out he can go to college and become something in life.
Specific events & Plot : There is a nineteen year old boy named Travis Wayne who flunks out of college and goes back home. When Travis was thirteen him and his buddies started selling and smoking weed. Now one of his best friends Kyle is a coke dealer and all of them do coke and get drunk almost every night. When Travis gets home from college he starts partying , going out and getting messed up. He starts hanging out with his old friends Kyle, Michael, Claire and Emily. One night when they are all at a party Travis noticed that his ex girlfriend of five years is seeing somebody else. He wasn't to happy about that so he goes up to Laura's boyfriend and confronts him. They end up getting into a fight and Travis gets kicked out of the bar. Later on that night Travis keeps trying to get a hold of Laura but she ignores his phone calls. Around midnight Travis drives over to Laura's parents house. Laura comes out and Travis starts crying and telling her that he loves her and misses her. Instead of Laura talking to him she punches him in the face and tells him to leave, then goes back inside. Travis is really upset by this so after a couple of days of staying at home he goes out with Claire. They go out to bottoms up to have a couple of drinks, then they go back to Claire's. This what the night Travis started getting really bad off on coke. Travis' dad invites him out to lunch so they can have a talk about Travis getting back into college. His dad said that he had until the end of the week to apply for three colleges. While he was eating lunch with his dad he got a phone call from Laura and she asked him if he would like to hang out later on that night and he does. That night he takes her to the park where he took her virginity at when she was fifteen and they sit on the slide and talk. They talked about getting back together and for fourth of July Travis taking Laura to his parent's cabin. When Travis drops Laura off at home he drives by Kyle’s. While they were all sitting around talking Travis tells Kyle how he is taking Laura to his parent's cabin and for some reason none of Travis' friends don't want him hanging out with Laura, but he doesn’t care. The weekend of fourth of July they go to the cabin, he takes her out to eat, to the beach and they have a good time. When they get back from the cabin they hear that Emily and two kids got killed because Kyle was mixing alcohol and drugs. Kyle and Emily were on there way home when Kyle blacked out and ran into the side of a house killing Emily and two kids. Kyle got arrested and was charged with murder. When Travis went and hung out with Michael they got to talking. Michael and Travis were talking about Cliff and how he is strung out on heroine. Then Michael told Travis that while he was in Arizona and Hawaii when Cliff asked to borrow three hundred dollars it was to pay for Laura's abortion. This really gets Travis mad so he goes up to Laura's work and cusses her out. He calls Claire and ask her if she would like to go to dinner so they can talk about everything that has been going on. Later that night when Travis went back to Claire's he told her that while he was in Hawaii he met a girl and they started talking. One night when they were hanging out they mixed drugs and alcohol. That night him and the girl went to the girl's house and they had sex. The next morning when he woke up she was dead and he thought that he killed her but he wasn't sure because he could not remember the night before. Instead of calling the police he just left. Claire got mad at him and told him that he needs to turn himself in that her family should know who was with their daughter before she died. Then she kicked him out of her house. The next day Travis decided to go back to Hawaii and turn his self in. He was leaving in three days. The day before he was going to leave for Hawaii he got a call from Cliff. Cliff asked him to come to the hotel to help him at first Travis didn't want to but he gave into him but he did. When Travis gets to the hotel he goes into room nine. All the lights are out because it is a abandoned hotel. When he goes inside cliff ask him not to freak out when he turns the light on so he agrees. Cliff turns the lights on and Travis sees all this blood and wounds on cliff. Then Cliff asked Travis to walk in the bathroom, when he does he sees Katie in the bathtub dead. Cliff wanted Travis to help him move the body but he wouldn't. Travis left and before he got in his car he heard the sound of a gun and then there was no more Cliff. The next day Travis leaves to go to Hawaii. When he gets there he goes to the police station. He finds out the girl overdosed in her sleep, but he still gets charged for not reporting her death. At the end of the book Travis goes to prison for eighteen months.
Setting: The setting takes place in a rich neighborhood. The houses are all at least two story’s , with huge yards and a pool in the backyard. Everybody drives really expensive cars, like Cadillacs and Bentleys. The adults are very successful. They're lawyers , doctors & mayors. Then you have the teenagers that are all strung out on drugs walking around or having really junky cars.
Characters: The main character is Travis, who is home for the summer and starts doing drugs and drinking. Cliff , was Travis' best friend when they were growing up but now he is really bad on heroine. Kyle, is the dealer until he kills Emily and two kids. Michael, is in a band he becomes really good friends with Travis in the book. Laura, is Travis' ex , who Travis is in love with but she completely screws him over. Emily, is Kyle’s girlfriend who gets killed in a car wreck. Claire, is Travis' best girl friend who helps Travis out a lot in the book.
Conflict: The conflict in the book is Travis wants to get off drugs and go somewhere in life but he doesn’t know how to. It seems that every time he goes to quit drugs and start looking for colleges something comes up along the way. For example he was doing really good when him and Laura were talking again but when he found out about the abortion everything went back down hill. He started doing drugs once again because when something goes wrong he goes to drugs to fix all of his problems. The thing is he doesn't realize that drugs doesn't take your problems away permanently but just for the time of your high.
