“Warning: This book contains lewd humor, underage drinking, illicit fantasizing and very bad decision-making”. This is actually writing on the back of the book. I can not tell whether
this is to attract readers or because this warning is mandatory.
The novel follows Carter, a typical freshmen boy trying to get through the year. This novel is like a year long version of Superbad with similarities to White Castle. The characters go party to party with the same goals as the characters from Superbad and like in White Castle all the choices made turn out for the worst.
The story is hilarious and will have most people laughing out loud. The protagonist suffers from a lack of attention known as ADD and he stutter whenever he get nervous so right away you now something funny is going to come of this.
The thing I really like about this novel is the realistic interpretation of a 14 year old. And it allows you to see the world from the eye of a teenage boy.
Carter get caught in a vicious love triangle, gets tricked, humiliated, and has a run in with the police. Also, he fights a psychopath that knows karate, gets caught up in a brutal rivalry and experiences a bunch of potentially fatal situations, and still manages to be popular. All that good stuff.
If you are looking for a deep insightful novel this is not the one. If you are looking for a romantic love story this is not the one. But if you are looking for a funny story with characters you can relate too this is the one (if you’re a guy). If you’re a girl, this book is probably not what you’re looking for.
It is all in all a great book and I would recommend it to audiences 15 and over.