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bitchie's review against another edition
5.0
Nick is a very youngish 18, all set to enjoy his last year of summer before going off to college. Jai is 25, and back in town to work for the summer, to finance the months he always spends traveling the world.
On the surface, I can't see why Jai would even want Nick, because, as I said, he's a youngish 18, and Jai is quite a bit older, but as you saw them together, they fit. Nick brought Jai out of himself a bit, which was nice.
I could definitely see a bit of Lisa's TW fanfic influences in this story, what with the age difference, Nick's very cute, close relationship with his best friend, Devon, Nick suffering from a lack of filter and being an awesome geek, and Jai being much more introspective and quiet.
This book was totally cute, and I REALLY hope we get to see a sequel, and how Nick grows up, now that he's out in the world.
On the surface, I can't see why Jai would even want Nick, because, as I said, he's a youngish 18, and Jai is quite a bit older, but as you saw them together, they fit. Nick brought Jai out of himself a bit, which was nice.
I could definitely see a bit of Lisa's TW fanfic influences in this story, what with the age difference, Nick's very cute, close relationship with his best friend, Devon, Nick suffering from a lack of filter and being an awesome geek, and Jai being much more introspective and quiet.
This book was totally cute, and I REALLY hope we get to see a sequel, and how Nick grows up, now that he's out in the world.
a_reader_obsessed's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 Stars!
This is a Lisa Henry I’ve never seen before. Well, maybe with her DiscontentedWinter alter ego, but I typically associate her with angst, drama, and suspense. This was the complete opposite.
Know that you’ll get totally likeable characters in the spastic Nick, who lacks a bit of confidence but never on spewing what’s immediately on his mind. It’s his last summer before college and there’s lots of pressure to prepare for the next level. However, Nick’s drowning in the expectations others have of him, and all he wants to do is hook up with his sexy coworker Jai.
Jai’s time in town is fleeting. He’s home for the summer to earn money before he leaves off again to travel the world for the rest of the year, but there’s a snag in his plans and it comes in the form of the bumbling, no filter Nick, who propositions him. How can Jai say no?
This overflows with funny and embarrassment and cock blocking in all forms of epic proportions. It was smart with pop culture love, and this made me laugh as Nick and Jai struggle to figure out their wants and needs and goals. Don’t worry, as this never shorts the reader on the feels either.
I should know better than to think Henry could ever be a one note author. Again, full of humor that’s in the spirit of American Pie but oh so much more. This was a fabulous reprieve from #reallifeproblems that I very much appreciated and was perfectly, just what I needed!
This is a Lisa Henry I’ve never seen before. Well, maybe with her DiscontentedWinter alter ego, but I typically associate her with angst, drama, and suspense. This was the complete opposite.
Know that you’ll get totally likeable characters in the spastic Nick, who lacks a bit of confidence but never on spewing what’s immediately on his mind. It’s his last summer before college and there’s lots of pressure to prepare for the next level. However, Nick’s drowning in the expectations others have of him, and all he wants to do is hook up with his sexy coworker Jai.
Jai’s time in town is fleeting. He’s home for the summer to earn money before he leaves off again to travel the world for the rest of the year, but there’s a snag in his plans and it comes in the form of the bumbling, no filter Nick, who propositions him. How can Jai say no?
This overflows with funny and embarrassment and cock blocking in all forms of epic proportions. It was smart with pop culture love, and this made me laugh as Nick and Jai struggle to figure out their wants and needs and goals. Don’t worry, as this never shorts the reader on the feels either.
I should know better than to think Henry could ever be a one note author. Again, full of humor that’s in the spirit of American Pie but oh so much more. This was a fabulous reprieve from #reallifeproblems that I very much appreciated and was perfectly, just what I needed!
andrea59's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
¡Este libro es genial! O sea, no es una obra intelectual ni un libro que te cambiará la vida, pero es muy bueno. Es la clase de libros ligeros y humorísticos de calidad (los cuales no abundan demasiado). Humor, relaciones sexuales sanas y seguras (bueno, casi siempre ._.), unos personajes simpáticos y queribles y una forma muy adecuada de tratar las relaciones. De hecho, me encantó el hecho de que Jai, cuando ve a un idiota molesta y manosea a Nick, lo que dice es lo siguiente:
De hecho, estamos juntos, y si vuelves a tocar a mi novio sin su explícito consentimiento, te golpearé en la jodida cara.