Resolution: Travis' dad tells Travis he has a week to apply for three colleges or he is taking everything from Travis. His car, and all the money they just hand over to him. Also Claire talked him into turning his self in. So Travis goes to Hawaii turns his self in and now he is in jail. Which means he won't be doing no drugs and it'll help him quit. When he gets out he can go to college and become something in life.
July 3, 2013
"I lean closer to her, planting my hands above her shoulders, and we rub the tips of our tongues together. 'Spit in my mouth,' she says. I draw a glob of saliva to the front of my mouth and drop it into hers. 'Awesome,' she swallows." Ah, young love...
God, am I glad to have finished this book. This is probably one of the top five worst books I've ever read...I don't think I've ever rated a book one star before! When I read the author's note I learned that Exit Here is his first book - and you know, I suppose it's understandable that an author's first book isn't that great. But dear God! This is a longer book, around 450 pages, and there was little to no character development at all until the last fifty pages or so. The plot was so frustratingly redundant - let's have sex with a bunch of girls, snort line after line of cocaine, get drunk, and listen to music, and then do it all over again for the next 400 pages!
The protagonist and narrator, Travis, is an asshole. This is partly because of the writing - I don't feel like I learned anything about his actual personality. All I know is that he's addicted to drugs and wants his girlfriend back. Also, there were one or two occasions where his friends are literally like, "hey, remember that one time we gang-raped that unconscious girl when we were thirteen years old?" I'M NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING, that is an actual thing that these characters did. And if that wasn't enough to enrage me, neither the protagonist nor his friend showed any sign of remorse about it. It was just like "Haha, yeah, those were the days, huh?" Are you kidding me?! Because of things like that, I couldn't even bring myself to feel bad for Travis when something bad happened to him.
There were also a few things about the writing that annoyed me. Every time there was a break in a conversation, the author felt the need to emphasize this by saying "Pause." This happened on just about every single page. It got irritating after a while, and I feel like this book could have been at least twenty pages shorter if you just took out all the "pauses." For some reason the author also decided not to use quotation marks whenever Travis spoke. This made it confusing because sometimes it was hard to tell whether the character was speaking out loud or just thinking.
So, if you enjoy books that lack character development and a decent plot, boy, have I got a read for you! If you're like me and enjoy dynamic characters and good writing, then I'd pass on this one.
God, am I glad to have finished this book. This is probably one of the top five worst books I've ever read...I don't think I've ever rated a book one star before! When I read the author's note I learned that Exit Here is his first book - and you know, I suppose it's understandable that an author's first book isn't that great. But dear God! This is a longer book, around 450 pages, and there was little to no character development at all until the last fifty pages or so. The plot was so frustratingly redundant - let's have sex with a bunch of girls, snort line after line of cocaine, get drunk, and listen to music, and then do it all over again for the next 400 pages!
The protagonist and narrator, Travis, is an asshole. This is partly because of the writing - I don't feel like I learned anything about his actual personality. All I know is that he's addicted to drugs and wants his girlfriend back. Also, there were one or two occasions where his friends are literally like, "hey, remember that one time we gang-raped that unconscious girl when we were thirteen years old?" I'M NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING, that is an actual thing that these characters did. And if that wasn't enough to enrage me, neither the protagonist nor his friend showed any sign of remorse about it. It was just like "Haha, yeah, those were the days, huh?" Are you kidding me?! Because of things like that, I couldn't even bring myself to feel bad for Travis when something bad happened to him.
There were also a few things about the writing that annoyed me. Every time there was a break in a conversation, the author felt the need to emphasize this by saying "Pause." This happened on just about every single page. It got irritating after a while, and I feel like this book could have been at least twenty pages shorter if you just took out all the "pauses." For some reason the author also decided not to use quotation marks whenever Travis spoke. This made it confusing because sometimes it was hard to tell whether the character was speaking out loud or just thinking.
So, if you enjoy books that lack character development and a decent plot, boy, have I got a read for you! If you're like me and enjoy dynamic characters and good writing, then I'd pass on this one.
November 5, 2010
This review box only asks me what I think, not of a fully-written critique. So I'm just going to say what I think. This book blew my mind.
Every time I read it I pick up something new. Myers's writing style is brilliant. When I read it, I don't picture the book being by written by some older guy thinking back on his life as a young man and writing it from the older man's perspective. Rarely when I read a book do I forget the author exists. This book made me forget that Travis Wayne doesn't actually exist. As far as I've been concerned, he might as well be real and still in Hawaii like he is at the end of the novel.
