The Music of What Happens Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Bill Konigsberg (Author), Joel Froomkin (Narrator), Anthony Ray Perez (Narrator),

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From the award-winning author of Openly Straight, a story about two teens falling in love over a summer that throws everything possible to keep them apart.

Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever.

Jordan: The opposite of chill. Poetry. His "wives" and the Chandler Mall. Never been kissed and searching for Mr. Right, who probably won't like him anyway. And a secret: A spiraling out of control mother, and the knowledge that he's the only one who can keep the family from falling apart.

Throw in a rickety, 1980s-era food truck called Coq Au Vinny. Add in prickly pears, cloud eggs, and a murky idea of what's considered locally sourced and organic. Place it all in Mesa, Arizona, in June, where the temp regularly hits 114. And top it off with a touch of undeniable chemistry between utter opposites.

Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they're willing to risk - to get the thing they want the most.

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9 hours and 17 minutes
Author

Bill Konigsberg
Narrator

Joel Froomkin, see all
Audible release date

Feb. 26 2019
Language

English
Publisher

Scholastic Audio
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B07MFW9T9T
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	9 hours and 17 minutes
Author	Bill Konigsberg
Narrator	Joel Froomkin, Anthony Ray Perez
Audible.ca Release Date	February 26 2019
Publisher	Scholastic Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07MFW9T9T
Best Sellers Rank	#41,574 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #31 in Teen Fiction on Bullying & Abuse #39 in Teen Fiction on Dating & Sex #42 in LGBTQ2S+ Romance for Teens

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Claude Gariépy

YA and food trucks

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 24, 2021

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I couldn’t love it more. I already listen that one twice

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Greg Dunn

Well-meaning and well characterised, if credulity-stretching at times

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 11, 2020

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The main attraction in this latest YA novel by the reliable Bill Konigsberg is the voices he gives his characters. Here it's not only the lead protagonists, Max and Jordan, who come alive on the page, but their friends and family as well. The novel is also bursting with important issues the core audience might at some point go through if they're not already - family and money problems, insecurities and uncertainty about sex - but to the extent that it does seem a little piled on at times. (That said, the way Max and Jordan develop throughout the story because of the sh*t they have to deal with is what cements them as characters, so it's swings and roundabouts.) Certain aspects of the story require you to suspend your disbelief, and there are a couple of editing howlers that contradict earlier parts of the novel, but on the whole this is a well-written, meaningful and enjoyable story.

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Rafael Constantin

A very special book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 10, 2019

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The subgenre of Young Adult M/M romantic fiction has had its cup runnethed (??) over in the last few months. "Running with Lions", "Sometime after Midnight", "This is Kind of an Epic Love Story", and more.

Right at the top of the heap are Greg Howard's very funny and spiky "Social Intercourse", Julia Lynn Rubin's bleak and gritty "Burro Hills", and Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera's hopelessly romantic "What if it's us" - and now we can add Bill Konigsberg's "The Music of What Happens" to the A-list.

This novel is very special. Its two leads are exceptionally believable and relatable, as are their personal situations and the people around them. The device of the food truck as the backdrop for their developing romance felt clever and original to me. And it was wonderful to see the power of two damaged boys' love for each other help them begin to heal.

Whilst I love this genre, the writing can sometimes feel a little clunky and amateurish, with grammatical errors that really should not be made by published authors. This is certainly not the case with Konigsberg, whose prose is flowing and natural.

This book felt very real to me, and I think it would translate well to the cinema, the kind of quiet, character-driven drama that made (just as examples) "20th Century Women" and "Love is Strange" so special.

I highly recommend this lovely story to all fans of M/M romance.

As a side-note, there was not, as far as I could tell, a single typo throughout the book. That's got to be a first in this genre, and the editors deserve recognition for this amazing-even-though-it-shouldn't-be feat.

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Steve

A charming and thought-provoking gay love story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 31, 2020

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Two teenage boys, from very different backgrounds, and with very different levels of confidence and self-esteem, find themselves working their vacation on a mobile fast food vehicle in the fierce heat of an Arizona summer. This a tender and heartwarming story of how two apparently incompatible people can grow together, and of the hidden pain in the most confident-seeming of lives. It shows two young people confronting serious personal and family challenges and, as such, is designed for a teenage audience. But it has lessons for all ages and its story of love is timeless.

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MCF

Would make a good film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 14, 2020

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A good read with credible characters and serious plot lines.

Charlotte Rees

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 26, 2019

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It came in a decent amount of time and I loved the book

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