Caller 107
by Matthew Cox
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Pub Date Jul 22 2014 | Archive Date Aug 14 2014
Description
Two years is a long time to be stuck between two people that want nothing more than to destroy each other. A tween crush on the larger-than-life jock from a local radio station is the only trace of a once-happy life ruined by warring parents.
Whenever WROK 107 ran a contest, she would dive for the phone, getting busy signals and dead air every time. She never expected to get through, but at least with her best friend at her side, it used to be fun.
Before her parents ruined that too.
Her last desperate attempt to get their attention, falling in with a dangerous group of older teens, goes as wrong as possible. With no one left to blame for her mess of a life but herself, karma comes full circle and gives her just a few hours to make up for two years’ worth of mistakes–or be forever lost.
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781620076316 |
| PRICE | $12.99 (USD) |
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Kirsten M, Reviewer
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and Curiosity Quills in exchange for an honest review.
Caller 107 was a pretty quick read, and I rather enjoyed it. I'm floating between 3 and 4 stars, mostly because I'm not quite sure what to do with a book like this. It's very different from my normal book and I am still a little muddled about my feelings for it. I'm writing this immediately after I finished reading the book, so maybe I'll get more clarity as time goes on.
This book is the story of a girl who's trapped in a pretty shitty situation. Her parents are divorced and she's caught in the middle of a pretty vicious fight. She's not handling it well, and everyone involved seems to have forgotten how to think of the feelings of the others. The friends the main character finds to help her through this difficult time aren't really friends at all, just other kids with shit in their lives. Anyway, things escalate and she finds herself in a bit of trouble, and then the book gets kind of weird. I don't want to say too much, so I'll stop there.
I thought the characters felt real. The family situation was brutal and, unfortunately, all too common. I felt like there was some nice "lessons to be learned" stuff going on, I'm not sure if it was a little too heavy-handed? Maybe i'm looking for "cheesy?" I don't really know, there was something that rang a little off with me as far as the development of the characters in the end of the book, but I can't put my finger on it. Other than that, though, I got quite in to the book. I went through it quite quickly and felt myself getting pulled in to the head of the main character, which was really nice. It was a good book.
