THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOST THINGS By Jessica Brody

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The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody
Published by Simon Pulse on 10/2/18
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 464
Format: Ebook
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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A lot can happen on the road from lost to found…

Ali Collins doesn’t have room in her life for clutter or complications. So when her estranged father passes away and leaves her his only prized possession—a 1968 Firebird convertible—Ali knows she won’t keep it. Not when it reminds her too much of all her father’s unfulfilled promises. And especially not when a buyer three hundred miles up the Pacific coast is offering enough money for the car to save her childhood home from foreclosure. There’s only one problem, though. Ali has no idea how to drive a stick shift.

But her ex-boyfriend, Nico, does.

The road trip gets off to a horrible start, filled with unexpected detours, roadblocks, and all the uncomfortable tension that comes with being trapped in a car with your ex. But when Nico starts collecting items from the quirky strangers they meet along the way, Ali starts to sense that these objects aren’t random. Somehow they seem to be leading her to an unknown truth about her father. A truth that will finally prove to Ali that some things—even broken things—are worth saving.

Short and Sweet Review

Ali’s childhood home is going to be foreclosed on and it seems like all hope is gone until Ali’s finds out that her recently passed father has left his 1968 Firebird convertible to her. Now all Ali has to do is meet with a buyer 300 miles and sell the car to him, the only problem is Ali doesn’t know how to drive stick but her ex-boyfriend Nico does. On the trip Nico tries to convince Ali to keep the car and get the money by trading things through craigslist. This book was better than I was expecting I loved the road trip aspect and we learn a lot about the characters while they’re on the road. The book is told only from Ali’s POV but we do get flashbacks from times with her dad and times with Nico. Ali and her father didn’t have the best relationship which is why she jumps on the opportunity to sell the Firebird. Ali doesn’t have the best relationship with Nico either considering that they’re exes. Ali is notorious for getting rid of things that bring her pain or she’ll just go through phases where she wants to throw everything away and she kind of did that to both her relationship with her dad and with Nico, once something went wrong she wanted nothing to do with them. I love the plot of this book Ali is so determined to get rid of the car and now she’s stuck in a car with Nico for five hours, I liked how awkward it was at first and then we learn more about their relationship and more about their lives in the process. We also learn more about Jackson (Ali’s dad) and how their relationship soured over the years. My favorite thing was the trading items through craigslist Ali and Nico met a lot of different people and found out how different things had different values for them, something happened to them during one trade and I was so crushed for them. I thought this was a great road trip book and I don’t think the synopsis gives it justice, Ali learned that there’s more value to things even if they may be broken its still worth it to save them.