Grips and Won't Let Go
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The premise of the series (not just the season) is that of a world infested with the living dead. Its a theme that probably goes even father back than Richard Matheson's 'I am legend', with actors like Will Smith and Charton Heston gracing the solitary landscape at various times in cine history. Its a theme thats haunting, chilling and immensely absorbing. Its a 'what-if' world. While there have been takes and retakes, hits and misses, tongue in cheek spoofs, as in ZombieLand, nothing to date comes close to this extremely gritty, taut and well directed series. While it was easy to have brushed past the average beginnings to this series, I hung in there through the first season, and was amply rewarded by this edge of the seat AMC TV Series. It is macabre and gruesome, but if you can stomach all that, you will find the acting, story and direction superb. The chemistry amongst the characters is strong with the good and bad characters playing their roles to almost perfection, and eventually blurring what little separates the two. The brooding Norman Reedus, the tortured and conflicted Andrew Lincoln, and the entire cast play their roles with so much conviction its hard not to believe such a world as we seem them in cannot exist sometime in the future.

The only reason I knock off a star is because the show overplays  the human emotional interplay and underplays the science and logic that might have added an interesting twist to the theme.
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Wally Lamb has written another book that grabs you and doesn't let go. This book and story are emotionally enthralling. I was held captive and opened it daily. I finished and silently sighed.
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Never Let Go Of My Hand is a compelling tell of a young mans struggle of lifes transformations. His journey challenges us to look inside ourselves and become renewed, enlighten, and accept that with every action taken in life, there is a chain reaction, sometimes causing conflict and pain, not only to ourselves, but to those who love us unconditonally.
This novel teaches us to hear, act upon, and learn from the wisdom of others, while believing in ourselves.
 Mr. Wagner uses direct discription, powerful language, and motivating drive as a way of  pushing his character into the reality of human kindness, forgivness and redemption. While the roll of family takes front and center in this story, it produces a balance that orders his character to submit to the quilt substain during his troubled youth, it also so offers, conflict, crisis and eventually, resolution.
Open up the pages and become apart of this man's life and how it relates to all of us who struggle to find ourselves and the goodness that lies within. Expect to be emotionally charged through his journey, while never letting go of his hand.
  Candy Jackson
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Grip is the sequel to Flow and a full length novel by Kennedy Ryan.
For better understanding I recommend to read Flow first.

8 Years after Flow ends, Grip picks up.
Bristol is now a sucessful manager in the music industry. She manages her brother's and her record label; and the music career of Rhyson, Grip- who is sucessful and has his first album released- and other artists.
Although she's now friends with Grip, there was never more between them.
Grip knows she 's his One, but her walls are high up.
She's shaped by her mother's example. He doesn't give up, but for how much longer?

Fianlly Bristol jumps over her own shadow. Both pull their heads out of the clouds and they have a real relationship.
But the people that surround them have major reservations. Reading this my jaw hit the flor and it hurt me, literally. I don't like misogynistic and racist people very much.-Who does?
.And Grip has them a lot, like A LOT.
This book is raw, it is heartwrenchingly and gritty ; but there is also true friendship and a love so strong.
Grip is a book that stays with you.
This story has everything in it from steamy sex, humor, love and heartbreak.
I Highly recommend Grip.
5 Stars and Thank you Kennedy Ryan.
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Hold Still by Lynn Steger Strong tells the story of the complex relationship between a mother and daughter. The backdrop is New York, from Park Slope to Columbia, and the novel is peppered with family members and friends. Maya, the mother, has an old friend who figures into the narrative bringing more to the plot and taking us to the beach in Florida. The novel speaks to all that it takes to being a mother in contemporary times. It is a painful, frustrating and quietly joyful book. You will find yourself nodding as events and feelings unfold that are universal in our struggle to be more than just survivors.
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Hold Tight, Don't Let Go is a fictional story based on the earthquake that occurred in Haiti in 2010. Magdalie, our main character, resides with her aunt and her cousin, Nadine, whom she has lived with majority of her life. At the start of the story, the earthquake hits and Magdalie's aunt is instantly killed. (This is not a spoiler, it literally occurs in the first two pages.)
Magdalie not only has to deal with the death of her aunt, who raised her as a daughter, but now Nadine's father has sent a visa and wants her to come and reside with him in Miami.

Laura Wagner did a great job with this story. She used Magdalie to show readers the aftermath of the earthquake and how the people of Haiti, especially those affected by the event, attempted to put their lives back in order. As many know, this catastrophe destroyed many homes, many lives were lost and many were left desperately searching for food and means of ridding themselves of the illnesses that were claiming lives quickly, due to the sanitary conditions.

Wagner was very colorful with descriptions: the dialect of the characters, their emotions, and the scenery- were all captured very well and instantly will draw the reader in. What many may not know is that Wagner was working in Haiti on her PhD when the earthquake occurred and she sustained severe injuries. I am positive, her experience helped to bring life to the characters in this story.

Many themes are covered such as: separation anxiety, depression, and even rehabilitation and survival. It is pretty emotional at the beginning, but will definitely be one of those stories that when you finish, it will continue to pull at your heart. After reading this story, I felt like I was boarding a flight and leaving behind the inhabitants I had come to know and like.

I gave this book 4 stars, and I only deducted one star because there was a part in the story that became confusing because of the use of nicknames for the characters that were not introduced earlier on. Apart from that, the story line is easy to follow and there is growth for some of the characters.

If you liked American Street by Ibi Zoboi, then you will like this book. I highly recommend it.
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I love it when a man won't give up and keeps trying, even when he puts his foot in his mouth. Non stop suspense, a must read.
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Grips reliably after months of use, maybe even a bit too well. I really have to pry my cellphone loose.
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A little bit intimidating - it's a thick book - but once you get over that it is a gripping story.  The writing is excellent, very smooth and engaging  It keeps you going effortlessly from chapter to chapter.  Can't wait to get started on "The Moon Promise"
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Hugs the phone tightly and won't give up the phone.
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A griping tale, with all kinds of shifts and flashbacks. Constantly moving and suspenseful, and yet always fluctuating past to present, with a strong female, no nonsense protagonist.
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Best I have tried so yet!  They hold pretty well, but will let loose if you try to pull too hard.
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Going to gift this item but having a hard time letting go. I ended up liking the item myself. Might purchase another for me. Have not had the chance to test it as it's still in its box.
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There is something about this book that grabs you and doesn't let you go. I can't quite put my finger on it. There's no blood, gore, scary scenes, sex or profanity...yet you feel the excitement of a roller coaster and you are sucked into the lives of the characters. You find yourself falling in love with the main character and cheering at the end. When I pass by trucks now, I want to stop them just to see their cabs and to ask can I join them on one of their cross country trips This book is truly a great read.
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This book moves right along. From page one, it grips and doesn't let go. The heroine is 16 years older than the hero, but the hero is an "old soul" who has lived a life of violence and is not your average 25 year old. The characters were so well defined and the couple was so meant to be together that the age difference didn't bother me in the least. A feat for this author to pull off! This has suspense, humor, grit, and raw sex. I really enjoyed it and found it difficult to put down. It is a stand-alone book. Has a good, solid, happy ending.
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Talk about a strong woman! This woman won't quit even when everyone around her tries to get her to stop.
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You can clamp down with these and then push or step on the backside handle while letting go of the front handle,and it will maintain gripping force. No other channel locks can do this.