One of the things that disappointed me most in Walking Disaster was the flow and overall content, certain parts of the book felt really rushed and just slopped together. Also the explanation and meaning behind what “Pigeon” means to Travis I found to be very unique and true. The Epilogue was also pleasantly surprising and very interesting causing me to wonder if this has anything to do with Jamie McGuire’s next installment in the Beautiful Disaster Series about Travis’s brother Thomas. The highlight about this story, in my opinion, was the prologue, presenting his mum’s final words to Travis. Travis and Abby bring out the best and worst in each other and really have to fight to keep their relationship together. Abby is the first girl who doesn’t fall for Travis’s charm and for that he falls in love with her, leading Travis to fight for her attention and affection and to make Abby see she is in love with him too.

When he catches up with his cousin and roommate, Shepley, after the fight he discovers that Abby is actually the best friend of Shepley’s girlfriend, America. It’s at one of his fights, that Abby makes a lasting impression on Travis. He “bags” a lot of girls but forms no attachment and makes a living out of taking his inner turmoil of emotions and frustrations into fighting at an underground fighting ring called The Circle. Now in collage, Travis – known as the “bad boy”, keeps his heart and emotions shielded at all times.

Unfortunately, after his mother’s death his Dad didn’t handle the loss of his wife very well, so it was up to his older brothers to raise Travis. Travis Maddox, the youngest of five brothers, at the age of three lost his mother to cancer. Walking Disaster is a re-tell of the story of Beautiful Disaster from Travis’s point of view. Throughout my reading of the book I felt real disappointment as there were key moments from Beautiful Disaster that were either left out or glossed over, and when I finished the book, I was left feeling frustrated, disappointment and overall flat! I had such great expectations for this book but it pains me to say that Walking Disaster didn’t reach those expectations at all. In Beautiful Disaster Abby and Travis captured my heart and it became one of my favorite books to date. I have been anxiously counting down the days for Walking Disaster to be released, to read the re-tell of the beautiful story of Travis and Abby from Beautiful Disaster, but from Travis’s point of view.

Now it’s time to see the story through Travis’s eyes. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.Įvery story has two sides.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard.

Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire