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Title: Spinning Out
Author: David Stahler
Narrator: Christopher Gebauer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-17-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
High school senior Frenchy has little ambition beyond hanging out at the smoking rock until his best friend, the ever-witty and conniving Stewart, gets him to try out for Man of la Mancha. To everyone's surprise, the guys are a hit. But when Stewart's antics begin to grow more obsessive - he wears his costume 24/7, freaks out about little details, and displays an incessant hatred of the high-tech windmills outside of town - Frenchy worries that there's something deeper going on. Is Stewart spiraling into madness, just like Don Quixote? And can Frenchy battle through his own demons in time to save his friend from self-destruction before it's too late?
Editorial Reviews:
When high school stoners, outcasts, and best friends Stewart and Frenchy try out for the school musical, Don Quixote, on a whim, they dont expect to be cast in the production, but both end up with leading roles. As rehearsals wear on, though, Stewarts behavior becomes erratic, leaving Frenchy, struggling with demons of his own, to wonder whats wrong with his friend - and whether anything can be done about it.
Christopher Gebauer wholly inhabits these complex characters, who seem, at first, totally predictable, and quickly prove themselves to be anything but. Gebauer is an empathetic and sensitive performer who pays admirable attention to detail and transforms this audiobook into a truly gripping exploration of friendship, family, and mental illness.
Members Reviews:
Spins An Enjoyable Yarn
If I were a high school stoner, who wandered the halls aimlessly, managed to somehow get high every five minutes, pulled every prank imaginable in a pertinent effort to stick it to the man, the principal, and the school board, I would have considered this the crème de la crème, as I laughed giddily for nearly an hour, and then had a serious case of the munchies. But I was a massive nerd in high school, who held a certain amount of respect for the man and authority, probably didn't even truly comprehend the concept of acting out, actually wanted to excel in my classes because I understood that it would affect my future, and tried real hard not to stand out in a bad way, already grasping that I was a bit different than the majority of my classmates and that I didn't need to further emphasize the point.
Either way, or even if you fall somewhere in between these two extremes, this novel spins an enjoyable yarn and provides lifelike characters with profuse problems better suited for linoleum floors and locker-lined walls. And it works, all of it. The struggle for an identity, the friend turned love interest, and the rebels trying to sing a different tune could have felt forced in less capable hands, instead these all felt real to me, and I was transported back to simpler times, minus the copious amounts of weed.
SPINNING OUT filled my head with a hazy fog and had me twirling in a multitude of directions, happily soaking up the pages the way a beach bum might soak up the sun's rays. Despite this read lacking volume, instead becoming easily consumable like Pop-Tarts, it packed plenty of sentiment and brought to mind the phrase stoners with heart. Stewart and Frenchy may have out smoked Cheech & Chong, but these two knuckleheads decided on a plan to leave more of a legacy than a few roaches and a men's bathroom filled with the lingering effects of the sweet-smelling smoke.
But every dynamic duo needs a Kaela.
