Youth In Revolt: The journals of Nick Twisp
 

Best book ever.

if you disagree, may a hungry swarm of bees mistake your genitelia for honey-covered bee treats.

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i dreamt i hurt the baby.
AIM: oldwarpilot

i made a thread about this book a few months ago but no one paid attention to me. i gave it to sickbadthing and he's reading it now. so i guess the bees will only spare us three.


make sure you get the second book!

yeah, that's why i'm looking for cheaponline book stores!

they have not only the second book, BUT 100 or more pages of "outtakes" from the first one!

I might also get another one of CD Payne's works.

What's it about? Sounds a bit angst-y.

EDIT: my first review kinda sucked monkey balls

in a nutshell:
nick falls for a girl while he's on vacation.
he writes her, blah blah, but gets jealous when he learns she's got a well-educated boyfriend.
they get a dog to secure as their love child, but even after that he tries to get them both, the girl he likes and the guy she likes, kicked out of the school their attending together and that's where all the plotting, mischief, and drama happens.

also, his weirdass family, friends, and neighbors make the story much better.

it's an excellent book and not really angsty in the least; at some points it's even a nail-biter.
(hopefully, i didn't give away to much.)

[This message has been edited by Red Wine Cage (edited 09-29-2002).]

I read it!

Has anyone read The Diaries of Adrian Mole? It's so similar to Youth in Revolt, but it's British.

i might have to check that out...the back of YIR mentions another novel it resembles, so i might just have to go shopping here soon.

yeah, definately read the second one. Although I fucking hate deenie.