¡Sin su explícito consentimiento! ¡Exacto! Raramente oirás esas palabras en una escena como esa. Cuando la gente "defiende" a su pareja, lo hace como si estuviese protegiendo su propiedad. Jai, por otro lado, solo lo hace porque estaba preocupado por el bienestar de Nick. Está mal que tu pareja te ponga los cuernos, pero esta no te pertenece, como muchos parecen creer.
Así que sí, estoy muy contenta y gratamente sorprendida con este libro. Deberían existir más cosas así, demuestran un cambio muy, muy positivo en lo que respecta a como se observan las relaciones románticas. La autora tiene mi aplauso.
¡Este libro es genial! O sea, no es una obra intelectual ni un libro que te cambiará la vida, pero es muy bueno. Es la clase de libros ligeros y humorísticos de calidad (los cuales no abundan demasiado). Humor, relaciones sexuales sanas y seguras (bueno, casi siempre ._.), unos personajes simpáticos y queribles y una forma muy adecuada de tratar las relaciones. De hecho, me encantó el hecho de que Jai, cuando ve a un idiota molesta y manosea a Nick, lo que dice es lo siguiente:
De hecho, estamos juntos, y si vuelves a tocar a mi novio sin su explícito consentimiento, te golpearé en la jodida cara.
¡Sin su explícito consentimiento! ¡Exacto! Raramente oirás esas palabras en una escena como esa. Cuando la gente "defiende" a su pareja, lo hace como si estuviese protegiendo su propiedad. Jai, por otro lado, solo lo hace porque estaba preocupado por el bienestar de Nick. Está mal que tu pareja te ponga los cuernos, pero esta no te pertenece, como muchos parecen creer.
Así que sí, estoy muy contenta y gratamente sorprendida con este libro. Deberían existir más cosas así, demuestran un cambio muy, muy positivo en lo que respecta a como se observan las relaciones románticas. La autora tiene mi aplauso.
jackiehorne's review against another edition
5.0
See my review at Romance Novels for Feminists:
http://romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com/2016/09/feminism-in-details-lisa-henrys.html
http://romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com/2016/09/feminism-in-details-lisa-henrys.html
redsilva95's review against another edition
3.0
3.5.
Depois de eu ter lido um livro maravilhoso que me abalou emocionalmente ([b:Tudo o que nunca contei|34948683|Tudo o que nunca contei|Celeste Ng|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493054877s/34948683.jpg|26542311]) e outro que foi uma grande decepção ([b:There's Someone Inside Your House|15797848|There's Someone Inside Your House|Stephanie Perkins|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493650191s/15797848.jpg|21520760]), ir de uma leitura nível 5 estrelas para uma de 1 estrela me fez entrar numa ressaca literária. Duas semanas sem terminar nenhum livro. Então decidi pegar algo leve e despretensioso pra voltar com força total, e é aqui que este livro entra.
Aqui, acompanhamos a vida de Nick, que tem dezoito anos, está terminando o ensino médio, é geek e sofre de ansiedade e teme por não saber o que ele quer para seu futuro. Seria faculdade a escolha certa mesmo? Do outro lado, temos Jai, que, após a morte de seu pai, procura passar um breve período do ano com sua família enquanto junta dinheiro para conhecer outros países no restante do ano. Os dois formam uma relação de "amizade colorida" após uma situação bem inusitada no mesmo lugar em que trabalhavam, e logo passam a se questionar se algo a mais pode estar acontecendo.
A história flui muito rápido (como costuma ser com contemporâneos) e fiquei impressionado com a escrita da autora. Pode-se considerar este livro como New Adult por ter cenas de sexo explícito, mas ao contrário dos NA hétero, aqui não há uma carga pesada de dramalhão, reviravoltas chocantes, relacionamentos abusivos...nada desses elementos tóxicos e problemáticos geralmente encontrados neste gênero. O romance é fofo, há diversidade presente aqui, o bromance é sensacional, e adorei como a autora valoriza o consenso. O sexo acontece quando os dois estão com vontade, e isso é muito importante de ressaltar.
