Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley was published in 2012.
This story takes place in the town Lily Arkansas. Cullen, (the main character) faces many depressing hardships. He constantly talks about the fact that no one ever leaves Lily Arkansas. For example Cullen states, “most of those people are complete ass-hats who tried and subsequently failed to leave this place behind.” (chapter 1 page 10) The main event in the book is Gabriele, (Cullen's brother) goes missing. This has a huge impact on Cullen and his family. They are all distraught over Gabrielle going missing. Cullen towards the end of the book says many times he just wants things to be back to normal. Lucas (Cullen’s best friend) notices this and speaks as if Gabrielle …show more content…
The landscape is plain and the weather is mild. Cullen usually does nothing exciting here. He says it is in between Memphis and Little Rock which he rarely visits. Him and Lucas sometimes drive around but there is not much more to it. An important character to the setting is Ada taylor. She is known as the “hottest” girl in Lily, and even kids in memphis and little rock know of her. Another character is Lucas. He is very popular. Lucas tries to make everyone happy, he gets along with anyone especially Cullen. The overall social setting of the other kids seems normal for high school. The pretty girl, the popular guy, the jocks, and the kids like Cullen who are quiet and …show more content…
The majority of the events seem negative but they are done out of love. Cullen talks about loving Ada how many people would die to have the chance just to love her, “The unspoken philosophy of all those in love with Ada was something like this: If I have to die to get that, then death it is.” (1.16) It is just like when Cabot kidnaps Gabriele, it was out of blind love for Alma. And it was Lucas’s love for Cullen that he supported him and helped him through his hardship. Love in this book is portrayed in many different ways. My favorite part of the story was the ending when Gabriele returns. This is my favorite section of the story because it is somewhat happy unlike most of the book. Lucas Cader was my favorite character. He was positive, popular, but he also gave everyone a chance which is unique. I did not like the fact that the therapist was constantly brought up but it never finished with him. The book overall seemed to have left many doors open. Overall this was a good read. I would rate the book ⅘ stars because it had great literature but it was sad and did not finish some points or finished them in a displeasing way. It was interesting about how in such a depressing town love was a huge factor to everything, even though it does not seem like it. From the book I can see that everything may not always be negative as it seems, and that sometimes we just need
This story takes place in the town Lily Arkansas. Cullen, (the main character) faces many depressing hardships. He constantly talks about the fact that no one ever leaves Lily Arkansas. For example Cullen states, “most of those people are complete ass-hats who tried and subsequently failed to leave this place behind.” (chapter 1 page 10) The main event in the book is Gabriele, (Cullen's brother) goes missing. This has a huge impact on Cullen and his family. They are all distraught over Gabrielle going missing. Cullen towards the end of the book says many times he just wants things to be back to normal. Lucas (Cullen’s best friend) notices this and speaks as if Gabrielle …show more content…
The landscape is plain and the weather is mild. Cullen usually does nothing exciting here. He says it is in between Memphis and Little Rock which he rarely visits. Him and Lucas sometimes drive around but there is not much more to it. An important character to the setting is Ada taylor. She is known as the “hottest” girl in Lily, and even kids in memphis and little rock know of her. Another character is Lucas. He is very popular. Lucas tries to make everyone happy, he gets along with anyone especially Cullen. The overall social setting of the other kids seems normal for high school. The pretty girl, the popular guy, the jocks, and the kids like Cullen who are quiet and …show more content…
The majority of the events seem negative but they are done out of love. Cullen talks about loving Ada how many people would die to have the chance just to love her, “The unspoken philosophy of all those in love with Ada was something like this: If I have to die to get that, then death it is.” (1.16) It is just like when Cabot kidnaps Gabriele, it was out of blind love for Alma. And it was Lucas’s love for Cullen that he supported him and helped him through his hardship. Love in this book is portrayed in many different ways. My favorite part of the story was the ending when Gabriele returns. This is my favorite section of the story because it is somewhat happy unlike most of the book. Lucas Cader was my favorite character. He was positive, popular, but he also gave everyone a chance which is unique. I did not like the fact that the therapist was constantly brought up but it never finished with him. The book overall seemed to have left many doors open. Overall this was a good read. I would rate the book ⅘ stars because it had great literature but it was sad and did not finish some points or finished them in a displeasing way. It was interesting about how in such a depressing town love was a huge factor to everything, even though it does not seem like it. From the book I can see that everything may not always be negative as it seems, and that sometimes we just need