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This book isn't "enjoyable," exactly, due to the difficult subject matter but it is good. The exploration of the likely state of mind of several types of victims of mass violence felt authentic. We follow a young bartender with PTSD, the wife of a man injured and in a coma, and the mother of the shooter, whose emotions resonated must strongly with me. I'll be thinking about this for a long time and plan to read more by this author.

Happy Saturday morning y'all. I'm starting this, then going to brunch with a friend, then coming back to read some more. 😊 #CurrentRead

No Hiding in Boise, by Kim Hooper (2021)
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Premise: The aftermath of a mass shooting through the eyes of its survivors and those left behind.

Review: This is the kind of book that could very easily come across as manipulative, preachy, or overly sentimental⬇️.

Another good one by Kim Hooper. This one is about a shooting in a bar and its aftermath. The victims, the survivors, the mother of the shooter. Very interesting characters and dialogues, and a perfect vacation read.

📸 Methana, Greece

Thanks for the opportunity and happiest of birthdays, Lynn! I‘d love to have the tagged. #49bdaygiveaway @wanderinglynn

A story about how individual lives are touched and intertwined by tragedy. One night, 5 people are killed in a random shooting at a Boise bar. In alternating chapters, we see the aftermath through the eyes of Tessa, the bartender who survives and now has PTSD; Angie, the wife of a man who was shot and is now in a coma; and Joyce, the shooter‘s mother. The various dynamics between the women are both interesting and complicated, as you can imagine.

Yup. This cements it. Hooper is a new favorite author! I‘ve already started a third book because her whole catalog is on hoopla.

There is a mass shooting at a bar in Boise. The story of it and the aftermath is told through 3 women: the shooter‘s mother, a bartender who survived, and the wife of a patron who was shot and is in a coma. Hooper is a master of emotions and family dynamics!!

4¾⭐
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Contemporary, timely, and thought-provoking
Bar Shooting from the victims POV
An air of mystery & possible connections
While the characters themselves didn‘t really stir my emotions, the tragedy depicted in the story definitely did. So if you‘re looking for characters to love, you might be disappointed because the story itself is actually where this book shines. The audio was fantastically performed.

Gatsby is having a spa day tomorrow because she‘s beyond shaggy. She‘ll probably try to hide from me when she figures out she has to go in the car (she hates the car) but there will be no hiding in Charlotte tomorrow. In the meantime, I‘m starting this one tonight.

No Hiding in Boise is a fast-paced, insightful story that doesn‘t sensationalize mass shootings, but forces us to consider how various people are affected by these traumatic events. Kim Hooper captured the many facets of this frightening reality and the story she created is an important one.

(My daughter‘s cat, Eeyore, agrees completely.)

My full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3885926919

I didn‘t quite know what to expect from this one but I found myself listening to at every opportunity. With multiple narrators, three main ones unravel the aftermath of a bar shooting in Boise. Angie and Joyce both wake up to find that their loved ones aren‘t where they expected while a patron saves bartender Tessa by telling her to run. It‘s an engaging and quite riveting read. The audio is well performed!! #AudioColoring

Jude was not very pleased with me when he woke up moments after I placed him here, but it was worth it! ❤️