A review by sbelasco40
Punkzilla by Adam Rapp

2.0

If one of the defining characteristics of YA is the focus/fixation on voice, then this is a successful YA book. The voice is completely convincing as that of a teenage boy, and the book itself meanders like the road trip Punkzilla is on - but never becoming boring. I have only one objection: why do teenage boy runaway books have to be afraid of commas? I'm judging from my sampler of DARK DUDE by Oscar Hijuelos and RULE OF THE BONE by Russell Banks, but that seems like a good number. DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE COMMA.