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A review by aliena_jackson
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
1.0
This book was terrible! The main character, Travis, is entitled, selfish, and the epitome of a “nice guy”-he thinks he’s owed something he doesn’t deserve. I have to admit, I found this book at my local library and thought it would be a fun YA read. Little did I know the horrors it contained.
The concept of this book is interesting, but completely unrealistic. Cutting someone’s head off and surgically reattaching it is just not feasible, at least with the current advancement of cytogenetics. It started off okay, but unmemorable. It was boring. I can’t remember that much about it, and I finished it a day ago!
Let us start from the beginning, shall we?
Travis has cancer. Travis cut his head off and froze it to stop the cancer and get another chance at life. Travis comes back. Travis meets everyone but his ex-girlfriend- and throws a fit when he finds out she’s engaged- even though she’s a twenty one year old adult! She’s emotionally unprepared for his return, and so she avoids him while she sorts out her feelings. And instead of respecting this, what does Travis do? He STALKS her. He follows her to a bar and sings a love song while staring her in the eyes. Blah blah blah, more boring stuff happens, and then she starts hanging out with him-as friends!
DOES EVERYONE HEAR THAT? SHE EXPLICITLY STATED THAT THEY WERE JUST FRIENDS, AND TRAVIS CONTINUES TO MAKE SEXUAL AND ROMANTIC ADVANCES TOWARDS HER THAT SHE VERY CLEARLY DOES NOT WANT!
Now, let’s talk about the hard on scene. Travis gets an erection talking to Cate, and it just made me very uncomfortable because he was making it very obvious that he had one. Please read the part where I scream at you through the internet by using all caps again.
DESPITE ALL OF THIS, TRAVIS DOES THE DUMBEST THING EVER AND DECIDES THAT IN ORDER TO WIN HER BACK, HE IS GOING TO PROPOSE TO HER IN FRONT OF HER FIANCÉE. HE GOES THROUGH WITH THIS! AND THEN HE BREAKS HER FIANCEE’S NOSE. THE FIANCÉE WASN’T EVEN MAD ABOUT IT.
Then, at the end, he comes to the realization that it’s all Cate’s fault for trying to be friends and that they can never be friends. I just can’t with this character. He’s insufferable. Don’t read this book. I’m not even sure why I gave it a one. Probably because I found the proposal scene hilarious. If you do read this book- just skip everything else and read the proposal scene. It’s preposterous. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
- Aliena
The concept of this book is interesting, but completely unrealistic. Cutting someone’s head off and surgically reattaching it is just not feasible, at least with the current advancement of cytogenetics. It started off okay, but unmemorable. It was boring. I can’t remember that much about it, and I finished it a day ago!
Let us start from the beginning, shall we?
Travis has cancer. Travis cut his head off and froze it to stop the cancer and get another chance at life. Travis comes back. Travis meets everyone but his ex-girlfriend- and throws a fit when he finds out she’s engaged- even though she’s a twenty one year old adult! She’s emotionally unprepared for his return, and so she avoids him while she sorts out her feelings. And instead of respecting this, what does Travis do? He STALKS her. He follows her to a bar and sings a love song while staring her in the eyes. Blah blah blah, more boring stuff happens, and then she starts hanging out with him-as friends!
DOES EVERYONE HEAR THAT? SHE EXPLICITLY STATED THAT THEY WERE JUST FRIENDS, AND TRAVIS CONTINUES TO MAKE SEXUAL AND ROMANTIC ADVANCES TOWARDS HER THAT SHE VERY CLEARLY DOES NOT WANT!
Now, let’s talk about the hard on scene. Travis gets an erection talking to Cate, and it just made me very uncomfortable because he was making it very obvious that he had one. Please read the part where I scream at you through the internet by using all caps again.
DESPITE ALL OF THIS, TRAVIS DOES THE DUMBEST THING EVER AND DECIDES THAT IN ORDER TO WIN HER BACK, HE IS GOING TO PROPOSE TO HER IN FRONT OF HER FIANCÉE. HE GOES THROUGH WITH THIS! AND THEN HE BREAKS HER FIANCEE’S NOSE. THE FIANCÉE WASN’T EVEN MAD ABOUT IT.
Then, at the end, he comes to the realization that it’s all Cate’s fault for trying to be friends and that they can never be friends. I just can’t with this character. He’s insufferable. Don’t read this book. I’m not even sure why I gave it a one. Probably because I found the proposal scene hilarious. If you do read this book- just skip everything else and read the proposal scene. It’s preposterous. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
- Aliena