Throughout the story, we see Travis Wayne, a lazy slug of a druggie, evolve from a trainwreck to a train pulling itself back onto the tracks, what with the way he admits to what he did in Hawaii. During the story, Travis's voice is audible. You can hear him when he thinks about his ex-girlfriend Laura, his best girl-friend Claire and how beautiful she is, how he feels when he gets high and what's going through his mind right before Cliff kills himself. Honestly, I forgot an author that wasn't Travis Wayne wrote this story.
Acutely tuned facts, sub-plots, twists, and tie-ins all lie within this novel. There is so much to see in here, so much to appreciate. The writer's voice and the style of the story itself is realistic. You can hear it as the story told by some average nineteen-year-old guy. This book is a win. Why more people haven't read this, I don't understand. It's such a beautiful story. I've read it numerous times and love it more each time. I had my friend read it and the day after he finished it he returned me my copy and expressed just how screwed-up it made him feel. He was blown away. He was captivated and fell deep into Travis's character, inhaled every line of blow and tasted every pull of JD. I did, too.
Some people say that they hated the book because of the copious amounts of foul language, sexual content, and drug content. At first I wasn't to sure about it either. I looked at it subjectively and yes, it's a mildly disturbing book. But objectively, the qualities are admirable. I learned so much from reading this book, not only about the lifestyle that Travis lives and how very real it can be, but about myself. I learned so many lessons from this book. These are lessons that nothing else taught me because they weren't all-out ballsy enough to teach me. This book was crude to the core. It is amazing.
Fantastic read.
Every time I read it I pick up something new. Myers's writing style is brilliant. When I read it, I don't picture the book being by written by some older guy thinking back on his life as a young man and writing it from the older man's perspective. Rarely when I read a book do I forget the author exists. This book made me forget that Travis Wayne doesn't actually exist. As far as I've been concerned, he might as well be real and still in Hawaii like he is at the end of the novel.
Throughout the story, we see Travis Wayne, a lazy slug of a druggie, evolve from a trainwreck to a train pulling itself back onto the tracks, what with the way he admits to what he did in Hawaii. During the story, Travis's voice is audible. You can hear him when he thinks about his ex-girlfriend Laura, his best girl-friend Claire and how beautiful she is, how he feels when he gets high and what's going through his mind right before Cliff kills himself. Honestly, I forgot an author that wasn't Travis Wayne wrote this story.
Acutely tuned facts, sub-plots, twists, and tie-ins all lie within this novel. There is so much to see in here, so much to appreciate. The writer's voice and the style of the story itself is realistic. You can hear it as the story told by some average nineteen-year-old guy. This book is a win. Why more people haven't read this, I don't understand. It's such a beautiful story. I've read it numerous times and love it more each time. I had my friend read it and the day after he finished it he returned me my copy and expressed just how screwed-up it made him feel. He was blown away. He was captivated and fell deep into Travis's character, inhaled every line of blow and tasted every pull of JD. I did, too.
Some people say that they hated the book because of the copious amounts of foul language, sexual content, and drug content. At first I wasn't to sure about it either. I looked at it subjectively and yes, it's a mildly disturbing book. But objectively, the qualities are admirable. I learned so much from reading this book, not only about the lifestyle that Travis lives and how very real it can be, but about myself. I learned so many lessons from this book. These are lessons that nothing else taught me because they weren't all-out ballsy enough to teach me. This book was crude to the core. It is amazing.
Fantastic read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 13, 2012
Sex, drugs, and rock and roll—a few of the cornerstones of realistic young adult literature. Now throw in a good portion of porn, rape, murder and a cast of callus, delinquent (even criminal) characters that have no respect for themselves or others—yes, we are still talking about young adult fiction. All of these, and more, can be found in "Exit Here" (2007), by Jason Myers.
So what could possibly be the value of having a book like Exit Here on the young adult classroom or library shelf?
Myers tackles some of the traditional themes of the young adult novel: searching for self, redemption, learning right vs. wrong, the price of knowledge, and taking responsibility for ones actions. "Exit Here" is overly sensational, gritty, and probably would be improved by being whittled down by about 100 pages. But the scary, drugged-up, dangerous world that Myers creates is by default, sensational. The reader is lured into this scary world with the hope that something good will happen; that these characters will realize that tweaking on cocaine, date rape, violence and generally hating life has got to come to an end eventually, even if it comes at a costly price. Fortunately there are a few bright spots at the end of "Exit Here" but like in life, there is not always a happy ending for everyone. Isn’t that a good lesson, too?
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So what could possibly be the value of having a book like Exit Here on the young adult classroom or library shelf?
Myers tackles some of the traditional themes of the young adult novel: searching for self, redemption, learning right vs. wrong, the price of knowledge, and taking responsibility for ones actions. "Exit Here" is overly sensational, gritty, and probably would be improved by being whittled down by about 100 pages. But the scary, drugged-up, dangerous world that Myers creates is by default, sensational. The reader is lured into this scary world with the hope that something good will happen; that these characters will realize that tweaking on cocaine, date rape, violence and generally hating life has got to come to an end eventually, even if it comes at a costly price. Fortunately there are a few bright spots at the end of "Exit Here" but like in life, there is not always a happy ending for everyone. Isn’t that a good lesson, too?
