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The Tribulations of August Barton

By: Jennifer LeBlanc
Narrated by: James Oliva
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August Barton could never have mentally prepared himself for his freshman year of college: not only has his anxiety increased, but his parents are divorcing, his new roommate thinks Augie is the biggest nerd in existence, and his grandma, a retired prostitute named Gertie, has taken to running away from her nursing home. Augie just wants to hole up in his dorm room with his Star Wars collectables and textbooks, but Gertie is not about to let that happen. What ensues is a crazy ride, including: naked trespassing, befriending a local biker gang, and maybe - just maybe - Augie defeating his anxiety and actually getting the girl.

©2016 Jennifer LeBlanc (P)2018 Jennifer LeBlanc Coming of Age Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Comedy

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This was a hilarious and fun story! I honestly didn’t know what I was getting into with this book, but I couldn’t stop laughing with this amazing journey. August is a college freshman who is geeky and has extreme anxiety. I found his personality very relatable with his quirks, intelligence, and awkwardness. His grandma, Gertie, is hilarious, does what she wants, and is very outgoing. I love their relationship and how she tries to help him overcome his fears and anxieties throughout the story. This book was filled with family, forging new friendships and relationships, self development, and a ton of laugh out loud moments.
James did a really great job with this narration! I loved the different voices he gave each character and it was easy to distinguish who was talking. He definitely brought all of the characters, especially August and Gertie, to life. James put a lot of emotion and enthusiasm into his performance and kept me hooked from start to finish!
*I received this audiobook at no-cost from Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Quirky & Entertaining

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auggy with help from his crazy grandma grows up and finds love. narrator was a little too American for me but I warmed to him

cheesy American love tale

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I started this book not knowing what to expect and have finished it having found a new book to add to my favourites!
The story was great, fast paced and funny.
The narration was the best I’ve heard in a long time! The sound effects and different voices!
Well deserved 5 stars!!!

Amazing

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This coming of age story is a wonderful gem! Not my usual genre, but I throughly enjoyed it.

I found myself wanting to check in with the characters whenever I wasn't reading it, which for me is a sign of a great story.

I jumped between the paperback and audiobook and have to say the audio artist James Oliva absolutely crushed it. He added an extra dimension to the story and characters that really elevated the experience for me.

Brutally honest, wonderfully descriptive and well written, I throughly enjoyed my time with August Barton, and I'll definitely be digging in to the next installment.

And the payoff at the end?! It had me smiling from ear to ear.

A fantastic listen!

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This is such a fun novella and one which I am going to label Adrian Mole crossed with American Pie with added older ladies behaving badly.

August ‘Augie’ Barton is a college freshman. Though his college is in his home town, he goes for the full college experience, meeting his dorm mate Isaac, love interest Rose, getting a killer hangover and taking his gran to his first college party, all on day one!

And it is the inclusion of granny Gertie that makes this story a cut above. She is hilarious, causes many many tribulations for Augie but also helps him develop his confidence with women, in life in general, and in managing his anxiety. She’s his Yoda.

If you are familiar with the ‘let out a breath I didn’t realise I was holding’ line that features in many many YA books, and on this point I am kidding you not, there is literally a ten second chapter in the audiobook that is entirely Augie passing out because he didn’t release said breath - I so hope it was done ironically. It certainly made me laugh.

Audiobook narrator James Oliva provides a very exuberant performance, complete with (occasionally unnecessary) sound effects, but I loved how differentiated and vivid all the characters were through his narration.

This is a cast of colourful larger than life characters who are all loveable enough for me to imagine what fun we’d have if they were real. Augie is particularly adorkable and sometimes its just great to see the truly nice guy come out on top. Despite the humour there are some serious topics explored and this light touch works really well.

The sequel isn’t available on audio yet but hopefully it will be added soon because I do think the narration adds to the joy. If you simply can’t wait for the revelations of the sequel, it is available on kindle or in paperback now.

I received a gifted copy for the purposes of an honest review

Full of loveable larger than life characters

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