Gus (Bright Side), by Kim Holden
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Gus (Bright Side), by Kim Holden
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This is the story of Gus losing himself, finding himself, and healing along the way. "The honest-to-God truth is, I don't even know how to function anymore. Bright Side wasn't only my best friend, she was like my other half-the other half of my brain, the other half of my conscience, the other half of my sense of humor, the other half of my creativity, the other half of my heart. How do you go back to doing what you did before, when half of you is gone forever?" Contains mature themes.
Gus (Bright Side), by Kim Holden- Amazon Sales Rank: #3802860 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-15
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.40" h x .60" w x 5.30" l,
- Running time: 11 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
Review "Lidia Dornet delivers another fantastic performance." ---BJ's Reviews
About the Author Kim Holden lives in the greatest city in the world: Denver, Colorado. Some of her favorite things include reading, writing, the two coolest guys on the planet (her husband and son), her bicycle, Facebook, iced coffee, and music. She also loves dreaming. Visit her at kimholdenbooks.com.Alex Kydd is a classically trained actor of both stage and screen. Since graduating from The William Esper Studio (in New York City) in 2013, Alex has been seen in plays throughout the New York Tristate area. Most recently he has been working with Flock Theatre, a theater group based in Southeastern Connecticut.Lidia Dornet is a Brooklyn-based artist who specializes in voice-over and dance. She is heavily addicted to yoga, karaoke, and all things made of chocolate. Lidia is also obsessed with the Talking Heads, David Bowie, and the Clash.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful. Exactly What I Wanted. Gus = Perfection! By Hummingbird Girl When I read Kim Holden’s books I feel like she’s writing to me and me alone. I feel connected to the story as if it’s mine. That’s her gift, and I’ll cherish it as long as she decides to write because her work makes me better. 'Bright Side' was one of the most emotional books I’ve ever read…f*** that, it was the most emotional book I’ve ever read and it made me question my life and choices more so than any other art piece has before. 'Gus' was the same. It didn’t strip me raw like 'Bright Side' did (thank Jesus, because I didn’t have anything left), but it impacted me just as deeply. It was emotionally charged, but it was truly the balm I needed for the gaping wound that 'Bright Side' left in my soul.'Gus' was my most anticipated read of the year. I’ve been waiting for his story since I closed 'Bright Side'. The way we left him…his anguish, the sheer devastation of his grief as he faced the horrible prospect of continuing life without his soul mate, his best friend, his bright sun, his everything. To say it was heartbreaking would be a gross understatement. He was a wreck, I was a wreck, it was a mess. It was amazing. So of course, I was dying for his story. I needed to see him whole again as I would a dear friend. I bonded with this character, and I ached for his happiness.His journey was a hard one, and I was in a state of constant anxiety as I watched him battle through his grief. In the beginning of 'Gus', I ached so much for him as he made some devastating choices in order to bear the pain. His actions were reckless, but they were honest. His grief was a living, breathing thing, and it consumed his whole being. Kim Holden portrayed the total devastation that someone feels when they lose someone they love perfectly. She didn’t hold back, but then she couldn’t hold back, because we knew how much Bright Side meant to Gus, so she had to honor her memory and show the great impact that she had on the people she left behind.Gus is an artist, so he’s a sensitive soul and he gives life everything he has, and when life hits him, every part of him is bruised. I must say, I loved this part of the story. No, I’m not into people’s pain, but c’mon, Gus is the epitome of the broken rock star, and unlike other rock star stories where you only get a hint of what they’ve been through, you know Gus’ full story, so you feel the full impact. Knowing who Gus really is makes his transformation from sweet, lovable rock star, to brooding, sexy rock god that much more amazing. Commence the swooning.While Gus battled to come from under his dark cloud, he also had to deal with Scout MacKenzie. The record label assigned her as Gus’ assistant, and Gus couldn't stand it. I. Loved. Scout. From the moment Gus laid eyes on her and nicknamed her Impatient, I knew that their story would be epic. He thought that she was cold and judgmental, and she thought that he was a spoiled rock star a******. I was grinning like a damned fool. Not because I was jonesing for Gus to fall in love (I still wasn’t ready to let go of Bright Side), but because I knew that what he needed was a friend who would tell him to his face that he needed to get his s*** together.With a mix of a lot humor and tolerable emotional angst (and smoking hot sexual tension!), Holden built a friendship between Gus and Scout. They were both dealing with heartbreak and, even though they didn’t know it, their reluctant friendship helped them heal. And isn’t that just exactly what it’s all about? Kim Holden showed me once again that what is important in life is building true and honest relationships with good people. Not with perfect people, since that’s not real, but with people who look at you and see you, and still love you. People who feel your hurt and cry for you. People who try with everything they have to make you smile.I think that Kim Holden is that kind of person. I believe that with her writing she’s acknowledging that she sees us all and she loves us. I think she knows that we hurt, and she hurts with us. I know that she tries to make us smile, even if in order to do that, she has to make us cry first. And yes, 'Gus' will make you smile. By the end of this story, I was smiling so big and so bright. She creates these stories with these characters that are so very identifiable, so that we’ll see ourselves when we read about them, and we’ll have the courage to live to be happy too. Some might call that cheesy, but do you know what I say? Cheese is delicious.Read 'Gus' and feel fulfilled. You don’t have to read 'Bright Side' first, because it can stand on its own, but why wouldn’t you want some Bright Side in your life? It just makes 'Gus' that much better. That’s it though, isn’t it? The pain makes the pleasure so much sweeter.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful. GUS IS HOT By Neena11 I don't even know where to begin.Obviously, we open with Gus, Katie's BFF, who is lost without her. He is adrift. Kim Holden takes us on a journey of grief, the road traveled by those left behind when a loved one leaves us. It's not pretty. But it's real. As a reader, I rolled through the pain with Gus, I felt it deep inside as if it were my own. I felt his torture. I hit rock bottom with him.But I also rose from the ashes with him.Is this book Bright Side? No, it isn't. It is the book that shows us what Bright Side meant...because doing epic isn't always easy. It's a choice. And Gus had to learn to choose...There are not enough wonderful things that I can say about this book. KH is just...gah. She's amazing. The characters are so well developed and the emotion she draws us unreal. I laughed and cried repeatedly throughout. There was so much love in this book. It is a must read!!!Don't miss out on this book. It is amazing!!!
