The Reason You're Alive

from ecataldi

Matthew Quick never lets me down. He is wonderful at getting in the mind of his characters and letting his reader understand mental illness and emotional distress. The Reason You're Alive is the story of Vietnam vet, Daniel Granger. After a car accident makes him have brain surgery he is sent to ...

from GirlWellRead

A special thank you to Edelweiss and Harper for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.You may be familiar with Quick because of the success of The Silver Linings Playbook-isn't that such a great title? I had not read anything of his and happily requested this book because The Silver Linings Pla...

from kbranfield

The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick is a poignant and humorous novel about a politically incorrect Vietnam veteran's attempts to come to terms with the traumatic experiences that continue to haunt him. David Granger is a sixty-eight year old vet who is recovering from surgery to remove a br...

from Twink

July 4th seems like the right day to review Matthew Quick's new novel - The Reason You're Alive. David Granger is a sixty eight year old Vietnam vet. He's also a father, a grandfather, a widower, a businessman, a friend, an enemy and a man with a brain tumor. The book opens with Granger recoverin...

from Rdra1962

This book really impressed me. Quick cleverly introduces us to his very non-PC character, warts and all. Then he lets us get to know him and allows us to be amazed as we fall in love with this multi-layered character. This is the man who you do not want to sit next to at a party, or anywhere! He ...