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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
When I saw this book on the shelf, I instantly read the back cover and it sounded really interesting. And it was. Sutter is not your ordinary school boy. He skips school some days, and he is a heavy drinker. His girlfriend Cassidy decides to dump him for a basketball player, and his best friend Ricky won't talk to him anymore. But when he wakes up on a girl named Aimee's front lawn, they instantly became friends. And later on, they became closer. Way closer. But I'm not going to spoil the end. (;
This book was better than what I thought it would be. There were some slow and boring parts, but it was still good. I definitely recommend reading this! It was inspiring, and I felt that it was telling to just live your life, because you won't have it forever.
This book was better than what I thought it would be. There were some slow and boring parts, but it was still good. I definitely recommend reading this! It was inspiring, and I felt that it was telling to just live your life, because you won't have it forever.
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed reading a book from a guys perspective. It was interesting to read how this kid, Sutter Keely, lives his life in the moment. He's spontaneous, weird, arrogant but fun, and reminds me of a lot of boys in my high school with whom I wished I could have been friends with. In that regard I felt like Aimee...quiet, awkward and assuming no one would pay attention so you get used to blending into the background.
This was a quick, easy read. I definitely recommend it!
This was a quick, easy read. I definitely recommend it!
The characters irritated me so much. The main guy, Sutter, is practically an alcoholic and he's only a senior in high school. Later in the book, he gets others to drink that don't normally. He is a terrible influence and doesn't care about anyone else but himself. Ugh.
A young adult novel where the main character is exactly like Jeff Spicolli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High except less of a stoner and more of an alcoholic, constantly drinking whiskey and 7up from a giant 7-11 cup. It's funny but not exactly humor, but not a problem novel either.
It was alright, Sutter is sort of a loser (although he's nice). The Amy and Sutter relationship was more damaging in the book than the film and SPOILER ALERT I'm glad he let her go at the end and didn't go to find her like in the film.
More of a 3.5. I think I would have liked it better if Aimee wasn't so naive and Sutter wasn't drunk all the time. I felt bad for him. I liked this book, but it wasn't really my cup of tea and I liked it a hell of a lot better than the movie (which I watched before I read this).
medium-paced
There's so much about this book that I didn't like. From the constant ways that the main character constantly objectified women to the literal constant drunk driving, there is very little in this book that is redeemable.
I understand that the idea was a guy whose life and people around him was moving too fast and moving on from high school while he was still pretty stuck in the idea of high school and not knowing what to do next and just not wanting to move on, but the idea with those kinds of stories would be to show that, by the end of the story there was some kind of character development and the mistakes made earlier in the story would be self realized as such. The only thing that changes by the end of this story with the main character is that he has an inflated ego because he thinks that he just did something good for someone other than himself (finally).
It was honestly just bored, problematic and promoted too much drinking and bad decisions for literally no outcome in the end. Things were the same in the beginning and the end of the story and there was no, like, actual point to the story.
I understand that the idea was a guy whose life and people around him was moving too fast and moving on from high school while he was still pretty stuck in the idea of high school and not knowing what to do next and just not wanting to move on, but the idea with those kinds of stories would be to show that, by the end of the story there was some kind of character development and the mistakes made earlier in the story would be self realized as such. The only thing that changes by the end of this story with the main character is that he has an inflated ego because he thinks that he just did something good for someone other than himself (finally).
It was honestly just bored, problematic and promoted too much drinking and bad decisions for literally no outcome in the end. Things were the same in the beginning and the end of the story and there was no, like, actual point to the story.
Definitely a coming of age story. Once Sutter met Aimee, I couldn't stop reading. The story is realistic and easy to read. I hope the film comes out soon! It will star Brie Larson, Miles Teller, and Shailene Woodley. I pictured them while reading the book and they fit the characters perfectly.