The Geography Of Lost Things.

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The geography of lost things.

 Jessica Brody

Publisher  Simon Pulse.

Publication Date: October 2,2018

Genre: YA |Contemporary Romance.

Format|Pages: Hardcover|458

 Source:  Goodreads|Library.

CONTAINS SPOILERS

After Ali’s father passes away, he leaves his one and only prized possession—a 1968 Firebird convertible—to his daughter. But Ali doesn’t plan on keeping it. Not when it reminds her too much of all her father’s unfulfilled promises. So when she finds a buyer three hundred miles up the Pacific coast willing to pay enough money for the car to save her childhood home, Ali can’t wait to get going. Except Ali has no idea how to drive a stick shift. But guess who does?



Ali’s ex-boyfriend, Nico. And Nico has other plans.



He persuades Ali that instead of selling the car, they should “trade up” the items they collect on their trip to eventually reach the monetary amount Ali needs. Agreeing with Nico’s crazy plan, Ali sets off on a unique adventure that is unlike anything she ever could have expected.



And it’s through Ali’s travels, through the strangers she meets and the things that they value—and why they value them—that Ali eventually comes to understand her father and how his life may not have been as easy and carefree as she previously thought. Because just like the seemingly insignificant objects Ali collects, not everything is exactly as it appears

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A beautiful, heart aching story.



JESSICA BRODY has a way to hook the reader from start. This wasn’t first book I read by her. The novels that I had read prior to THE GEORAPHY OF LOST THINGS this one was my favorite so far. I always enjoyed road trip books, and once I found that this one was, I knew that I have to check it out. I’m so glad that I did. THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOST THINGS a road trip unlike any other ones that I read in past. I can’t imagine being stuck in car with an ex, I don’t think I would make it far before wanting get away from him. I am aware that only reason she did, is because Ali had no other choice, and she needed that money, in order to save her house. I knew that it was awkward being stuck in car with your ex boyfriend, but I am glad that he came. Nobody should go someone they met on Craigslist to sell the car. It’s not safe. I am glad that Nico found out where she was going.




I liked Ali, I loved how she was determined to sell the car, in order to save the house. That she was willing to make the trip all the way there. Nico, I liked him and it was clear to me, before Ali realized it, that he still cares about her. I feel as if that one of main reasons that he offered to come on the road trip with her. I wondered what would happen, would they sell the car, and go their separate ways? Or will the be able to reconnect, to start over. For me, it was the 2nd one. I feel as if Ali should let Nico explain that night that they broke up. I know that he would told her what’s going on with his mom. Maybe if he explained, they would be together. Of course I was rooting for them all through the book, that they would talk about it and get back together. It was clear that they had feeling for one another still, even if Ali was in denial about it. I was hoping that both of them will realize, that they belong together.



One of best things about this road trip, besides the stops. The Craigslist posts about exchanges of things they got, found. You never know what they came across, or who. They did collect few good things. They took the kind of road trip that I would loved to go to. THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOST THINGS will play with your emotions, and at the same time will keep reading, wondering what else would happen, if they would reach their destination. That’s a reason I finished this book fast, I didn’t want to put it down. Now that I read this book, I know that JESSICA BRODY that I will be reading for years to come. I am already curious what she will write next. The title fit the story perfectly. A book that everyone should read.