Sorta Like A Rock Star, by Matthew Quick speaks to modern heroism, providing a hope for all misfits. Laced with meaning and thought, Quick’s vivid language entices his readers, keeping me intrigued from page one.
Despite events, good or bad, in one’s life that stand out against the rest, this is one book that is truly gratifying. This book fills you with bonafide hope, all thanks to its astounding main character Amber Appleton.
One cannot help but admire characters that bring light and happiness to any situation, who find the power to use what they have but never lose sight of what the future holds and what can be accomplished.
Amber longs to brighten at least one moment, if not a day, of each person she encounters. In the beginning, she’s seemingly optimistic, but even Amber Appleton can be shaken from her own life’s flaws.
Amber lives on a school bus nicknamed Hello Yellow that her mom drives, with their dog Bobby Big Boy, a comforter and six garbage bags of belongings. Each morning, she dresses and heads to the house of Ricky, her autistic friend, and his mother, Donna. There, she occasionally makes breakfast and then prepares for school.
She continues her day as any typical teenager would: going to school, hanging with Franks Freak Force Federation also known as The Five and then later heading somewhere to make someones life a little bit brighter.
In the darkness of the night, she hardly eats anything, does her homework, and goes to bed, whether her mom is home from the bar or not.
Despite the evidently shoddy living situation, she is hopeful. She considers herself a freak, but is proud.
That is until her small family is torn apart and Amber is left alone with only Bobby Big Boy. Life’s bright flicker of light is not so bright. She ceases living her old vivacious life and begins to shut out those who were always on her side.
It seems as though Amber’s lost herself, and it takes months for her to find who she once was again.
When she does, everything beings to pick up. I found myself cheering for Amber and realizing that my life is nothing compared to the trials and tribulations she encounters daily.
There is no doubt that Matthew Quick has created a genius character who speaks to people as if she has known them forever; whom people listen to and whom people learn to love and yearn to follow. Amber Appleton is not incredible at everything. She is not perfection itself. She is a typical seventeen-year-old girl with her own typically freakish problems, and she manages them while helping others do the same.
I would recommend this book to anyone, simply because everyone in the world needs a sort of unlikely hero. Sorta Like a Rock Star really is the type of book fit for any person. Whether one leads a hard or easy life, its aura speaks the truth. Why not treat yourself to a shot of enthusiasm and hope? We could all use a hero, and mine is named Amber Appleton; the hope spreader.
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