Madeline lives and works on the family farm with her mom. Dad disappeared 20 years ago but one day, a man appears and says that he is her half brother. Not only is their father still alive, but there are also two more siblings. They set out on a road trip like no other and journey across the country, picking up their siblings and confronting their father. Full of Wilson's usual quirky humor and plenty of heart.

I loved the other Kevin Wilson book I read but this book was really hard for me to finish. It was a slow start and the characters were all over the place. My brain hurt at times trying to follow their conversations and thoughts. I idea of the book was interesting but the characters didn’t engage me.

When I first heard about Kevin Wilson's book, Nothing to See Here, I didn't know what to expect since the premise just sounded so bizarre. And I loved it! So when I saw he has a new book coming out this year, I was excited to delve into another story with quirky yet relatable characters. The cross-country road trip/quest isn't necessarily unusual, but the cast of characters makes this a fun journey. They each bring their strengths and vulnerabilities along with moments of joy and levity. It's a story that involves found family with family members that are only recently found. Charming read!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Ecco for the e-arc.

A new Kevin Wilson novel is always a happy event, and this one is my new favorite. A quirky exploration of what makes a family and how it shapes you. Will be purchasing for my library and recommending to the other selectors in my system

3.5
This is the perfect "found family" book as we follow a group of siblings traveling America, finding each other, and ultimately their dad. Our main character to follow is Mad, Mad is farmer in Tennessee and has had a good life. She is now in her 30's when a stranger shows up claiming to be her brother with a shared father.

This gave vibes of West With Giraffes as we explored different states and had little problems arise. The humor was light and overall a warm feeling read. It felt a bit long at times with not a lot of surprises within the plot.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ecco for the gifted e-ARC.

When Mad was a kid, her dad ran for the hills. Twenty years later, her half-brother shows up at her front door & shocks her. Her brother, Reuben, has done work with a private investigator and found other siblings that their father had ran from. There is a lot of sibling bonding, reflection, relationship growth, human growth…

I just love Kevin Wilson books. This one is no different, an excellent beach read for the summer or for a book club.

Kevin Wilson has become an auto-read author for me, and I was so excited to get a chance to read an ARC of his newest book coming out later this year! I’m so glad to report that it lived up to all of my expectations, bringing a charming, found-family story that will make you rethink all of your definitions of what it means to be a family and will introduce you to characters that will steal your heart.

The story opens with 34-year-old Madeline (aka Mad) working on the farm she and her mom own. They've been on their own ever since her dad left them about twenty years prior. One day a man in his early 40s approaches Mad’s farm stand and tells her that he's her half-brother - and then proceeds to break the news that her runaway father has had multiple families and kids over the years, doing the same thing to all of them as he did to Mad and her mom. Things take off from there as Mad and her half-brother Rueben (aka Rube) embark on a road trip to locate their other half-siblings and hopefully eventually confront their father. It's everything that Kevin Wilson does so well - it's heartwarming, funny, unexpected and quirky, with so much personality that you’ll even feel like you know the car they’re driving in.

Again in true Kevin Wilson fashion, it’s deep and emotional, while also being such a silly story that you can't help but love and root for all of the characters in this unconventional family. With found family, humor, an easy storyline to follow, and a great mix of characters and plot, I can see this one having wide appeal. Thank you so much to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Any Kevin Wilson book is going to be good, but I don't think this one had quite enough nonsense or spent enough time with the dad understanding his actions.

Run for the Hills is the story of 4 half siblings making their way across the nation to visit their common dad (they all have different mothers) who left each of them at a critical point in their childhoods. They get to know each other somewhat on the long car ride and compare what they knew about their dad. The story is not especially believable. The decisions that the siblings and their mothers make are not completely credible. I felt like this was a story meant to tug at heartstrings, but after completing the book, I just felt like that this whole situation could never have happened. So, ultimately, I was disappointed.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review Run for the Hills.

Four step-siblings from four different moms get picked up along the way on a cross-country road trip to find the biological father who abandoned them all at different times over the years. Kevin Wilson is a writer I really enjoy. "The Family Fang" is a tremendous novel.