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Total and utter perfection, it was real, it was honest, it was emotional, it was stunning beautiful but most of all it was EPIC! By DonnaC GUS (Bright Side, #2) by Kim Holden5 stars!!“Grief. Anger. Grief. Anger. Grief...Anger.”After you have read something as perfect as Bright Side you are always going to be nervous reading the sequel, I mean, how can something so perfect ever be matched or even topped? Well, I needn’t have worried at all. As soon as GUS landed on my kindle I was all in from the first to last word. Kim Holden does Gus proud in this book and she has given us a story that was honest, real, emotional, intense and so heart-breakingly genuine that you just fell in love with these characters all over again. Kim Holden has once again touched my heart, I felt it all, the grief, the desolation, the turn around, that eureka moment and all the happy that follows. This book was perfectly balanced and I was so thankful that it rang true to life, losing someone that you are extremely close too is not something that you get over easily and it was never brushed aside, it was raw, but it was perfect.Gus as you could imagine really struggles in the beginning and this is where I felt Kim Holden really hit her stride. As I said above, I felt his pain, I felt his emotions, and I felt his devastation. Gus really struggles to find himself. Bright Side was his other half, his soul mate, how could someone possibly go on when one half of them is missing? I have to say I was really worried about Gus, I knew that this was going to hit him hard, but to see how vulnerable and broken he was, was soul crushing at times. I always knew that he would have to hit rock bottom before he could start his painful clamour to the surface and the way this book was written made that journey all the more honest, genuine and unequivocally believable.“Bright Side wasn’t only my best friend; she was like my other half...the other half of my brain, the other half of my conscience, the other half of my sense of humour, the other half of my creativity, the other half of my heart. How do you go back to doing what you did before, when half of you is gone forever.”Gus in the beginning was a shell of the man that we loved and knew, he couldn’t write, he couldn’t play, he just existed and even then that was up for debate at times. I wanted him to watch the DVD, I wanted him to see what and who he had become, Bright Side wouldn’t have wanted this, he needed to know, he needed to be told but he just wouldn’t listen. He needed to work through his pain and even Bright Side herself had anticipated it, it just went to show how bone deep their connection was, it was beautiful. Stunningly beautiful.“I don’t know to be Gus without her, dude. I’m effing lost as s***.”We finally get that little sliver of light in the form of Scout, I am not going to say too much about Scout but she was the wake-up call that Gus needed. He made her life hell, but she gave back as good as she got. The journey that these two went on was honest and real, no insta love, not even instant friendship but none the less a beautiful, sometimes hilarious read that will have your emotions all over the place. In the beginning these two were by no means perfect together, but they worked, they worked well, they were just what each other needed, they were there for each other, the right place at the right time. The way Kim Holden develops their relationship before your eyes was inspiring, that character connection resonates deep within and once again we have another character that you cannot help but love.“He doesn’t live life, he feels it. I’ve seen it. I’ve seen grief strangle him. And I’ve seen happiness make him glow with a brightness so intense it’s almost blinding. That’s what makes him so special. It’s not his talent or his looks. It’s how much he feels.”Once again though Bright Side is not forgotten, this book was a celebration of her life, how life became after Bright Side but no-one would ever forget, forever at the forefront of people’s thoughts and memories and forever uttering or thinking “what would Bright Side do”? Every time she was mentioned the tears came, I just couldn’t help it and my thoughts would wander back to that orange book that decimated me last year.It was great to catch up with all the characters, no-body was forgotten in this book, while this book is predominantly all about Gus, Gus’s journey would never be complete without his friends and they are all there as one big happy family, even Keller. This is what I loved, Kim Holden brought them all together, they were a unit, they may have lost the anchor that held them tethered together but those friendships were for life and life means life.This was one emotional journey, but it was a necessary evil, the good far outweighs the bad and the journey that Kim Holden takes you on to get there was well worth the tears and the tissues. You have to sit back and salute Kim Holden, the woman is a genius, Bright Side was EPIC, Gus was EPIC, this author is just EPIC. This woman knows how to nail character connection; she brings these people to life. She knows how to nail emotions, she makes me cry even when not intended but most of all you live and breathe it all and that is what I love in a book. I want it to be an experience and this is one experience I will never ever forget. I totally and utterly loved Bright Side but I can honestly say I loved Gus just as much.“Not good things...but epic things. And I’ve fallen in love with epic. It’s the only way to live.”Amazing job Kim Holden, you should be so proud, not only did you do Gus Hawthorne justice but us the reader too. You gave us a raw, emotional, yet uplifting story that will have mended many hearts. But I can’t reiterate enough how much I respect the honesty in this book, it made it for me. It was real, it was believable, dude...it was EPIC.
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