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Make Believe: a novel
Jennifer Hall, a mental health counselor, arrives in a desert town after the death of the third student at Lincoln High. The third tragedy. The third memorial service. The third suicide. No Note, no answers. Jennifer counsels the students and community through their grief and with every passing day in Lincoln, her own pain slowly begins to creep back in. The kind of pain where you can't forgive oneself.
With an alcoholic father and self-absorbed mother, Tyler Tuckerman prefers the world he sees through his camera lens. Drifting through life unnoticed in solace, clutching to a memory of his first love and his warm blue eyes he captured many summers ago. Desperately trying to feel alive again, to be loved again.
Will Tyler ever feel seen and understood? Can Jennifer truly help these underprivileged students, their destructive parents, and bring closure by answering the only question - why are the students at Lincoln High dying by suicide?
With an alcoholic father and self-absorbed mother, Tyler Tuckerman prefers the world he sees through his camera lens. Drifting through life unnoticed in solace, clutching to a memory of his first love and his warm blue eyes he captured many summers ago. Desperately trying to feel alive again, to be loved again.
Will Tyler ever feel seen and understood? Can Jennifer truly help these underprivileged students, their destructive parents, and bring closure by answering the only question - why are the students at Lincoln High dying by suicide?
350 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2020
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Cory Desmond Wolfe
2 books4 followersCory earned his B.S. in Finance at W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He has served 4.5 years at Goldman Sachs and is currently at Morgan Stanley. Despite his career taking a left turn, his true passion is storytelling, and the way stories are told and presented. He lives in Idaho with his partner.
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October 12, 2020
I love reading psychological thrillers therefore I picked the novel Make Believe. The main character of the story is Tyler Tuckerman. When he was in eighth class, one student spread the news in the entire school that he is gay. Tyler always stays alone and doesn't have any friend until a girl Nicole joins the school. After several teen suicides, Jennifer Hall was asked if she could join the school as a mental health counselor to help the students. Lincoln is a small town so Jennifer already met Tyler and Nicole's father before she met Tyler and Nicole. On Monday, Principal handed over the list of students she needs to start with because these students are sensitive. Jennifer is quite passionate about her job to help students. As she started looking at sensitive students file, she got to know more about them. Tyler and Nicole were also in the list. Read the story yourself to know what happened next. You will enjoy this story very much. Author has maintained suspense very well. This book was totally worth my time and it made my weekend amazing. A great book. Add it in your TBR right now.
October 18, 2020
Make Believe by Cory Wolfe is a psychological thriller where we see the protagonist Tyler Tuckerman is a gay. He is sixteen years old and a student of Lincoln High. Being a gay, he was being bullied at school by a junior Jason Brophy. Filming is Tyler's passion so he films all the football games and football coach gives him P.E. credit in exchange. When a new joinee came to school, she became friends with Tyler. Nicole is also a sixteen years old student. She has lost her mother to breast cancer and her father Clark is a Sheriff. They had recently moved to Lincoln from Texas.
After a series of students suicide, Ms Jennifer joined the school as a mental health counselor. Will she be able to figure out the reason behind the students suicide? I love stories where the plot is set in the high school. I like Tyler's character. The ending was definitely unexpected. Writing style of the author is superb. With a medium pace, author has perfectly managed to grip reader's attention. Overall a nice story that will stay in your head for long time. This is the first book of Cory and I am definitely interested to read more books of him in the future.
After a series of students suicide, Ms Jennifer joined the school as a mental health counselor. Will she be able to figure out the reason behind the students suicide? I love stories where the plot is set in the high school. I like Tyler's character. The ending was definitely unexpected. Writing style of the author is superb. With a medium pace, author has perfectly managed to grip reader's attention. Overall a nice story that will stay in your head for long time. This is the first book of Cory and I am definitely interested to read more books of him in the future.
October 11, 2020
🔷 BOOK: Make Believe
🔷 AUTHOR: Corey Wolfe
Recently I read the novel "Make Believe" by Corey Wolfe. The story highlights the multiple students suicide at Lincoln High. After the suicide of third student Cameron, school took things seriously and hired a mental health counselor Ms Jennifer. She was hired so she can talk to students and get to know if they are okay. School principal handed her the students list she needs to focus on as there is something unique about these students. Tyler Tuckerman being a gay was bullied every now and then by football players. Read the story to know will Jennifer be able to help students and stop the suicides in Lincoln?
My Review:
1) Color of the cover page looks very awesome.
2) Title of the story is apt.
3) Character development is amazing by Corey.
4) Plot is interesting and was built after giving great thought.
5) It is a gripping story that you don't want to miss to read at all.
Enthralled to read this debut novel of Corey Wolfe.
