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A review by litsleaze
New Millennium Boyz by Alex Kazemi
5.0
First off - if you want a song to listen to give you a bit of the theme of this book, listen to Mr.Self Destruct by NIN. I think it fits perfectly. Mix a bit of Burn in there too and that's basically this book in song form.
We follow Brad, a 17-year-old who is entering his last year in HS who gets involved with the wrong crowd and ultimately makes a series of bad decisions to be accepted by his new friend(s). Though that's not who Brad really is, not really. You're a fly on the wall as it is mostly dialogue through the whole 300-some page book, but it works. I can't imagine this book having the same impact if told in third person. Transgressive as all hell. If you're sensitive to anything, don't read this book. If you want to get pissed off though, then yeah go ahead. lol.
I can't think of any book I have read in the last 15 years that has brought me down memory lane as much as this book did. The nostalgia, the 2000's references, MTV, Surge, Beavis and Butthead, man they talked shit about my girl Daria. lol.
This book is an ode to the following- The degenerates. The outcasts. The socially awkward. The weirdos. The goth kids. The punks. Those who don't get offended easily. Those who can laugh at themselves. Those with thoughts that are deeper than skin level. Those who ever felt utterly alone in this impossible world.
Alex, when you read this, thank you. I can see why it took 10 years to get this out.
Thanks Permuted Press for giving me the opportunity to read early. <3
"If you don't like the reflection, don't look in the mirror. I don't care. I'm too wild to live, too deadly to die."
We follow Brad, a 17-year-old who is entering his last year in HS who gets involved with the wrong crowd and ultimately makes a series of bad decisions to be accepted by his new friend(s). Though that's not who Brad really is, not really. You're a fly on the wall as it is mostly dialogue through the whole 300-some page book, but it works. I can't imagine this book having the same impact if told in third person. Transgressive as all hell. If you're sensitive to anything, don't read this book. If you want to get pissed off though, then yeah go ahead. lol.
Spoiler
The last several 50 pages of the book left me heart broken, and ultimately left me in my feels.I can't think of any book I have read in the last 15 years that has brought me down memory lane as much as this book did. The nostalgia, the 2000's references, MTV, Surge, Beavis and Butthead, man they talked shit about my girl Daria. lol.
This book is an ode to the following- The degenerates. The outcasts. The socially awkward. The weirdos. The goth kids. The punks. Those who don't get offended easily. Those who can laugh at themselves. Those with thoughts that are deeper than skin level. Those who ever felt utterly alone in this impossible world.
Alex, when you read this, thank you. I can see why it took 10 years to get this out.
Thanks Permuted Press for giving me the opportunity to read early. <3