Manicpixiedreamgirl
Sometimes the most dramatic scenes in a high school theater club are the ones that happen between the actors and crew off stage.Seventeen-year-old Tyler Darcy's dream of being a writer is starting to feel very real now that he's sold his first short story to a literary journal. He should be...
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Sometimes the most dramatic scenes in a high school theater club are the ones that happen between the actors and crew off stage.Seventeen-year-old Tyler Darcy's dream of being a writer is starting to feel very real now that he's sold his first short story to a literary journal. He should be celebrating its publication with his two best friends who've always had his back, but on this night, a steady stream of texts from his girlfriend Sidney keep intruding. So do the memories of his dream girl, Becky, who's been on his mind a little too much since the first day of high school. Before the night is over, Ty might just find the nerve to stop all the obsessing and finally take action.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375870057 (0375870059)
Publish date: April 23rd 2013
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I broke a lot of my own reading rules in finishing this book, but I'm fascinated by everyone's fascination with deconstructing the manic pixie dream girl trope.
I wish more YA books had more realistic characters like these.
Tom Leveen’s Manicpixiedreamgirl is an eponymous novel about the trope coined in 2007 but existing far back in the history of stories about a particular type of female character who acts as a muse to the main character. Initially described as: “The Manic Pixie Dream Girl exists solely in the fevered...
For the complete review, including a brief history of the Manic Pixie Dream girl, Check out my blog, YA RomanticsManicpixiedream girl is about a boy who drifts into a relationship he's not that into because he can't bring himself to reach out to the girl he's really interested in.The book switches b...
Nerdfighter he is? This is what happens when something confuses me. I forget what grammar is.