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Summary: if you liked the first one...
Review: ... you'll like this one too. The first book, though, opened up one's eyes to the destructive possibilities of young people with too much time on their hands (and they almost all have too much time on their hands). The second book will merely entertain. I gave it to one of my ArsDigita co-founders on an airplane and, though he hadn't read the first book, he was still laughing hard enough that the flight attendants cut off his alcohol supply...
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Summary: Did that fat girl just rape him? I think she did.
Review: Alot of the faithful members of the fanbase for C.D.'s underground classic, will of course love this novel. Maybe even more than the origional come to think of it. It seems to me however, that no matter who has read the two part story of Nick Twisp, will either love it and claim it to be the best novel ever written, or hate it for it's childish humor, disturbing images, and malicious actions and goings-on. Trust me people, If you find erection jokes and fat people sexually taking advantage of 14-year olds, then leave right now and find a nice "Clifford the Big Red Dog" book to read. However if plastic surgery and being fugitave from FBI intrigues you. Then C.D. Payne had dutifully provided you with a Love Story to remember.
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Summary: Once again C.D. Payne shows us his might
Review: C.D. Payne did an absolutely wonderful job writing this sequel! He has done an amazing job perfecting the art of creating a crazy atmosphere for Nick Twisp to live and exist in. This is a must read book but it would be best to have read Youth In Revolt ahead of time even with the summary at the beggining of this one. The two flow together so well that it's hard to believe I ever had to wait to read this one. I have not yet read any other books by this author besides this particular series but I feel confident that they are just as good.
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Summary: Stellar Sequel!
Review: C.D. Payne has done it again! Revolting Youth is just as good as, if not better than Youth In Revolt! It has all the plot twist and wonderfully descriptive language that has come to be expected of C.D. Payne! He has great insight into the hearts and minds of every mischevious and love-stricken teenage boy! For anyone who loved Youth In Revolt as much as I did, I implore you to read Revolting Youth! Let's just hope that this is not that last book about the crazy and twisted life of Nick Twisp!
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Summary: Disappointing disaster
Review: I can't believe after reading this 300 page book that I would come back to see only positive reviews for it! This sequel was so terrible and so ludicrous and overall a waste of my time. As a big, big fan of the first one (the first book I'd choose to read while in the bathroom) I didn't think a sequel was necessary nor possible. I was right. The plot is so absurd and such a mess it seems to me that CD Payne was coerced into writing a sequel (or maybe he just wanted to profit some more) and never had an ending in sight so he found himself writing into plot holes that could never be resolved except with things too absurd even for Twispian universe standards. His prose is different in this one too. Whereas the first one starts you off with a clear and vivid description of Nick, his mom, Jerry, etc and the brilliant recaptures of his date with Sheeni with Jerry and his mom, to his spying on Lefty, to meeting Fuzzy and Apurva, this time it seems like the characters are forced to meet each other, and can't get out of their predicaments unless some Divine Intervention occurs. There is not a funny moment in this book; it just cycles into the absurd and introduces so many characters it becomes annoying. I know the pattern in the first book was the same too; Lefty is a major player in the first one then suddenly disappears as Fuzzy and Vijay take over the spotlight; in this one, you go from Connie (?!?!) to Dogo and back again. But in this book, when CD Payne creates a new character, by what else, Plastic Surgery (What the F***??!), I couldn't believe it. Nick goes to Mexico to get plastic surgery? I mean, geez, dressing up as Carlotta is reasonable, but this is just retarded, even for the Twispian world. This book is just so unbelievabe, the characters don't even seem to believe what they are saying because Payne is lost and seems to have forgotten how these characters would talk; its just one absurdity after another--and not only is it absurd in general, it's contradictory that these old characters would do the same things (Paul is no longer as ominous and Vijay no longer as conniving. Could you imagine Sheeni from the first book saying the same things?). The first one is just flat out better--the dialogue and Tarantino-esque situations are genius yet believable at least.
