I loved this book, discovered it while working on a project on Stephen Elliott. Someone recommended Someday to further understand Elliott's "Where I Slept" essay. I don't quite see the connection but I'll never be sorry for following up that lead and reading this book.One of my favorite bits: ""But ...
I'm getting pickier about YA lit these days, but I really enjoyed this one. Definitely reminiscent of The Catcher in the Rye -- the protagonist, James Sveck, is basically a somewhat-closeted gay Holden Caulfield -- but I loved Catcher, so I thought this was great too.
4-4.5 stars if reviewed as an adult title.5 stars if considered a YA title.I recently watched the film version of The City of Your Final Destination and liked it enough to pick up my copy of this book, by the same author, which has been gathering dust here for a couple months. For whatever reasons, ...
in a sentence or so: James is an 18 year old who hates people his own age, doesn't want to go to college in the fall, and finds communicating with anyone an absolute frustrating and revolting challenge.we enter the story as James's mom's most recent marriage doesn't last through the honeymoon. Jame...
I didn't believe for a second that an 18 year old, even a haughty rich white 18 year old New Yorker Stuyvesant grad, would sound like this narrator. The narrator sounds like a snarky GWM in his 50s, who ridicules such imaginative new targets as gallerists, therapists, professors, and businessmen. Ri...
This was a beautifully written book with a main character I found to be entirely annoying. The angst is simply overwhelming and more pointless than usual. James is well-off and whiny and wearying to my ear. I didn't much care if he ended up going to the Ivy League school of his parents choice or not...
I read this book a while ago, so I don't remember enough to give a really detailed review. But the book really sucked me in. It wasn't a comfortable read by any means, James has too many issues for it to be that, but even so, when it ended I was really sad to leave himETA. There's a movie version in...
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