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I Have Lived Today
- A Literary Coming of Age Story
- Narrated by: Steve Aleppo
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
England. 1960s. A cold, harsh autumn.On an isolated island, an abusive man forces his wife to run for her life. Their son Tristan, young and afraid, also flees the island and sets out into the world to escape his demons and find his mother.
Hitchhiking beneath the backdrop of a wild and loveless November, Tristan encounters every possible character, from the genuinely kind to the inherently wicked. Beaten, robbed, and stripped of even hope, Tristan finds himself on the gritty streets of London’s East End, where everything he thought he knew about life starts to shatter and crumble around him. With all hope seemingly lost, the young boy even questions the futility of life itself.
But when he learns that there are others who share his torment and understand his pain, can Tristan find the courage to make it through his darkest hours?
Tristan's tale is a grim exploration into his own conscience. As he discovers the unique ability of humans to do such heinous things - both to themselves and to one another - it's all he can do to keep control, as his passage of internal discovery takes one dark turn after another and sends him to the edge.
I Have Lived Today is Steven Moore's haunting literary debut. This dark, edgy, and painfully honest coming-of-age tale packs a powerful punch.
If you always root for the underdog and want to follow Tristan's trials and tribulations, buy I Have Lived Today, today.
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- BookNerd
- 14-11-20
I Have Lived Today...
... has a lazy Sunday afternoon feel to it and I love that: there’s a Dickensian style to the story telling with its serendipitous connections but, at the same time, it has the gritty depth and darkness you expect from a Dickens novel; it’s no fairy story, for sure and is, at times, difficult to read. But you find yourself drawn to the main character, Tristan, whose vulnerability and innocence make you root for him, want to know what opportune encounter he’ll have next, where that will lead, and where he’ll ultimately end up. There’s a sort of sweet sadness to the tale, wrapped up in a descriptive narrative that’s both haunting and bright. The narrator has a natural style and is easy on the ears which makes the audio very listenable.
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- Korra II Baskerville
- 09-01-22
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This book is depressing. As I was listening to it, I kept finding myself thinking it was called “I Have Lived Today” because “A Series of Unfortunate Events” was already taken.
It starts out, spending a significant amount of time talking about how Tristan’s alcoholic father beats the life out of him and his mother. The mother finally bails, only to leave her son behind. He bails, discovers he has an aunt, who reveals he has a long-lost sister. Then his aunt immediately dies. He gets robbed when he has nothing, finally catches up to his mother, only for her to be raped and murdered. Nobody seems overly concerned with the murder investigation though. It’s mentioned a few times in passing but nothing ever comes of it.
While his mother was on the street, she began to do prostitution. Her first John was a guy who seemed genuinely interested in her. They made plans to meet up later, only for nothing to come of that plot thread. It added absolutely nothing to the story.
Tristan finally finds some info out about his sister, flies to New York. While there, a plot thread about a guy whose son went missing, and now he helps people find missing loved ones. Alright, some world-building. So what’s the issue? Much like everything else in this story, that goes nowhere. Tristan is informed by this man that his sister is back in Europe, where he started.
Tristan flies back to London, where he quickly meets up with his sister and they barely get to know each other. The whole book builds up to it, only to gloss over it. They opt to forgive their father and return home, only to find him dead. Everybody is nonchalant about yet another “family” member dying. Tristan discovers and reads off a note stating that his mother’s friend is his and his sister’s real father. Then it abruptly ends.
Closure? Finishing up loose plot threads? Pfffff. Nah, you listened to an 11-hour audiobook that amounted to NOTHING in the grand scheme of things. What is there to be gained from listening to this story? What’s the moral? What’s the purpose? I’m lost. I have no idea. This story was a depressing waste of time. I normally loathe reviews that are just summaries and try to avoid spoilers. But this book was so infuriating to listen to, I didn’t want to hit at or gloss over what a miserable listen it was.
I couldn’t recommend this book to anybody. The audio narration and narrator were great, as far as I can remember. I didn’t spend too much time thinking about it because I had to pause it constantly due to it being so depressing to listen to.
NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.
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