Joy Ride

by Lindsay Faith Rech

Joyride by Lindsay Faith Rech released on Sep 24, 2004 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037325072X
• ISBN13: 9780373250721
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Red Dress Ink
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Deeply engaging!

Wow! This is not the typical chick lit fare! I could not put this one down and ending up reading and finishing it late in the night. This novel has a depth and sensitivity toward the characters that was totally unexpected. I was thinking this would be a nice light Red Dress Ink read, but it totally surprised me! I really cared for and ached with the characters. I felt their struggles, their vulnerabilities. Previously I had enjoyed Rech's first novel, Losing It much more than average chick lit, but this book surpassed even her first one. I will certainly pick up any of Rech's future books! Thanks for providing chick lit that has real substance and heart!!

truly a joyride from start to finish....

Although I don't mean "joyride" in that it was literally a joyous book. It definitely had darker moments - much darker. This is *not* your ordinary "chick-lit" fiction. The storyline was engrossing though. Reading about Stella and Emily's friendship and how it evolved over the years from being barely teenagers to almost 30 year olds will make most women relive days with their own "best friend" and what kept them together over the years and what might have torn them apart. These two girls/women were closer than sisters - felt almost like sisters for most of their lives. As you read about all they have weathered together you wonder what could possibly be so terrible as to rip apart an almost life-long friendship. And you wonder whether or not this "thing" that is happening (it is kept a secret til almost the end) is going to be the death of it. There is a resolution, but you will have to read the book to see. I highly recommend this book - it was a wonderful story. The dark side of it made it all the better.

Addictive!

I couldn't get enough of this book. I started it during the big blizzard a couple weeks ago and was glued to it from start to finish. The author doesn't give you a chance to get bored or take a breather -- there's literally so many surprises, so many touching moments, so many thrills...you never know what's hiding around the corner. And for that reason, you find yourself just HAVING to squeeze just one more page of reading in before you walk away. Of course, with me, "one more page" turned into the entire book in one night, but maybe you'll have more discipline! Stella and Emily just have such an amazing friendship and Lindsay Faith Rech is such a talented storyteller. She definitely leaves you missing them at the end. "Joyride" is the perfect title for this book because it describes the reader's experience to a tee. Bravo!

An Absolutely Amazing Book!

Ever wonder what it would be like to have a best friend from childhood who would remain your best friend forever? Or even a group of friends? Lindsay Faith Rech's latest book explores just that possibility, and more. This is no ordinary chick lit book, I might add. Instead, this book is a wonderful novel filled with characters that you just don't want to leave at the end, and a story that is more like an experience then just a story. "Joyride" is told from Stella's point of view. The story begins in the present tense one night when Stella gets a phone call from her best childhood friend Emily, who now lives in Europe. Emily is all worked up and needs Stella to come out to her immediately. What the exact problem is isn't revealed to the readers yet, but it's clear that it is something that Emily has done that is bad enough to threaten their solid friendship. Stella, clearly agonized over the news given, jumps on the first flight she can find. But since Emily lives so far away and it will take no less than three flights to get to her, Stella has plenty of time to reminisce about the past. That is where the book then goes into the past tense and explains how Stella and Emily got to be such good friends and what led up to that fateful phone call. It tells how their lives growing up were exhilarating, yet tinged with the sorrow of many losses. However, somehow they stuck together through man problems, parental issues, deaths of loved ones, and much more. "Joyride" is a complex, rich and beautifully written book that I never imagined it would be when I picked it up to read. Author Lindsay Faith Rech is supremely talented to pull such a story together. The vibrant and realistic descriptions of friendship, love, lust, sorrow, pain, and happiness are interwoven with the threads of the plot. There is a very healthy amount of suspense in the story as well, since we have no idea what the fateful phone call is about until near the end. I tried to guess but ended up being wrong, which I loved. (I dislike being able to predict an ending in a book I'm reading.) The characterization in this novel is thorough and solid, and the story and characters gripped me immediately, to an extent that I couldn't put the book down until I finished it. Some parts of this book are not completely realistic, such as the friendship and how it was portrayed in the story. However, that only adds to this book's genius. Trust me - read it and you'll see what I mean. Overall, I highly recommend this book to absolutely everyone! My only warning to you is not to start it right before going to bed, because you will be sure to be up all night with this one.

I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! - FANTASTIC!!!

This is the best Chic-Lit book that I've read in a long time! I became glued to the characters. Stella and Emily had the kind of friendship that girls WISH that they had with their friends, but hardly ever do. As she did in Losing It, Lindsay Rech, finds vunerable spots in her characters, that you can't help but identify with. I LOVED THIS BOOK!