This novel is also very good. He writes in a charming way. Like any road trip, there comes a point where you're sick of being in the damn car. I must admit, I got a little restless as the road trip portion of the book dragged on. When they finally reach their father, however, the book really takes off. It's fascinating seeing these angry people each get their one-on-one time to grill the father who abandoned them. This is when the rich premise realizes its full potential. The final 25% of the novel is peak Kevin Wilson.

Overall a really enjoyable read.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a free e-galley of this novel in return for an honest review.

I loved this quirky story of a family finding each other. Though you wanted to dislike the dad for what he did, he was barely the villan. As an older adult that found out she had an unexpected sibling, I loved this story of siblings coming together. They became the true family. The car trip was just the percet way for them to bond. I had no idea where the ending would lead, but was satisfied that they each found something in the journey together.

Kevin Wilson once again shines his bright wit with his new novel, "Run for the Hills."
An original and clever story.

Thanks to NetGalley and Ecco for the early copy of this book.
I have loved all of Kevin Wilson’s little books. They have the most perfect amount of weirdness and this book was the same (though TBH I could have taken even weirder if it was offered to me).

This book was more character driven than his previous books and he nailed it- I loved Mad. I loved Rueben. I loved all the characters. I love a road trip. Everyone was funny and honest and relatable-despite their flaws, I was rooting for all of them. Being in Mad’s head was delightful. A short little zinger of a book- highly recommend.

A cross-country road trip picking up half siblings along the way, in a quest to find their estranged father.

This is my second Kevin Wilson book (The Family Fang being the first), and I just love how he writes siblings. The siblings in this book, like in TFF, are all very unique, quirky-in-their-own-way weirdos and I found myself having a soft spot for all of them. I love how they bond, we see how much their dad shaped them all in different ways, with each new persona, and the juxtapositions of their successes in life because of their dad’s influences, while still being hurt that he abandoned them, simultaneously being great and being not okay, wishing he hadn’t left while realizing the follow up siblings wouldn’t exist if he had stayed. Humans are messy, complicated creatures and I thought this book captured that mess well. Shout out to the fictional single moms in this book, who didn’t go totally ignored, but each of them had very successful children with no help from dad!

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC!

Run for the Hills felt different than the other two Wilson books I’ve enjoyed in the past. I was expecting a bit of magical realism or at least a bit of surrealism. This was a lovely story of found family, literally. I liked the bond between Mad and Pep the best, didn’t quite feel like Rube was as strong. The ending was satisfying, but felt like nobody was sufficiently mad at Charles throughout the story, including the mothers.

Mad Hill was abandoned by her father when she was ten. Now at 32, the half brother she never knew existed shows up at her farm because he’s found their father and more abandoned families as well. Mad and Rube set out on a road trip to meet their other siblings. This book was wonderful exploration of family, grief, and the ways people shape us even in their absence as well as an interesting twist on the road trip narrative. It was funny and poignant watching as each of Charles Hill’s children grappling with his able disappearance and reappear as a completely different person.

Thank you Net Galley for the ARC!

In this latest Kevin Wilson book an unlikely family takes a cross country road trip to find their long lost dad. While the plot is not quite as absurd as Nothing to See here, the plot is still kooky and out there. This latest book hits the same familiar quirky and emotional beats as his previous books, but Nothing to See Here and Now is Not the Time to Panic both packed more of an emotional punch. While this was not my favorite Kevin Wilson book, I still had a fun time.

Rube is traveling cross country to see his father who left him at a young age and who hasn’t been in contact with him since. On his way he is picking up his siblings, all of which have been abandoned by their father, a man who is totally reinventing himself whenever he leaves. Kevin Wilson has once again written a book full of unique characters and I absolutely loved it.

Unlikely but purely delightful. These words can describe any book by Kevin Wilson. Ever since The Family Fang, he has been creating family dynamics that won't make me laugh necessarily, but will broaden my appreciation of the concept of family. Here is a family that doesn't identify as such since the father has a habit of pulling a disappearing act and somehow launching a new set of siblings unaware of the existence of the others. Even the car has a personality.

A witty and heartwarming story of found family (but also actual family). Charming and funny in a way that is unique to Kevin Wilson with many profound observations on life to be collected along the way.