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livredujour's review against another edition
3.0
I was confused through a good portion of the book but it had an interesting story line. Probably one of those books you need to read a few times to full appreciate.
shadowfelle's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a riot -- a good gift for a recent high school grad.
wistyallgood's review against another edition
4.0
WHAT WAS THIS.
Quite a trip, this one was.
It was half brilliant, half LSD induced hallucination. And I enjoyed it! I personally felt this was a simultaneous condemnation and ode to the Ivy League. The author himself went to Yale, so he's been "on the inside," which begs the question of how fake were some of the things in the book, really?
I don't even know what genre this was. Like, why was there a vampire? And a legitimate, casual fraternity (Comma Comma Apostrophe was their amusing name) competition to kill someone?! But it was all very irreverent and amusing?! But also full of urination and other pretty gross things??
I actually really enjoyed Hart Fox, the main character. He was just not-so-snobby and trying to get by. His gang was also pretty great. Peter, the wheelchair bound genius inventor (he souped up the chair so it was heated, had a machine gun, a cooler for drinks, a mirror for shaving...), was a personal favorite. I guffawed a few times, I'll admit, and also, I didn't realize the book was written in 2006 until the end; it could've been written yesterday, which is an impressive accomplishment. It had a timeless vibe, is what I mean.
I don't even know what this book was, but I'm glad I read it. Sometimes, it's not half-bad experiencing out-of-the-box entertainment.
Quite a trip, this one was.
It was half brilliant, half LSD induced hallucination. And I enjoyed it! I personally felt this was a simultaneous condemnation and ode to the Ivy League. The author himself went to Yale, so he's been "on the inside," which begs the question of how fake were some of the things in the book, really?
I don't even know what genre this was. Like, why was there a vampire? And a legitimate, casual fraternity (Comma Comma Apostrophe was their amusing name) competition to kill someone?! But it was all very irreverent and amusing?! But also full of urination and other pretty gross things??
I actually really enjoyed Hart Fox, the main character. He was just not-so-snobby and trying to get by. His gang was also pretty great. Peter, the wheelchair bound genius inventor (he souped up the chair so it was heated, had a machine gun, a cooler for drinks, a mirror for shaving...), was a personal favorite. I guffawed a few times, I'll admit, and also, I didn't realize the book was written in 2006 until the end; it could've been written yesterday, which is an impressive accomplishment. It had a timeless vibe, is what I mean.
I don't even know what this book was, but I'm glad I read it. Sometimes, it's not half-bad experiencing out-of-the-box entertainment.
katiehicks's review against another edition
2.0
This book was okay, but kind of all over the place. The protagonist mocks the ivy league-type school and the rich, spoiled, and entitled kids that go there, but then makes it clear at every turn that he belongs there for some reason. He wants to "make it" but has no goals and didn't even decide his major until he was already enrolled. Throughout the whole book, he never really explains why he wanted to go to this school so badly except that it was the best. So the school was a status symbol? Again, I was never sure if the author was mocking the rich or really wanted to be one.
Plus vampires! Mummies! Secret Societies! An erotic musical revue! It was a little too much.
Plus vampires! Mummies! Secret Societies! An erotic musical revue! It was a little too much.
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