Gain Access To Attachments Developed By Jeff Arch Accessible As Digital

was in a bit of a reading rut when this book came along, I was working my way through three books, all of which I was emphatically not enjoying, but I was also slowly picking my way through this one, almost as a reprieve from the others.


This book has some meat to it, It has complex

characters within an intricately woven story not necessarily in plot, but instead, in emotion,

People are generally not onedimensional, and this novel does a really good job of conveying the entanglement of human emotions, Its a book about relationships sometimes good, sometimes bad, but always messy,

The only criticism I have is actually more about editing versus content, There is a constantly shifting perspective/narrator something I often enjoy, but occasionally while being guided through the eyes of one character, there would be an inner monologue of another character, which I found distracting.


Something I appreciated about this novel is that it gives weight to something I like to call: “The past present history of your future”, Sounds dramatic, I know. But really it just means that your past helps shape your present, creating a foundation for your future, and this book really brought that to light,

Attachments by Jeff Arch will be released next month, on May,, and is worth a read,

Sincere thanks to sparkpress amp netgalley for this digital advanced readers copy,

Please Note: I received an advance copy of this novel from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, This did not influence the opinions in my review in any way,

This book may be set at a boarding school, but it's really about love in all it's stages, from teenage lust, to marriage, to the strains and joys of having children, all the way to the loss of a spouse.
It really encompasses so much, I haven't had a book make me ugly cry in a long time, But this book was so moving, that I cried several times, While there were many heartbreaking moments, overall this was a well written novel that I will remember for a long time, I highly recommend this book,

Please read my complete review on my blog sitelinkwww, ponderingtheprose. blogspot. com on May,. A shout out to NetGalley, SparkPress, and author JeffArch for the ARC of Attachments,

Have you ever read one of those books that's so good and thought provoking you just have to stop and take it all in This book was exactly that for me.


The characters are unique and complicated, They all are friends, but there are just so many secrets, Griffin is the dean at the boarding school where him and his family live, He's been there for quiet some time and has seen many students pass through his halls, There are a few of those students who have been his favorites throughout the years, Two of them are very special and when he suddenly becomes very ill he asks for them,

The things that happen before you graduate highschool should be things that are easily forgiven and shouldn't keep two all around good guys from being friends, right Not exactly because not all mistakes we make before graduation are "children's" mistakes.
What happened What come between these two very different men who became best friends You guessed it, It's a story old as time, a girl,

What you can't know is all all the other things that came into the decision making and other things that happened back then, However, if Griffin needed them there then hopefully they will both return to the town and school that raised them before it's too late,

At first I was unsure of how much I would like this book, but I hung in there and before long these characters became old friends.
I rooted for them, yelled at them, at least in my mind, and even wanted to slap them a couple of times, I will remember this book for a long time, It's one of the few fiction books I've read where when I finished I felt like I understood people just a little better,

As always all these words and thoughts are mine and mine alone, If you want to grab a copy of this book you will be able to do so at your favorite retailer on May,, via my blog: sitelink wordpress. com/
𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬.

Everything ends, but endings can also be the beginning for new stories or a catalyst for unfinished ones, When the Dean of a boarding school in Pennsylvania is clinging to life, he says two names, those of his former students Piccolo Sandy “Pick” Piccolo, and Goodman Stewart “Goody” Goodman.
To his perplexed son Chip, the association between his father and these men, one a local and the other a mystery, is lost on him, He wonders, how two men who havent been in his fathers life for decades could now, as grown adults, find his father so important that they would jump out of their lives just because he asked.
” Its a complicated story, one that is full of secrets, betrayals and promises that not even Pick nor Goodman are fully aware of,

InPick and Goody become unlikely best friends when they meet at boarding school in Pennsylvania, It also where they both fall in complete and total love with Laura Appleby, who is destined to come between them, The dean has been a strong presence in many students lives, but it is these three who have altered his own future, Laura decides she too will make her way to Mr, Griffins deathbed, unsure what it means for her own marriage, When they are all once again together, they will finally face the pain they caused each other and question the cost, Intentions, passion, regrets, it is about the secrets we keep, the paths we chose and what we destroy in the process, It is how we are present and how we disappear when those most precious to us are in need, Each carries the weight of life, for some it is lies of omission, and with sealed lips life goes on until silence becomes transgression, Henry has brought them together, it is time to confront the mountain of time between them to get at the heart of everything that happened,