Não consigo pensar em pontos negativos, pra ser sincero. Mesmo com o Nick sendo irritante às vezes, é compreensível seu comportamento. Enfim, há um desenvolvimento sólido dos personagens, mas não espere grandes conflitos. "Adulting 101" é leve e fofo, justamente o que eu precisava no momento, e recomendo principalmente o seu audiobook, que foi uma experiência bem legal.
Ah, pra ter uma noção de como este livro é engraçado, deixo esta quote:
Depois de eu ter lido um livro maravilhoso que me abalou emocionalmente ([b:Tudo o que nunca contei|34948683|Tudo o que nunca contei|Celeste Ng|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493054877s/34948683.jpg|26542311]) e outro que foi uma grande decepção ([b:There's Someone Inside Your House|15797848|There's Someone Inside Your House|Stephanie Perkins|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493650191s/15797848.jpg|21520760]), ir de uma leitura nível 5 estrelas para uma de 1 estrela me fez entrar numa ressaca literária. Duas semanas sem terminar nenhum livro. Então decidi pegar algo leve e despretensioso pra voltar com força total, e é aqui que este livro entra.
Aqui, acompanhamos a vida de Nick, que tem dezoito anos, está terminando o ensino médio, é geek e sofre de ansiedade e teme por não saber o que ele quer para seu futuro. Seria faculdade a escolha certa mesmo? Do outro lado, temos Jai, que, após a morte de seu pai, procura passar um breve período do ano com sua família enquanto junta dinheiro para conhecer outros países no restante do ano. Os dois formam uma relação de "amizade colorida" após uma situação bem inusitada no mesmo lugar em que trabalhavam, e logo passam a se questionar se algo a mais pode estar acontecendo.
A história flui muito rápido (como costuma ser com contemporâneos) e fiquei impressionado com a escrita da autora. Pode-se considerar este livro como New Adult por ter cenas de sexo explícito, mas ao contrário dos NA hétero, aqui não há uma carga pesada de dramalhão, reviravoltas chocantes, relacionamentos abusivos...nada desses elementos tóxicos e problemáticos geralmente encontrados neste gênero. O romance é fofo, há diversidade presente aqui, o bromance é sensacional, e adorei como a autora valoriza o consenso. O sexo acontece quando os dois estão com vontade, e isso é muito importante de ressaltar.
Não consigo pensar em pontos negativos, pra ser sincero. Mesmo com o Nick sendo irritante às vezes, é compreensível seu comportamento. Enfim, há um desenvolvimento sólido dos personagens, mas não espere grandes conflitos. "Adulting 101" é leve e fofo, justamente o que eu precisava no momento, e recomendo principalmente o seu audiobook, que foi uma experiência bem legal.
Ah, pra ter uma noção de como este livro é engraçado, deixo esta quote:
"I'm very easily distracted by your perfect ass and your incredible dick!"
Someone downstairs drops something breakable.
"Please tell me your dad doesn't have a shotgun"
chickenafraido's review against another edition
4.0
A cute, sweet book about a summer romance that could be more. Very fluffy but still serious enough to deal with some of the issues that come about upon entry into adulthood. An easy, giggle-inducing read.
divapitbull's review against another edition
4.0
Adulting 101 is pure feel good fun. It’s not saccharine or schmaltzy though, it’s funny AF, sometimes literally laugh out loud. 18 year old Nick Stahlnecker is a typical teenager having an existential panic before going off to college. Well, maybe not entirely typical. Nick over thinks an awful lot. If I thought as much as Nick does during my young adult years, I would have spent them chock full of Xanax. Nick is not feeling ready to adult, but he does think a summer of fun and hopefully losing his virginity to his hot construction worker crush Jai Hazenbrook is a reasonable distraction. Nick definitely has some growing up to do, although I have to note that some of his stream of consciousness conversation and social awkwardness feels almost a bit more like on the spectrum vs. immature.
