The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know, by Brent Hartinger

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The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know, by Brent Hartinger

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"I guess this was what they meant by a loss of innocence. Who knew?"

Russel Middlebrook is 23 years old, gay, and living in trendy Seattle, but life isn't keeping up with the hype. Most of his friends have a direction in life - either ruthlessly pursuing their careers or passionately embracing their own aimlessness. But Russel is stuck in place. All he knows is that crappy jobs, horrible dates, and pointless hook-ups just aren't cutting it anymore.

What's the secret? What does everyone else know that he doesn't?

Enter Kevin, Russel's perfect high school boyfriend. Could rekindling an old flame be the thing Russel needs to get his life back on track? Or maybe the answer lies in a new friend, an eccentric screenwriter named Vernie Rose, who seems plenty wise. Or what the hell? Maybe Russel will find some answers by joining his best friend Gunnar's crazy search for the legendary bigfoot!

One way or another, Russel is determined to learn the all-important secret to life, even if it's a thing he doesn't even know he doesn't know.

The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know, by Brent Hartinger

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36053 in Audible
• Published on: 2015-05-18
• Format: Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Running time: 403 minutes

The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know, by Brent Hartinger

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The Thing We All Needed To Know (And Read!) By Brian the Writer Brent Hartinger enters the world of NA Literature exactly the same way he entered the world of YA Literature, with deft aptitude for knowing the pulse of his readers. In The Thing I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know, Hartinger has captured the fears, concerns and insecurities of the lost 20something in the 21st Century. Hartinger’s readers have grown up since the debut of his highly acclaimed first novel, The Geography Club, and his most famous character Russel Middlebrook has grown up, too. Readers will feel a sense of familiarity when reading The Thing I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know and will be pleased to be able to reconnect with their favorite characters (Russel, Min, Gunnar, Kevin), but now on the same level and maturity as them.Hartinger was smart to tackle the issues plaguing the young, gay, 20something. NA is a new but much needed genre in literature. It bridges the gap between the YA years and the over 25 adult years, and I applaud Hartinger for giving us a novel that explores this crucial and often unwritten about time in anyone’s life. The novel feels so real and so now. Readers will be able to identify with Russel’s conflicts: the complexities of hooking-up, the aimlessness of not knowing your true passion and purpose in life, and the desire for an ex who reminds you of a time when you were truly happy.I found myself once again connecting with Russel Middelbrook and his friends and was glad to have the opportunity to do so. Few authors have been able to take their young adult characters and age them into adulthood as successfully as Brent Hartinger has done. What is so great is that once again, when we need Hartinger and his characters the most, they are here to give us the insight and the support we need.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. (I didn't want it to end so I tried to make the book last as long as possible) I just knew I had to write a review to say how am By Andrew Carrillo After finally finishing the latest installment of the Russel Middlebrook series, (I didn't want it to end so I tried to make the book last as long as possible) I just knew I had to write a review to say how amazing it is. I've been a fan of the series since Geography Club first came out, pun intended, and seeing Russel's evolution in the latest entry is a breath of fresh air.I won't go into the details of the plot because you just have to read the synopsis for that, but Russel has come a long way since we first saw the closeted teen back in the day. What I loved most about this book is the fact that readers old and new can relate to Russel on some level. Brent does an excellent job portraying gay and single men in their twenties and the struggle we all face when trying to find out who we really are. Russel struggles with finding his place on the spectrum (single and ready to mingle...unrequited love...post-grad job and the struggle of finally getting your "dream" job) and I couldn't help but relate to that on every level.What I enjoy about this series is that I keep wanting to know more and more about the characters. I love seeing how far they've come because that's what makes me love book series...wanting to be part of each character's journey. Min...Gunnar...Russel...Kevin...all of them.How does this compare to the others in the series? It's just as good if not better. The other four in the series all tie together as does the latest installment, but you don't necessarily have to read them in order to understand The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know. Brent does a good job of getting the readers to understand the backstory without repeating every single detail that took place in the original books. I look forward to reading the next chapter in Russel's adventure.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Amazing, as always. But, like, EXTRA amazing. By Tim O'Leary There's a reason why Russel Middlebrook is such an enduring character that we fans keep coming back to again and again. Well, there are several reasons, really, but primarily it's because we all can see a little bit of ourselves in Russel. Often, we don't like what we see, and neither does he. But he has a lot more courage to admit it than most of us.I loved Russel when he was a teenager, and after The Elephant of Surprise I was ready to see the next phase of his life. At first, I was a little disappointed when I heard Hartinger was going to completely bypass the college years. No awkward back-rubs in the dorms? No fumbling in the bushes? No puking out of the windows of cars?But it turns out, Russel's life post-college is a lot more interesting, so skipping college was a stroke of genius. Why? College is a largely structured environment, with the schedule of classes and inexorable flow of semesters. But once you're out of college and have to find your own way? That's a lot less secure, and therefore creates a lot more dramatic tension.Though Russel is 23, he's still the same Russel we know, just with a lot more agency and a lot less sense of direction. He's more sexually active, too, as he's graduated from Internet chat rooms (aw, remember those?) to a Grindr-like hookup app. But the sex he's having isn't fulfilling, and every time he does it he freaks out about STD's. In other words, he's having realistic sex.But Russel was always a romantic at heart, so we get some great drama when who should show up back in his life but Kevin, the utterly imperfect yet totally desirable high school sweetheart ... who immediately tells him he's now living with his boyfriend.Gutted, you guys. That's how I felt. Because we've all kind of been there, right?Fortunately, Min and Gunnar are still very much in his life. In fact, they all live together, but I won't spoil how or where, because it's a cool plot twist. Min and Gunnar, as usual, both have their own dramas, largely "off screen," that are interesting enough to merit a book of their own (which Min actually succeeded at obtaining two books ago).But I think my favorite character in the book was a new one. Often the "new character" is Russel's love interest, but this time around it was the intriguing old woman who Russel saves from drowning and who ends up his mentor. I only wish I had a wise sage woman in my life when I was 23. It would have saved me quite a few years of lack of direction.I could go on and on about how much I love the Russel Middlebrook series, but I'll end it with this: Hartinger boldly ventures into a new sub-category - New Adult - with this book, leaving the world of YA behind. Which is, of course, the perfect transition, because we as his audience are also getting older as the books come out. I'm so happy we get to continue with Russel on his journey, and with the incredibly tantalizing ending, I can't wait to see what happens next.

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