Henrys son Chip, at eighteen, is already feeling crushed by the burdensome ache of first love, Now with his father in a hospital barely alive, this new mystery has become a thread, one that if pulled may unravel what he thought he knew about his own dad.
Worse, there are things Henry kept from Chip about himself, How does Laura, Goody and Pick fit into his story How will Chips own broken heart help him understand the choices of veritable strangers or teach him about forgiveness and love Each characters voice speaks to the reader, getting to the heart of why they did the things they did, as best they themselves can understand.
Laura, Pick and Goodys turmoil about what occurred while they were young has never left them, and without unpacking those feelings openly it has grown into wounds, The tale asks us how we confront possibilities and if we chose to wreck what we have, are we happier in the end Can there be second chances Can we be forgiven our youthful mistakes, often made in fear or without malice, ill intent How do we bridge time Are we punished for our decisions The story dips its toes in both past and present, because one cannot exist without the other.
These are all the steps that have led them all to a dying mans bedside,

It was a decent read, Who doesnt reach a certain age and wonder how things could have been different or regretted the hurt theyve caused Secrets grow into beasts out of our control, a sort of snapping animal on a very short chain and you cant ignore it forever.
A tale about endings that have to happen in order for the birth of something new, even if it hurts everyone in the process,

Publication Date: May,

SparkPress

I really enjoyed this book! It truly is a puzzle, and it was so fun to piece it together.
I also liked the way the story is told, and how each chapter gave me a new nugget of information to get me closer to the truth, The characters were well developed, and I very much appreciated all the intricacies of their personalities, It was easy to understand each characters fears, struggles and motivations and the way their internal dialogue is written truly helped me feel empathy for each one of them.
This book is not only a mystery, it is a love story, a family drama, and a tale of betrayal and forgiveness, What a wonderful book to start the year with!

“Attachments”, by Jeff Arch, is one of those novels that skillfully and invitingly pulls you in from the first pages.
The prose is fluid, the pace is perfect, the characters are interesting, the mystery is compelling, and you happily surrender yourself to the talents of the author, trusting that everything that is being set up will pay off.


Itsand the headmaster, Henry Griffin, of a boarding school in Pennsylvania, has had a stroke, and his last words before entering a coma were to ask for two former students: Sandy Piccolo and Stewart Goodman who had been roommates in the mids.


Who are these men What are their secrets Who are their wives and children and how do they factor in Why did Henry ask for “Pick” and “Goody” instead of his wife and son as his final request Sit back and let Jeff Arch beautifully spin it all out for you!
Henry Griffin is the Dean at a boarding school in Pennsylvania and its his lifethreatening stroke that sets the events of the novel in motion.
His last words are for two of his former students, Sandy “Pick” Piccalo and Stuart Goodman otherwise known as Goody, to come see him in the hospital, Griffins son Chip is mystified by his fathers actions, The two men couldnt be more different if they tried: Pick is a lawyer married to Laura, suffering after their four year old daughter died and is the son of a crime boss, while Goody wrote a famous book about his time in high school with Pick and Laura, only to then disappear.
With everyone involved now at Griffins dying side, what happened almost nineteen years ago will surface and will effect everything going forward, I cant really say I liked this book but I also cant really say I disliked the book either, I was expecting something very different, more thriller like but I ended up with a drama, I feel like I pretty much saw the plot twist of the book coming withinpages of the book, so i was super impatient to get to the end.
Its got some pretty sweet life lessons and its a fun little throwback to a time where no one had cell phones, The writing was really well done, it just wasnt for me, Jeff Arch has written a book that had me spellbound, I sense the book is part karma and has me questioning attachments in my own life, He had me at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania where I lived for three years, The personality and life of each individual will have you turning the pages and wanting more, Jeff is a master storyteller, “Attachments” is a must read, Thank you Booksparks and Sparkpress for a copy of this book,

Sadly, it was just not for me, I had a hard time connecting with the characters from this story, and it felt like there was a lot going on the entire time, Every single person in this novel has a crazy amount of "attachments" I know to all the other characters in the story, and I would get the details mixed up sometimes.
Or I would just forget them, I really needed the story to spell things out for me sometimes, I just did not care enough to pick up on social queues,

My least favorite part of this story was Laura, my god did she not know what she want and played "oh woe is me" the entire book.
She is miserable in her marriage and does nothing about it, and then kisses another man She holds a torch to her old flame and expects him to be her backup plan, and it is not until the very end of the book she finds her faults in this line of thinking and vows to be better.
She was just whiny and kind of an awful person all the way around,

The writing itself was fine, it was engaging enough to keep me going through this book, I had a feeling I knew what the "twist" would be, but I was still interested in seeing how it would all play out, There are flashbacks to the past, and those are always italicized, so if there is a jump mid chapter it is easy to catch the shift without being too confused.
The chapters are from the different view points of all the characters, and sometimes I was left with too little information, but that was usually fleshed out later on.


Overall, the premise of this book was interesting but the story itself was lost on me, It has a huge emphasis on family and correcting past mistakes, of friendships and coming together, but it also has a ton of problematic characters and almost unbelievable coincidences.
I would not say I dislike this book, but it felt very meh to me and probably will not live in my brain space for very long,
Hopefully this story gets into the hands of somebody else who enjoys it though!,