The 25-year-old Jai Hazenbrook has it all together. At least Nick thinks he does. Jai is a cultured world traveler. He spends 9 months out of the year living out of a backpack in youth hostels and returns to his little hometown of Franklin, Ohio for 3 months every summer – to live in his mother’s basement and earn more travel money. Nick thinks that Jai is a “glorious, beautiful, dangerous creature”, and very” zen”. In reality Jai doesn’t have anything together. His traveling started because he never coped properly with his father’s death, and at 25 he has yet to have a relationship with another person beyond a 48 hour hook up.
Things start off simply enough between Nick and Jai, because really, who can pass up the opportunity for a BJ in a porta-potty? It’s a natural progression from there to agree to a no strings, summer of fun – after Jai satisfies himself that Nick really is 18. It’s just that there seems to be more movie watching and pizza eating then there is actual sex. The boys do get around to the sex, although they can’t seem to shake their flare for unintentional exhibitionism. Not so much hot and steamy but definitely cute. It’s only a matter of time before they flounder around with feelings.
There are plenty of interesting side characters that round out Nick’s world. His relationship with his BFF Devon is sweet. Devon is also a bit of an over-thinker, but his angst seems to center upon his sudden realization of the crippling weight of male privilege. Everyone should have a Devon in their lives. Nick and Jai’s families play significant roles in the story. Jai’s family is hysterical and Nick works out his coming of age kinks with his – who turn out to be pretty cool. The story wraps up with a realistic HFN and who knows.
The 25-year-old Jai Hazenbrook has it all together. At least Nick thinks he does. Jai is a cultured world traveler. He spends 9 months out of the year living out of a backpack in youth hostels and returns to his little hometown of Franklin, Ohio for 3 months every summer – to live in his mother’s basement and earn more travel money. Nick thinks that Jai is a “glorious, beautiful, dangerous creature”, and very” zen”. In reality Jai doesn’t have anything together. His traveling started because he never coped properly with his father’s death, and at 25 he has yet to have a relationship with another person beyond a 48 hour hook up.
Things start off simply enough between Nick and Jai, because really, who can pass up the opportunity for a BJ in a porta-potty? It’s a natural progression from there to agree to a no strings, summer of fun – after Jai satisfies himself that Nick really is 18. It’s just that there seems to be more movie watching and pizza eating then there is actual sex. The boys do get around to the sex, although they can’t seem to shake their flare for unintentional exhibitionism. Not so much hot and steamy but definitely cute. It’s only a matter of time before they flounder around with feelings.
There are plenty of interesting side characters that round out Nick’s world. His relationship with his BFF Devon is sweet. Devon is also a bit of an over-thinker, but his angst seems to center upon his sudden realization of the crippling weight of male privilege. Everyone should have a Devon in their lives. Nick and Jai’s families play significant roles in the story. Jai’s family is hysterical and Nick works out his coming of age kinks with his – who turn out to be pretty cool. The story wraps up with a realistic HFN and who knows.
angparc's review against another edition
4.0
Adulting 101 by [a:Lisa Henry|5050492|Lisa Henry|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1346826268p2/5050492.jpg]
It was cute, incredibly funny and it made me feel the emotions.
It was cute, incredibly funny and it made me feel the emotions.
ryanpfw's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book to death. I remember first wrapping a book after a marathon session into the early evening, picking up Adulting 101 as a recommendation immediately after, and reading myself blind until like 2 in the morning.
Despite the edgy premise, this is a book simply about two guys trying to make it. I love every character, from Nick and his inability to censor himself to Jai, who has everything figured out until Nick pushes him to reevaluate his path. Nick/Devon is one of my all-time favorite bromances, and where this book excels is that it treats who would otherwise be throwaway background characters as complicated, emotionally driven characters, from Devon to Jai’s family to NIck’s parents.
Super funny, endearing comfort read. This might be a yearly staple.
Despite the edgy premise, this is a book simply about two guys trying to make it. I love every character, from Nick and his inability to censor himself to Jai, who has everything figured out until Nick pushes him to reevaluate his path. Nick/Devon is one of my all-time favorite bromances, and where this book excels is that it treats who would otherwise be throwaway background characters as complicated, emotionally driven characters, from Devon to Jai’s family to NIck’s parents.
Super funny, endearing comfort read. This might be a yearly staple.