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Title | : | Falling Off the Face of the Earth |
Author | : | J.F. Smith |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 424 pages |
Published | : | June 5th 2011 by JF Smith |
Categories | : | Romance. M M Romance. Contemporary. Family. LGBT. Contemporary Romance. Gay |
J.F. Smith
Kindle Edition | Pages: 424 pages Rating: 4.12 | 1333 Users | 149 Reviews
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After his big-shot life in New York tragically falls apart, James Montgomery returns to his small hometown in south Georgia a defeated and broken man. All he has left is his mother to help him heal and regain his confidence before he's ready to get back out and re-conquer the world.But being big-city gay in a small southern town has its own challenges. In addition to coming to grips with what happened in New York, his hometown of Lawder throws its own curveballs at him. James is confronted with a bitter enemy from his school days, and frustratingly can't seem to avoid the guy. His mother suddenly wants to expand the family. The one guy James takes a liking to and starts dating has a lot of hang-ups about being gay. And he watches almost helplessly as a new young bully starts to repeat the kind of abuse he suffered during his own school days.
Here where he grew up, the one place he should feel safe, James feels maddeningly off-balance. He starts to think that maybe going home was a bad idea after all. Maybe he'd be better off moving on and really starting over, completely from scratch. Maybe he should walk away from Lawder, just like he walked away from his life in New York.
But maybe, if he'd give it a chance, he'd re-think everything he ever thought he wanted out of life. And maybe what he thought was important, isn't so important after all. Maybe he could have everything he never realized he wanted, if he just looked around himself for a moment.
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Edition Language: | English |
Setting: | Georgia(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 1333 Users | 149 ReviewsColumn Based On Books Falling Off the Face of the Earth
This is my second book to read by JF Smith and I loved this one very much. It is a long winding kind of book that has a romance toward the end. There were times that I wondered if it was going to happen even. Some of the subplots and character building seems superfluous, but I enjoy that as well. It extends my reading pleasure to not have everything be about the romance.James has had some rough things happen to him in life. This book is about how karma catches up with you or how you can learn4.25 stars from me. This was a nice read, a coming of age story [for more than one person too] and has been in my kindle library since 2013 [but better late than never 😄] which will obviously lead me into The Last Day Of Summer. Have to admit James annoyed me at first, and I just can't picture Jerry as a police chief...he's much too juvenile, but the characters I liked although I could've done without the numerous typos 😕.
**4.5 Stars**I started this book around 10 pm last night, which was a very very bad idea indeed. Clocking in at over 400 pages, I had to stay up until 2 am to finish it. Late night= tired Heather today. But it was worth it. "Falling Off the Face of the Earth" was an excellent read.The story follows James as he moves back to his home town in the south following a personal tragedy in New York. He feels lost and alone, and he is not sure what his next move will be. When he is confronted with his
Wow, this was a great read. I loved that the story, characters, and setting was full fledged and thought out. I am not a big fan of the fall in love with your grade/high school bully romances but this one made it work. I liked the how the author let his characters grow and change with the story not stay the same cardboard template through out the tale.There were a few typos but those are easy fixes, all in all it was a good solid read.
What a very lovely and realistic story! This one preceded The Last Day Of Summer where Cory is the main character! I super loved the friendship between James, Brick and Jerry plus Jesus and Roddy. And who doesnt love Stefanie? The last three books Ive read from the author are just oh-so-amazing! I wonder why it took me forever to learn about Mr. Smith! Such a fantastic storyteller!!!
2.5 stars.Overall impression: yawn. Too touchy-feely, too adorable, too predictable, too long for a story that couldn't really hold my attention suspense and story arc-wise... Light and ok read, nothing heavy (although the MC is recovering from his ex-lover's suicide..).
4.5 stars I really, really liked this! I'll be honest, the last chapter and Epilogue were actually my least favorite. Just more than necessary (view spoiler)[why did his mom have to die?!?! WTF?! She was only 53, seemed pretty healthy, and died of a massive stroke?! Umm, no. I thought this was total bullshit just so that James and Brick would end up with a kid. (hide spoiler)]and overly sweet (view spoiler)[I didn't need the Cory specifics, although it would make sense if we get a story of him
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