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The Everlasting
It's 1999 in Portland, Oregon. Lance Scott has just turned 25 and has a pretty good life. Peter Weller is his god; music his constant companion. He has a great apartment, a spoiled cat, an easygoing roommate. Only one thing is missing—the girl of his dreams. But reality rarely lives up to dreams. Three girls take turns with his heart, but can he commit to any one of them, or will he always be looking back at what he's left and forward at what might come? And then there's the blue haired girl.
- GenresFiction
520 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Jamie S. Rich
121 books109 followersRich is an author of both prose (Cut My Hair, I Was Someone Dead, and The Everlasting) and comics (the two-volume series Love the Way You Love; the Spell Checkers series). His third full-length novel, Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?, was released by Oni Press in the summer of 2007. He regularly collaborates with artist Joelle Jones, including the Oni graphic novels 12 Reasons Why I Love Her and You Have Killed Me. Rich most recently wrote It Girl & the Atomics for Image Comics and A Boy and a Girl with artist Natalie Nourigat. He also serialized his fourth novel,
Bobby Pins and Mary Janes
, online.
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September 11, 2011
This book started off slow... and I really wasn't into it at first, but I am not one to just quit on a book. I am so glad I didn't, as well.
The further in I got into this book the more I loved it. In the end I couldn't put it down. I found myself reading at every spare minute I had. On the bus, waiting for the kettle to boil, even whilst doing other things (like eating my brekfast and trying not to spill it all over myself XD).
I loved it.
The book is centered around music, each chapter is the line from a song and it is a central theme throughout the whole book, so if you really dislike books that a big bulk of the story revolves around music - then it is not for you. Though you could be plesantly surprised even if you don't like books like this.
The further in I got into this book the more I loved it. In the end I couldn't put it down. I found myself reading at every spare minute I had. On the bus, waiting for the kettle to boil, even whilst doing other things (like eating my brekfast and trying not to spill it all over myself XD).
I loved it.
The book is centered around music, each chapter is the line from a song and it is a central theme throughout the whole book, so if you really dislike books that a big bulk of the story revolves around music - then it is not for you. Though you could be plesantly surprised even if you don't like books like this.
October 22, 2007
Jamie S. Rich has made a fine career of examining the ins and outs of what makes the late 20's/early 30's struggle for love so difficult. His regular graphic novel work with 12 Reasons Why I Love Her and Love the Way You Love (see independent reviews on each) continue the standard that was originally set with this winning novel. Great dialog, realistic voice and setting, and a very creatively structured novel.
March 31, 2008
The second book in JSR's romance trillogy, It has a diffrent flow than Cut my hair which reminds me more of Hornsby's A long way down. Lance's follies in love are parralled to my own experinces in life, so maybe I'm biased.
June 30, 2009
I loved this - especially the lyric opening for each chapter.
March 25, 2010
Everlasting is a story of a dude who falls in love easily. I want to read more from Rich as soon as he stops writing about the fashion scene in Portland,OR.
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