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A review by annie139d7
Teen Angst? Naaah... by Ned Vizzini
5.0
What is so great about this book is the truthfulness in it. You can really tell that all of this stuff happened to this author. It's just on the cuff of unbelievable but yet you can see it happening to you in a moment. Everything is incredibly easy to relate to. If you've been to high school or are in high school you will be able to relate to at least one of the twenty stories .
This book is also not written like a memoir. It never feels like the author is saying "When I was your age..." because he can't. He wrote these essays when he was a teen. There is not glorification. It's all there, the ugly bits included because that is what happened.
I also really enjoyed the footnotes. At times they were unneeded but when they directed me online to watch the video which I was reading about I LOVED them. It was really exciting to see the deadly turtle movie right after reading Ned's experience with the movie.
I also really liked the normality of it. With all the books today the focus on the extremes of drug usage and drinking this all too familiar, true to life story was a welcome reprise. If you've read any of Ned's other books, looking to find a more real book or simply want to laugh till your lungs protest check this book out.
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This book is also not written like a memoir. It never feels like the author is saying "When I was your age..." because he can't. He wrote these essays when he was a teen. There is not glorification. It's all there, the ugly bits included because that is what happened.
I also really enjoyed the footnotes. At times they were unneeded but when they directed me online to watch the video which I was reading about I LOVED them. It was really exciting to see the deadly turtle movie right after reading Ned's experience with the movie.
I also really liked the normality of it. With all the books today the focus on the extremes of drug usage and drinking this all too familiar, true to life story was a welcome reprise. If you've read any of Ned's other books, looking to find a more real book or simply want to laugh till your lungs protest check this book out.
www.anibelle.blogspot.com