Roxy, Neal Shusterman
Roxy, Neal Shusterman
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Roxy

Author: Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Megan Tusing, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Candace Thaxton, Neal Shusterman

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/09/2021


Synopsis

From the team that brought you the New York Times bestselling Dry comes a “gritty and unflinching” (Booklist) thriller that proves when gods play games, even love is a lie.

The freeway is coming.

It will cut the neighborhood in two. Construction has already started, pushing toward this corridor of condemned houses and cracked concrete with the momentum of the inevitable. Yet there you are, in the fifth house on the left, fighting for your life.

Ramey, I.

The victim of the bet between two manufactured gods: the seductive and lethal Roxy (Oxycontin), who is at the top of her game, and the smart, high-achieving Addison (Adderall), who is tired of being the helpful one, and longs for a more dangerous, less wholesome image. The wager—a contest to see who can bring their mark to “the Party” first—is a race to the bottom of a rave that has raged since the beginning of time. And you are only human, dazzled by the lights and music. Drawn by what the drugs offer—tempted to take that step past helpful to harmful…and the troubled places that lie beyond.

But there are two I. Rameys—Isaac, a soccer player thrown into Roxy’s orbit by a bad fall and a bad doctor and Ivy, his older sister, whose increasing frustration with her untreated ADHD leads her to renew her acquaintance with Addy.

Which one are you?

About Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.

About Jarrod Shusterman

Jarrod Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of the novel Dry, which he is adapting for a major Hollywood film studio with National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman. He is also the coauthor of the accoladed novel Roxy. His books have all received critical acclaim and multiple starred reviews. Jarrod wrote his most recent title, Retro, with Sofía Lapuente, and together, they teach a course on writing at UCLA. They are partners in every sense of the word, with love and multiculturalism as an ethos—living between Madrid, Spain, and Los Angeles. If they are not working, it means they’re eating. For behind-the-scenes author content and fun videos, follow them on Instagram and TikTok @SofiandJarrod.


Reviews

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC. While society blithely ignored the opioid crisis as it was ravaging poor and rural America, it is now an "important" and "pressing" topic to explore. Articles, podcasts, and documentaries have worked to establish the wide-ranging devastat......more

4 Sterne | Pluspunkte: Intensiv, bezeichnend, einzigartig | Minuspunkte: teilweise verwirrend, anfängliche Probleme mit dem Schreibstil Wie ich schon letzte Tage auf Instagram ([URL not allowed]) erzählt habe: Ich finde den deutschen Klappentext nicht sonderlich passend. Er hat......more

Goodreads review by Laura

UNPOPULAR REVIEW. But honest. The book begins with an overdosed teenager with the name Ramey, I., but who is it, Isaac or Ivy? Flash back two months… Isaac is a hardworking student with a promising future and a chance at a soccer scholarship to college. Ivy has a deadbeat boyfriend and often stays o......more

Book reviewed on www.whisperingstories.com Roxy is a very unusual book in that it is mainly about four characters, Isaac and Ivy who are human teenage siblings, both of whom are taking medication for very different reasons. The other two characters are the drugs that they take, Roxy (oxycodone – Isaa......more

Ich muss gestehen, dass ich etwas völlig anderes erwartet hatte. In Gedanken hatte ich die Vollendet und Scythe Reihen im Hinterkopf und war dadurch eher auf eine Zukunftsversion gefasst, in der eine neue Art von Droge - namens "Roxy" eine Art Cyberspace Eigenleben entwickelt. Warum auch immer ich s......more


Quotes

"Roxicodone and Adderall — the seductive Roxy and the comforting Addi — take on voices and personalities of their own when they make a bet to see which drug can get a troubled teen to the party with Dusty, Charlie, and Al (alcohol) first. Narrators Michael Crouch and Megan Tusing lead an ensemble cast in jumping from the points of view of the drugs to recounting the lives of a brother and sister in high school. Isaac heavily relies on painkillers after he’s injured playing soccer, and Ivy looks for a little pick-me-up to help her study. Anthropomorphism may not be every listener’s cup of tea, but here the driving pace and convincing details get the serious message across."