What do you think?
Rate this book
Exult
Is a full life worth an early death? Jack Ostruck loves hang gliding, but when someone he loves dies in a crash, the grieving mother demands that Jack come to the funeral and explain why flying is worth her child's death. Jack's search for the answer will take him to mortuaries, mountaintops, an eagle's nest, the heart of a storm, and finally to a funeral, where he delivers the answer.
296 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
2 people are currently reading
10 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
April 4, 2019
Six pages in and I was hijacked, transported to another world, one I barely knew existed. I’d seen them soaring through the air occasionally, but I never gave hang gliders much thought until I
became one vicariously in Joe Quirk’s latest novel, Exult.
Filled with the nomenclature of aerodynamics and meteorology, it never feels like an information dump of facts about wind and thrust. Rather it feels like a reminder of things you knew but had forgotten, and it all comes rushing back as you slide your keel through its sheath with the other characters preparing to jump off a cliff. In this thought-provoking look at what it means to be alive, Quirk poses many questions for which there are no easy (or perhaps any) answers. When the narrator sates, “I fear nothing more than flying. Yet I live for nothing else,” it’s hard not to ponder your own compulsions.
It takes multifaceted characters, believable dialogue, and a dynamic plot to engage readers, and Quirk provides all that and more. His ability to condense pages of material into a single sentence, like “Exhilarating power waits at the edge of chaos,” makes Exult an intelligent and exhilarating tale, and a thrilling ride that won’t disappoint.
became one vicariously in Joe Quirk’s latest novel, Exult.
Filled with the nomenclature of aerodynamics and meteorology, it never feels like an information dump of facts about wind and thrust. Rather it feels like a reminder of things you knew but had forgotten, and it all comes rushing back as you slide your keel through its sheath with the other characters preparing to jump off a cliff. In this thought-provoking look at what it means to be alive, Quirk poses many questions for which there are no easy (or perhaps any) answers. When the narrator sates, “I fear nothing more than flying. Yet I live for nothing else,” it’s hard not to ponder your own compulsions.
It takes multifaceted characters, believable dialogue, and a dynamic plot to engage readers, and Quirk provides all that and more. His ability to condense pages of material into a single sentence, like “Exhilarating power waits at the edge of chaos,” makes Exult an intelligent and exhilarating tale, and a thrilling ride that won’t disappoint.
Displaying 1 of 1 review