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October 24, 2011
Exit Here by Jason Myers is a very good book. His imagination for this book is wonderful. The drugs, smoking, and alcohol are a daily routine for main character Travis Wayne. After high school in California, Travis went to college in Arizona but dropped out without telling his parents and took off for Hawaii. He did some bad things while he was there for about a week. When he came home, he thought things were going to be how they were before he left for college. Unfortunately things cannot be picked up where they were left off.
To me this book was very good. It had funny, sad, and happy parts to it. It makes me feel like I was actually there with Travis and apart of his world. The drama that revolved around him is nothing like the drama we face in our lives. I really think that Jason Myers has a way of describing a person, place, and thing so vividly. If Travis Wayne was a real person I think that I could be his friend because it would be very exciting to be in the drama, drugs, and alcohol. It is sort of like a movie in its own way. If someone is looking for a drama then this is a great young adult book. I would recommend this book to high school students because they would enjoy it.
To me this book was very good. It had funny, sad, and happy parts to it. It makes me feel like I was actually there with Travis and apart of his world. The drama that revolved around him is nothing like the drama we face in our lives. I really think that Jason Myers has a way of describing a person, place, and thing so vividly. If Travis Wayne was a real person I think that I could be his friend because it would be very exciting to be in the drama, drugs, and alcohol. It is sort of like a movie in its own way. If someone is looking for a drama then this is a great young adult book. I would recommend this book to high school students because they would enjoy it.
June 21, 2018
I can’t believe how bad this book was. Gross, misogynistic garbage. I don’t even know what to do with this book.
March 3, 2008
Travis goes to college and has a chance in life but after a trip to Hawaii he's life changes.He drops out of college and returns home.He does drugs and parties but after a while , he discovers that his ex is dating somebody else and that life is not like what it used to be.His friends have changed for the worst.Cliff is into some dirty business and his life is at risk.Chris's girlfriend is unfaithful to him but yet Travis can't say nothing.Travis's sister is doing drugs and partying with people half her age.His father pressure him to go to college and make something of his life. Travis wants his old life back but it's all changed. Travis wants Laura back so at least he will have a piece of his life back. what Travis doesn't know is that laura has some secrets to. Travis is sorry for leaving town but when kyle kills his girlfriend after partying real hard Travis makes a decision.he has to confront his fears of Hawaii and return to his past to fix his future.
September 25, 2009
The author tries so hard to make it edgy, it got annoying. He also tries to garner sympathy for the main character. Yeah right. Why should I feel bad for some spoiled rich little coke head with no sense of responsibility? It was awful. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for books with sex scenes and drug use, but it got annoying when every other moment they were getting high. *SPOILER* And it was especially annoying how the exact same thing happened to Kyle, Chris, and Travis.
July 29, 2022
If you're thinking of reading this book....
"Pause."
And reconsider.
"Pause."
And reconsider.
August 2, 2024
You know me--I don't like to shit on books. And I tend to DNF them if they are THAT bad. But I needed a book to take to the beach that I was okay with possibly getting wet or destroyed, so this became my only option. All I can say is that I will be attempting to donate this POS or giving it away or trying to sell it because damn... From the subpar writing. To the shitty plot. I can't... I am trying to give it the benefit of the doubt because it's *technically* a true story but I could care less. Nothing can save it. I hate it. And I have no idea how this book was so popular when I was younger. No thank you. I choose life. Bring me back my romantasy please...
August 17, 2024
I read the first 160 pages and when it became obvious it wasn't going to progress quickly, I skipped to page 400 and skimmed the rest.
I still got all the answers and understood the ending, so this book just has a LOT of filler that obviously wasn't needed 🥴 while I could enjoy the story the writing style just wasn't for me.
I still got all the answers and understood the ending, so this book just has a LOT of filler that obviously wasn't needed 🥴 while I could enjoy the story the writing style just wasn't for me.
June 29, 2025
picked it up at the thrift and had low hopes, but I actually really liked it. The voice is strong and distinct. Contemporary authors sometimes think about their syntax too much, which can detract from the realism. Totally not the case here. It doesn’t feel 100% polished, but that actually adds to the overall effect. Great dialogue, great event flow, great pop culture refs. I genuinely had no idea what to expect the entire time. Solid.
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October 16, 2017This is a big fat no. The book is written poorly and the characters are annoying. I can't subject myself to this drivel anymore, I cannot finish this book.
June 2, 2020
So I didn’t necessarily dislike this book. Honestly I had to stop myself from giving it 2 stars. When I finished it, I was glad. Not because the book was bad, but the subject matter was just too much for me. I think if I had read it earlier in my life or at some other time, I would’ve enjoyed it more. A lot of it— the drugs, the alcohol, the sexual and domestic abuse, the violence— it made me nauseous. The book is well written, but I think most of it is written for the shock factor. There really wasn’t much of a plot, although I don’t always mind that, but for this book, it seemed like the author just did what he could to include absolutely everything — again, it was all drugs and sex and toxic relationships. Sure, some of that is good, but it was just too much.