My Rating 4/5
🔷 AUTHOR: Corey Wolfe
Recently I read the novel "Make Believe" by Corey Wolfe. The story highlights the multiple students suicide at Lincoln High. After the suicide of third student Cameron, school took things seriously and hired a mental health counselor Ms Jennifer. She was hired so she can talk to students and get to know if they are okay. School principal handed her the students list she needs to focus on as there is something unique about these students. Tyler Tuckerman being a gay was bullied every now and then by football players. Read the story to know will Jennifer be able to help students and stop the suicides in Lincoln?
My Review:
1) Color of the cover page looks very awesome.
2) Title of the story is apt.
3) Character development is amazing by Corey.
4) Plot is interesting and was built after giving great thought.
5) It is a gripping story that you don't want to miss to read at all.
Enthralled to read this debut novel of Corey Wolfe.
My Rating 4/5
October 14, 2020
LGBTQ psychological thriller....
Wolfe's thriller includes friendship, suicide, grief, loss, drugs etc. Token Gay Tyler Tuckerman is a teenager. At school, he was the victim of bully. Till now, three school students had committed suicide in the same school in which Tyler is there. Infact, Lincoln High is the only school in Lincoln, Arizona. Tyler is a passionate photographer who records all football sessions. A new student Nicole at Lincoln High is a daughter of Sheriff Clark. When more suicides were observed at the school, a mental health counselor Jennifer Hall joined the school. Story narration is from the point of view of Tyler and Jennifer mostly.
Jennifer works with Clark to find out some information on the suicides. She started keeping track of things like which student gonna feel like commiting suicide. It is a captivating story with an interesting plot. This book is right for the Young Adult audience. Book has sensitive content like suicide, so if you are comfortable reading about it, go ahead with this one. I am sure that it will not disappoint you.
Wolfe's thriller includes friendship, suicide, grief, loss, drugs etc. Token Gay Tyler Tuckerman is a teenager. At school, he was the victim of bully. Till now, three school students had committed suicide in the same school in which Tyler is there. Infact, Lincoln High is the only school in Lincoln, Arizona. Tyler is a passionate photographer who records all football sessions. A new student Nicole at Lincoln High is a daughter of Sheriff Clark. When more suicides were observed at the school, a mental health counselor Jennifer Hall joined the school. Story narration is from the point of view of Tyler and Jennifer mostly.
Jennifer works with Clark to find out some information on the suicides. She started keeping track of things like which student gonna feel like commiting suicide. It is a captivating story with an interesting plot. This book is right for the Young Adult audience. Book has sensitive content like suicide, so if you are comfortable reading about it, go ahead with this one. I am sure that it will not disappoint you.
October 15, 2020
𝑻𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆: Make Believe
𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓: Cory Wolfe
𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘:
Make Believe is an intriguing story by the author Cory Wolfe. It is the debut novel of the author Cory. The story is set in Lincoln, Arizona. Lincoln High is a school of 150 students in a small town Lincoln. Tyler, a student of Lincoln High is a token gay. He became friends with a new student Nicole.
All the students were asked to reach gymnasium for an assembly. Cameron Fulton, a school student had committed suicide last week and the assembly was to pay tribute to him. After a suicide by a student, school had appointed mental health counselor Ms. Jennifer Hall to make sure all students are in good mental health condition. Grab a copy of this book and read the story yourself to unveil the suspense.
Those who love to read psychological thriller should definitely pick this one. Language of the book is simple. Cover page is eye catchy. Narration is smooth and I really want to appreciate amazing storytelling skills of the author. Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down. Wonderful story. Author has done great work in his debut novel.
𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4.5/5
𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓: Cory Wolfe
𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘:
Make Believe is an intriguing story by the author Cory Wolfe. It is the debut novel of the author Cory. The story is set in Lincoln, Arizona. Lincoln High is a school of 150 students in a small town Lincoln. Tyler, a student of Lincoln High is a token gay. He became friends with a new student Nicole.
All the students were asked to reach gymnasium for an assembly. Cameron Fulton, a school student had committed suicide last week and the assembly was to pay tribute to him. After a suicide by a student, school had appointed mental health counselor Ms. Jennifer Hall to make sure all students are in good mental health condition. Grab a copy of this book and read the story yourself to unveil the suspense.
Those who love to read psychological thriller should definitely pick this one. Language of the book is simple. Cover page is eye catchy. Narration is smooth and I really want to appreciate amazing storytelling skills of the author. Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down. Wonderful story. Author has done great work in his debut novel.
𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4.5/5
July 11, 2022
Okay, I read this in one day. I did not expect it to be a psychological thriller as I just found it in the local author section of our bookstore and read nothing about it. Not my genre of choice at all. This book is fucked up. Definitely unexpected twists happening, but if you like this genre this book is a must read for you. There are also lots of misspellings in the copy I have! Not my thing, and now I am extremely anxious after finishing that.
August 28, 2021
Engaging story with a really unexpected twist!
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