I probably would not have picked up this book to read if I had not sen a preview of it in a local St. Louis magazine, and known he was a local Ladue boy who had written it.It was kind of fun that it was set in St.Louis and many of the locals, eateries, and businesses were familiar.Well written, it was a coming of age story about a recebt college graduate trying desperately to deal with the realities of life. He realizes that many things that he thought were solid were not, and that love in all iits many forms is a moving target that none of us perfects no matter how old we are or the life experieinces you've gone through. I was in St. Louis this week. I visited the Arch and knocked on it as if to determine its quality. I made up a game wherein I have the means to travel to a new city for the sole occasion of reading a novel based in that city. (This game has one round.) For this round I picked The Slide by Kyle Beachy and read the whole thing over the course of two days. It’s an exciting book, full of imaginative bounds and small experiments and other freshness. I had an incredible feeling reading about downtown as I experienced downtown. The book was in my bag when I knocked on the Arch. Recommended.
What do You think about The Slide (2009)?
The only fun thing about this book was it took place in St. Louis which is where I live.
—Cielo
A few plot threads I could have done without, but some remarkably powerful passages.
—Bookk
Hit just a little too close to home right now for me to finish.
—sushmita