June 10, 2009
Travis is your average cool kid who has it all going for him – tons of drugs, rad friends, an amazing girlfriend and rich parents. Not to mention his “Johnny Depp” good looks. However, after returning from a year in school and a particularly nasty trip in Hawaii, things aren’t the same for Trav. His friends notice, his family notices and Travis can tell as well. As he tries to put his former life back together he realizes that maybe it wasn’t ever together in the first place.
I liked this book a lot. Almost as addicting as the coke so frequently talked about in this novel, Myer’s writing style was very interesting. I liked the way Travis used no quotation marks in the novel. It made this book unique for me. I also enjoyed the bits and pieces thrown in from his infamous night in Hawaii through the story. It kept the readers interest on multiple things at once. The story itself was plausible enough to be entertaining and some of the descriptions were laugh out loud funny. Travis is a pretty depressing character, but the story itself is depressingly beautiful as it revolves around the central statements, “This is not a love story. There are no happy endings.”
At other times, this book got on my nerves. Ok, so I know it may be “realistic” or what not but the majority of the people in this novel are wasted/high for the majority of the time. They are always doing drugs and drinking. It’s really sad and annoying. Another thing is for some reason the author felt the need to name drop? Like, was this a promotion novel for American Apparel and a bunch of misc. bands? Because they are referred to specifically through this book numerous times. It is just plain irritating. Which I guess is the right word for this novel – genius at some points and irritating at others. Myers is definitely a talented writer, and I am not here to dispute that. He creates an extremely versatile character in Travis, a character being bombarded with some of the toughest times of his life. He is able to create this intriguing tale that changes throughout the course of the book with the same basic theme running along underneath, which is hard to do in books that use drugs and pop culture to draw readers in.
I would recommend it to mature teens and early adults. It definitely does not glamorize the drug/party lifestyle, as nothing good ever comes as a result of getting high, but it still deals with these issues frankly and graphically. If you have issues with vulgar language, sexually explicit conduct or drug usage, get as far away from this book as possible. If you are searching for a real-life look into the trying life of a spiritually lost teen drug addict, this is for you.
I liked this book a lot. Almost as addicting as the coke so frequently talked about in this novel, Myer’s writing style was very interesting. I liked the way Travis used no quotation marks in the novel. It made this book unique for me. I also enjoyed the bits and pieces thrown in from his infamous night in Hawaii through the story. It kept the readers interest on multiple things at once. The story itself was plausible enough to be entertaining and some of the descriptions were laugh out loud funny. Travis is a pretty depressing character, but the story itself is depressingly beautiful as it revolves around the central statements, “This is not a love story. There are no happy endings.”
At other times, this book got on my nerves. Ok, so I know it may be “realistic” or what not but the majority of the people in this novel are wasted/high for the majority of the time. They are always doing drugs and drinking. It’s really sad and annoying. Another thing is for some reason the author felt the need to name drop? Like, was this a promotion novel for American Apparel and a bunch of misc. bands? Because they are referred to specifically through this book numerous times. It is just plain irritating. Which I guess is the right word for this novel – genius at some points and irritating at others. Myers is definitely a talented writer, and I am not here to dispute that. He creates an extremely versatile character in Travis, a character being bombarded with some of the toughest times of his life. He is able to create this intriguing tale that changes throughout the course of the book with the same basic theme running along underneath, which is hard to do in books that use drugs and pop culture to draw readers in.
I would recommend it to mature teens and early adults. It definitely does not glamorize the drug/party lifestyle, as nothing good ever comes as a result of getting high, but it still deals with these issues frankly and graphically. If you have issues with vulgar language, sexually explicit conduct or drug usage, get as far away from this book as possible. If you are searching for a real-life look into the trying life of a spiritually lost teen drug addict, this is for you.
June 1, 2012
This book is told in 1st person by Travis (the main character). Exit Here about a 19 year old boy named Travis Wayne. Travis is caught up in a lot of drugs, alcohol, he doesn’t work, and he just dropped out of college. He has nothing going for him in his life at all when he comes home from Hawaii. Before he left after Senior Year of HighSchool, he was the popular kid that had the highest reputation (which wasn't always good.) Everyone and anyone knew who Travis Wayne was. His father had Travis's whole college life planned out for him but Travis wasn't for it. When Travis comes home from Hawaii, he falls back into his terrible habits of drugs and etc. But when he sees his ex girlfriend, Laura. He wants to change his whole world just to get her back. Laura is over Travis and how he mistreated her when he left to Hawaii. But you can obviously tell through out the book that Travis isn't.
I haven't finished the book yet but so far it is a really good book. At some points it even makes me depressed a little because Travis falls and hits "rock bottom" when he returns home and everyone just tells him that he looks terrible which makes him mad so he keeps doing drugs and partying and being depressed about Laura. I’m at the middle to the end part of the book right now and Travis & Laura are finally back together and they are as happy as ever. They have a great time with each other when Travis takes Laura to his parent’s cabin for the weekend to get away from all the drama that just happened to days before.