Revolting Youth seems forced and that it was written by an aspiring 11th grader submitting something to his AP English teacher. Also, if you'll notice, the reviews on this book are FOR YOUTH IN REVOLT. Interesting that there's not a single praise for Revolting Youth on REVOLTING YOUTH ITSELF. The botton line is, the first one was pure classic, impossible to top, and this just proves it.
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Summary: Lives up to the last one
Review: I was a little worried when I ordered this book. I really didn't see how he could carry on the story with how the ending of the first book went, but I figured that I'd check it out anyway. I'm glad that I did. The book starts off with the main character kind of in the same cozy situation he was left in at the end of the first book, but things quickly heat up, and he finds himself in even more bizarre situations than the first novel. The plot is not forced as i feared. Contrary to what some other viewers have said, I feel that the characters have matured. Nick particularly... If you read the first one and didn't read this one...you haven't read the whole story. I highly reccomend this book.
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Summary: Lives up to the last one
Review: I was a little worried when I ordered this book. I really didn't see how he could carry on the story with how the ending of the first book went, but I figured that I'd check it out anyway. I'm glad that I did. The book starts off with the main character kind of in the same cozy situation he was left in at the end of the first book, but things quickly heat up, and he finds himself in even more bizarre situations than the first novel. The plot is not forced as i feared. Contrary to what some other viewers have said, I feel that the characters have matured. Nick particularly... If you read the first one and didn't read this one...you haven't read the whole story. I highly reccomend this book.
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Summary: Hard to believe-- Ever BETTER than the original!
Review: If you haven't read Youth in Revolt, please do. It will help a ton in understanding Revolting Youth. However, contrary to popular belief, you can still read Revolting Youth without having read YiR, and still find it hilarious. Just ask my mom. Revolting Youth somehow manages to surpass YiR. Payne has mastered his craft and now effortlessly cranks out complicated and unexpected Twispian plot twists, with hilarious results. Lots of crazy stuff goes down in this book. While Nick is doomed to suffer setbacks and rejections, he always mananges to come out on top. Sheeni is even more indifferent to him than before, but you can bet Nick finds his way into her . . . erm . . . heart. Or something like it. Fuzzy returns as Nick's best pal, who is consistently, albeit NOT stupidly, a true friend. Don't forget about Ukiah's most beautiful teen couple, Trent and Apurva, now married and expecting two babies, although only one of them is Apurva's. Yes, all your favorite characters are back, and some new crazies join in the madness. Only one problem remains: Don't expect Payne to come out with another Nick Twisp adventure. It doesn't seem possible that he can equal or top this one.
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Summary: Hard to believe-- Ever BETTER than the original!
Review: If you haven't read Youth in Revolt, please do. It will help a ton in understanding Revolting Youth. However, contrary to popular belief, you can still read Revolting Youth without having read YiR, and still find it hilarious. Just ask my mom. Revolting Youth somehow manages to surpass YiR. Payne has mastered his craft and now effortlessly cranks out complicated and unexpected Twispian plot twists, with hilarious results. Lots of crazy stuff goes down in this book. While Nick is doomed to suffer setbacks and rejections, he always mananges to come out on top. Sheeni is even more indifferent to him than before, but you can bet Nick finds his way into her . . . erm . . . heart. Or something like it. Fuzzy returns as Nick's best pal, who is consistently, albeit NOT stupidly, a true friend. Don't forget about Ukiah's most beautiful teen couple, Trent and Apurva, now married and expecting two babies, although only one of them is Apurva's. Yes, all your favorite characters are back, and some new crazies join in the madness. Only one problem remains: Don't expect Payne to come out with another Nick Twisp adventure. It doesn't seem possible that he can equal or top this one.
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Summary: A must read!
Review: Just when you think the life of Nick Twisp can't get any weirder, it does! Not only does Nick continue living as Carlotta in this highly anticipated sequel, but he takes on two more hilarious alter egos. And even through his penniless days Nick manages to get rid of his enemies and end up with the one thing he wants most- Sheeni. If you enjoyed the first book even a little bit, you must read Revolting Youth. It's even better!
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