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The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig (A Love Story)
The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig (A Love Story) | Don Zolidis
8 posts | 6 read | 9 to read
Janesville, Wisconsin (cold in the sense that there is no God)1994 The worst thing that's ever happened to Craig is also the best: Amy. Amy and Craig never should've gotten together. Craig is an awkward, Dungeons & Dragons playing geek, and Amy is the beautiful, fiercely intelligent student body president of their high school. Yet somehow they did?until Amy dumped him. Then got back together with him. Then dumped him again. Then got back together with him again. Over and over and over. Unfolding over their senior year, Amy and Craig's exhilarating, tumultuous relationship is a kaleidoscope of joy, pain, and laughter as an uncertain future-and adult responsibility-loom on the horizon. Craig fights for his dream of escaping Janesville and finding his place at a quirky college, while Amy's quest to uncover her true self sometimes involves being Craig's girlfriend?and sometimes doesn't. Seven heartbreaks. Seven joys.Told nonsequentially, acclaimed playwright Don Zolidis's debut novel is a brutally funny, bittersweet taste of the utterly unique and utterly universal experience of first love.
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Christine
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Loved this sweet/sad/funny YA story. The characters and setting felt SO true - though maybe that‘s because they were ripped from my high school experience (Did you read my diary, Don Zolidis?? Small-town Wisconsin in the ‘90s ✅ hanging out in wood-paneled basements or at Perkins ✅ dreams of escape to college in Minnesota ✅ overachieving girls dating/not dating earnest, quirky boys ✅). But maybe it‘s also just a delightful and well-written book. 😁

Christine Thanks to @Kelly for making me aware of this book‘s existence/Janesville, WI setting. 5y
Reggie This totally made me 😊. Stacked. 5y
Christine @Reggie 😊❤️ 5y
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cathysaid Sound like a very different book and NF instead of YA, but you might enjoy Janesville for your relation to the setting. 5y
Christine @cathysaid You‘re so right - I LOVED Janesville (which is actually much more in my wheelhouse than YA)! ❤️ 5y
cathysaid @Christine Yes!!! It was so good. 5y
Kelly Yes!!!! I loved this to bits and pieces. 5y
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manicdirteater
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I wanted to like this book so much but it‘s just went on and on about nothing (which seems to be a super disappointing theme with many new YA authors). I should have bailed on it about halfway through when I realized it was like living a Groundhog‘s Day. Blah, blah, rinse and repeat.

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Mrs_Organized_Chaos
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I stumbled across this little gem and I am so glad I did. It is really good.

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Kelly
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It was a great reading month!

DivineDiana 👏🏻📚👏🏻 5y
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Kelly
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I adore the cover of this book and that it's set in Janesville makes me glad it's my Sunday afternoon read.

Christine Janesville, WI? Stacked! 5y
Kelly @Christine yes!!! And it is clear that the author knows Janesville too. 5y
Christine So great!! 🧀❤️ 5y
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Samplergal
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I loved this little YA NOVEL. Check out The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig by Don Zolidis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32492166

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Samplergal
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Not a better way to spend the day! A good ARC and a day at the beach. I‘m really enjoying this YA novel so far. #retired #netgalley From beautiful St. Augustine Florida!

Kaye Beautiful photo. Enjoy the beach. 6y
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