Travis’s friend and his friends girlfriend Emily were all jacked up on heroine and Travis’s friend was driving with Emily when they crashed into a house which killed two little boys inside the house and Emily. Travis and Laura couldn’t handle watching one of they’re friends be carried away, laying dead on a stretcher and the other friend being carried away bloody in a cop car. (I don’t want to tell you the rest because it will spoil most of the book)
I would rate this book a 9 out of 10 because at some points it gets a little boring because the author puts a little bit too much detail in it that isn't really needed, but overall the author has done a great job with putting Travis's thoughts and what he actually says into context.
This book is definitely recommended for 14+ year olds because it talks a lot about drugs, alcohol, sex and partying which for younger people, would probably influence them to do. But I think that the maturity level of some 14+ year old are good enough to handle reading this.
I haven't finished the book yet but so far it is a really good book. At some points it even makes me depressed a little because Travis falls and hits "rock bottom" when he returns home and everyone just tells him that he looks terrible which makes him mad so he keeps doing drugs and partying and being depressed about Laura. I’m at the middle to the end part of the book right now and Travis & Laura are finally back together and they are as happy as ever. They have a great time with each other when Travis takes Laura to his parent’s cabin for the weekend to get away from all the drama that just happened to days before.
Travis’s friend and his friends girlfriend Emily were all jacked up on heroine and Travis’s friend was driving with Emily when they crashed into a house which killed two little boys inside the house and Emily. Travis and Laura couldn’t handle watching one of they’re friends be carried away, laying dead on a stretcher and the other friend being carried away bloody in a cop car. (I don’t want to tell you the rest because it will spoil most of the book)
I would rate this book a 9 out of 10 because at some points it gets a little boring because the author puts a little bit too much detail in it that isn't really needed, but overall the author has done a great job with putting Travis's thoughts and what he actually says into context.
This book is definitely recommended for 14+ year olds because it talks a lot about drugs, alcohol, sex and partying which for younger people, would probably influence them to do. But I think that the maturity level of some 14+ year old are good enough to handle reading this.
March 30, 2011
Imagine you are returning to your hometown and nothing is the same. Your future seems bleek, your boyfriend or girlfriend of 5 years now has a new relationship. All of your best friends have gone off the deep end, including yourself. Drugs are the only thing there is to turn to. Your parents don't trust nor like you and they keep pushing for things that just aren't possible. Maybe this doesn't seem too bad just yet, but it gets a whole lot worse.
In the novel Exit Here by Jason Meyers, Travis, a college drop-out, encounters all of these issues. He's fighting his old self while trying to become a new person. The drugs, the girls, the life he lived before he went away, all seem so perfect back than. But now, he realizes that his life is in ruins.
Travis' ex-girlfriend Laura doesn't seem to be in love with Travis anymore and wants nothing to do with him, when she is all he wants. He wants to know that there is something there, something in his life to live for. Also, Travis used to be the most popular and best looking guy in town, but not anymre everyone has lost all respect for him and doesn't see him to be all that great anymore. Travis' best firend, Cliff, used to come to him for everything. But towards the ending of the book travis gives up on Cliff and leaves him to fend for himself, which leads Cliff down a disaterous road. Ever since his trip to Hawaii everything has changed for Travis. He has no idea what he is in for and neither does the reader. As Travis tries to fix up his life, his father is there trying to push travis over his limits and is not supporting nor listening to what Travis has to say. With no where to turn to Travis makes many rediculous and life-changing decisions. Many secrets will be revealed in what seems to be Travis' perfect hometown.
I would reccomend this book for anyone and everyone! It is such an action-filled and touching story that almost anyone could connect and feels as if they are really in Travis' shoes. Meyers does an excellent job writing and illistrating how messy life can truely get. It makes you realizes how great life really is. Also if I had to pick one group in specific that this book could touch and connect to, I woulld pick teenagers. This is a great book.
All Travis wants to do is peice his life back together,but for him it seems as if none of the peices fit. Has everything changed, or has he?
In the novel Exit Here by Jason Meyers, Travis, a college drop-out, encounters all of these issues. He's fighting his old self while trying to become a new person. The drugs, the girls, the life he lived before he went away, all seem so perfect back than. But now, he realizes that his life is in ruins.
Travis' ex-girlfriend Laura doesn't seem to be in love with Travis anymore and wants nothing to do with him, when she is all he wants. He wants to know that there is something there, something in his life to live for. Also, Travis used to be the most popular and best looking guy in town, but not anymre everyone has lost all respect for him and doesn't see him to be all that great anymore. Travis' best firend, Cliff, used to come to him for everything. But towards the ending of the book travis gives up on Cliff and leaves him to fend for himself, which leads Cliff down a disaterous road. Ever since his trip to Hawaii everything has changed for Travis. He has no idea what he is in for and neither does the reader. As Travis tries to fix up his life, his father is there trying to push travis over his limits and is not supporting nor listening to what Travis has to say. With no where to turn to Travis makes many rediculous and life-changing decisions. Many secrets will be revealed in what seems to be Travis' perfect hometown.
