C.D. Payne
Birth date: July 05, 1949
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I really really loved this book; I decided to buy it after watching the film (which I loved). During the first about 70-80 pages I thought "hmm, this is okay but I really wish it was better" because I was hoping the book would excel the film. Thankfully after a while I really got into the plot and...
Another 14 year old boy's love song to his penis. Yes, there are hilarious parts. There are also mean-spirited, self-aggrandizing parts. The adolescent male voice rings achingly, annoyingly, gratingly true here. Sometimes I was embarrassed to be giggling at what I was giggling at, and to make me fee...
I picked up this book because my daughter was raving about it. The coming of age of Nick Twisp. The teenage angst, stress and rebellion of a 15 year old boy. All in all, an amusing read but I am not going to run out to see the movie.
After finishing Youth in Revolt I was going to restart tackling the Western Canon once again. But I couldn't pass up this smaller sequel. Much of what makes Youth in Revolt an enjoyable book carries over. However, the series starts to suffer from its own material. The increasingly bizarre scenar...
Crass, derisive and unapologetic. My kind of book. There's only a few books that I find myself laughing out loud as I read. The last one was years ago with Christopher Moore's Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Before that, I don't even remember. But now, I have a list ...
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