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Loading... When You Don't See Meby Timothy James Beck
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. None of the characters in this book gets "alive" enough to arouse sympathy. And then there are just too many characters, half of which could have been left out as far as I'm concerned. Then Beck could have focused more on a few main characters, and this novel could perhaps have gained more depth. (  ) Leosbooks | Apr 29, 2008 |  Another amazing story, I enjoyed that there wasn't too much of a romance as Nick is only 19. This is darker than previous stories, but then it's after 9/11 where Gretchen died. I enjoyed that while characters from previous stories were there they did not take over the entire story. (  ) celauer | Apr 21, 2008 | While I have enjoyed a lot of this writing group's novels, I wouldn't have said any of the others were any good - this one was. Set in New York in 2003, September 11 is a real part of these people's lives. It made me cry in public at one point. This is a slightly grown-up Nick's story - I disagree with the idea that "he is the one who disappears". alasen_reads | Dec 1, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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For nineteen years, he's been "the one who disappears" to his disapproving, Midwestern family. And now in New York City, a metropolis of anonymity built on not making eye contact, he feels right at home. Walking the streets of the Village, sneaking into dive bars, cleaning apartments, and trying to co-exist in a cramped apartment with his three roommates, Nick's trying to find his way without doing anything to put his wounded heart at risk, all the while wondering, "Does anything last?"
But Nick's vanishing act is about to be challenged in ways he never dreamed. Little by little, he's being forced into the land of the living--into relationships and opportunities, love and sex, truth and acceptance, into the heartbreaking secrets of his past and the hopeful chances of his future. And the more visible Nick becomes, the more he realizes that in life and love, disappearing is not an option...
"A book to get lost in."-Bay Area Reporter on Someone Like You
"Funny and touching with wonderful characters."-The Texas Triangle on He's The One
"A charming, humorously appealing tale."-Publishers Weekly on It Had To Be You
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