I would reccomend this book for anyone and everyone! It is such an action-filled and touching story that almost anyone could connect and feels as if they are really in Travis' shoes. Meyers does an excellent job writing and illistrating how messy life can truely get. It makes you realizes how great life really is. Also if I had to pick one group in specific that this book could touch and connect to, I woulld pick teenagers. This is a great book.
All Travis wants to do is peice his life back together,but for him it seems as if none of the peices fit. Has everything changed, or has he?
October 12, 2016
Authors Writing: When Jason Myers wrote this book, it was his first book. You could only imagine how nervous he was to release it but also excited at the same time. He has a way with words. By that I mean, everything he says is powerful. He makes the characters bounce in and out of emotions which makes it interesting therefore you gotta read more. He has written five novels in total and lives in San Francisco, California.
The time period of this book is present. Throughout the whole book it doesn't like go back in time or do any flashbacks. It's in the present.
The setting of this book starts with him coming back from Hawaii. Hawaii is kind of like a dark spot for him because that's when he realized he had messed up and he moves back. When he moves back he starts to think about this girl he used to date in Arizona.
Travis is the main character and for him there is a lot of changing. He's stuck in the middle of being good or being bad. He has a past of doing drugs and partying and acting stupid. Then he comes back home and he smokes marijuana occasionally and took some kind of pill that knocked him out. But he's trying to find himself and right his wrongs through the whole book.
The theme of this book, to me would be you deal the hand you're dealt. Travis, the main character had a rough past which in turn, made him have a rough future. He did drugs and abused them and sexually abused women. So now he's stuck with trying to fix everything because he feels bad and finally comes to his senses.
The plot summary of this book is, a man gets lost in the addiction of drugs and alcohol and women and doesn't realize what it's doing to him until it's too late. He has this really tough past of doing drugs like cocaine and marijuana and abusing women. Once he comes back to try and fix everything it seems as it's too late.
There was irony in this book because Travis thought he had everything under control until he goes to make up with everyone and they don't want to. There was also foreshadowing in this book because he says he's trying to find himself and make up with everyone and you can pretty much guess that it's gonna be hard to get them to accept his apologies.
“Sometimes not telling people anything is a good thing.” - Travis.
“It's weird. I never knew how much I had to hate about myself until I had the time to think about it.”-Travis
“I saw your truth and I wanted you to stay,
And for the first time ever, I found comfort.”-Laura
The time period of this book is present. Throughout the whole book it doesn't like go back in time or do any flashbacks. It's in the present.
The setting of this book starts with him coming back from Hawaii. Hawaii is kind of like a dark spot for him because that's when he realized he had messed up and he moves back. When he moves back he starts to think about this girl he used to date in Arizona.
Travis is the main character and for him there is a lot of changing. He's stuck in the middle of being good or being bad. He has a past of doing drugs and partying and acting stupid. Then he comes back home and he smokes marijuana occasionally and took some kind of pill that knocked him out. But he's trying to find himself and right his wrongs through the whole book.
The theme of this book, to me would be you deal the hand you're dealt. Travis, the main character had a rough past which in turn, made him have a rough future. He did drugs and abused them and sexually abused women. So now he's stuck with trying to fix everything because he feels bad and finally comes to his senses.
The plot summary of this book is, a man gets lost in the addiction of drugs and alcohol and women and doesn't realize what it's doing to him until it's too late. He has this really tough past of doing drugs like cocaine and marijuana and abusing women. Once he comes back to try and fix everything it seems as it's too late.
There was irony in this book because Travis thought he had everything under control until he goes to make up with everyone and they don't want to. There was also foreshadowing in this book because he says he's trying to find himself and make up with everyone and you can pretty much guess that it's gonna be hard to get them to accept his apologies.
“Sometimes not telling people anything is a good thing.” - Travis.
“It's weird. I never knew how much I had to hate about myself until I had the time to think about it.”-Travis
“I saw your truth and I wanted you to stay,
And for the first time ever, I found comfort.”-Laura
September 19, 2014
Personal Response:
This is one of the most enticing books I have ever read. The dialogue grabs you by the throat, and the anticipation of what is coming keeps you reading. I related with Travis very much and I took many life lessons out of this book. The reality of the book really hit me hard, and it made me think how easily something so bad can happen to such good people.
Plot:
"Exit Here." is a story about Travis Wayne and the wrong path he took in his earlier life. He is since trying to get out of that rut and win back his girlfriend. The story starts with him returning from Hawaii, dropping out of college, and having his father trail his every footstep to get him back on the right path. Towards the end, Travis realizes what he has to do, and he makes a decision that will forever change his life.
Setting:
The setting had a lot to do with how Travis felt. Seeing the buildings and businesses his father owned would disgust him. The dark, gloominess of the city reflected Travis’ personality. The park he grew up at symbolized hope and new beginnings. Today’s problem with drug abusing also played a very important role in this story, being set in a modern day time period.
Thematic Connection:
The way Travis constantly encounters what he does in the book has taught me that even though you’re going to make mistakes, the most righteous thing to do is to deal with the repercussion, and eventually forgiveness will come. It also showed me not to ever live in the past. It’s wrong to fight for what’s gone and dwell on what is missed, but to be hopeful for the future and what it beholds. Travis is constantly fighting for what he has already lost before he even left for Hawaii, and now that he’s back he’s searching for happiness in all the wrong places.
Recommendation:
This novel is certainly not suitable for younger readers. The book is crammed with foul language, abusing illegal substances, sexual encounters, and an inhalation of a large quantity of cigarettes. I don’t believe this book has a specific “gender” to it; I believe anyone could really love this book. To anybody that can handle mature situations, I strongly urge you to try this book.
This is one of the most enticing books I have ever read. The dialogue grabs you by the throat, and the anticipation of what is coming keeps you reading. I related with Travis very much and I took many life lessons out of this book. The reality of the book really hit me hard, and it made me think how easily something so bad can happen to such good people.
Plot:
"Exit Here." is a story about Travis Wayne and the wrong path he took in his earlier life. He is since trying to get out of that rut and win back his girlfriend. The story starts with him returning from Hawaii, dropping out of college, and having his father trail his every footstep to get him back on the right path. Towards the end, Travis realizes what he has to do, and he makes a decision that will forever change his life.
Setting:
The setting had a lot to do with how Travis felt. Seeing the buildings and businesses his father owned would disgust him. The dark, gloominess of the city reflected Travis’ personality. The park he grew up at symbolized hope and new beginnings. Today’s problem with drug abusing also played a very important role in this story, being set in a modern day time period.
Thematic Connection:
The way Travis constantly encounters what he does in the book has taught me that even though you’re going to make mistakes, the most righteous thing to do is to deal with the repercussion, and eventually forgiveness will come. It also showed me not to ever live in the past. It’s wrong to fight for what’s gone and dwell on what is missed, but to be hopeful for the future and what it beholds. Travis is constantly fighting for what he has already lost before he even left for Hawaii, and now that he’s back he’s searching for happiness in all the wrong places.
Recommendation:
This novel is certainly not suitable for younger readers. The book is crammed with foul language, abusing illegal substances, sexual encounters, and an inhalation of a large quantity of cigarettes. I don’t believe this book has a specific “gender” to it; I believe anyone could really love this book. To anybody that can handle mature situations, I strongly urge you to try this book.
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May 25, 2011The reason that I kept reading the book was because, to me it was very interseting and something that caught my attention because some of the things it talks about in the book also can relate to my own life and the things that I have seen go on around my friends and at parties. My favorite character had to be the main character, Travis. The reason that he was my favorite character probably was because out of everybody in the book he seemed to have things more in control in his life then most of the people it talked about in the book. Another reason that I chose him was because it talked more about his life because it was in his perspective so I got to learn more about him than any of the other people in the book. My least favorite character was Cliff, the reason that he is my least favorite character is because I personally think that he is a little crazy and doesn’t have his life in check. Another reason he was my least favorite character was also because he was really self-centered and didn’t care fpr anybody but himself and he was also treated people with disrespect. The type of person I would recommend this book to is more of teenagers that are 16 and older because it has a lot of cussing and a lot of mature content in it that wouldn’t be appropriate to people younger than that age. I also don’t really think that older adults would like this book because of the things that go on in it, they wouldn’t really think that it is appropriate and would think that the book was pointless. My favorite line in this book had to be “Life changes everything – even promises” which was said by the main character.
May 10, 2013
I picked this up from the library's new release shelf (something like five years ago, mind you) and was already home when I realized it was YA fiction. It wasn't because I saw the genre printed on the back. No, this book reads like it was written by a relatively vapid individual who knows little to nothing about building a solid story. I don't think it's necessary for books intended for tweens to be poorly written, devoid of substance, or lacking emotional maturity. It's basically doing a disservice to young readers. But this book just never hit its stride. Every other paragraph involved copious amounts of coke, driving somewhere, or "one song slamming into the next". I swear the author used that exact transition or some variation thereof AT LEAST fifty times throughout the book. It's not even a book about music, so why he needed to talk about it so frequently is beyond me.
There wasn't a single particularly likable character and the plot fell short of its mark. Drugs, music, and the goings-on of over-privileged city kids just doesn't make for interesting reading anymore. I don't know how or why I finished it when it was such a pain to read.
There wasn't a single particularly likable character and the plot fell short of its mark. Drugs, music, and the goings-on of over-privileged city kids just doesn't make for interesting reading anymore. I don't know how or why I finished it when it was such a pain to read.
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