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Summary: "Teen Angst? NAAAH!"? NAAAAH!
Review: "Teen Angst! NAAH!" is yet another reason our literacy rate is on the decline. As I read it, I could literally feel the inherent filth seeping into my very body and desecrating my soul like some sort of relentless, burrowing bug with 3-inch long poison mandibles. 188 pages of Mr. Vizzini's own personal rants, gripes, and disenchantments with the agonizingly meaningless life of a typical self-absorbed teenager gives me cause to think about what I'm having for lunch, lest I lose it. It's a lot like a rectal exam, but without the benefits. Vizzini's brainchild would have been better off miscarried.
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Summary: Truly, Genuinely Funny
Review: "TEEN ANGST? NAAA . . ." is not just about a boy entering manhood, but about a boy entering humanity. Don't read Ned Vizzini because he's a young writer. Read Vizzini because he's an outstanding writer. One of the few truly, genuinely funny and unpretententious books I have read in many years.
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Summary: Complete and Good
Review: ...Let's first start out with the fact that it's a commentary on a subject many people can relate to: the seemingly agonizing chapter of life called high school. Though as we all know, high school isn't that agonizing, but it's only AFTER we've moved on that we realize it. The great thing about Vizzini's book is that it 'overrides necessity.' It allows the reader to reminisce while understanding how those oh so dramatic moments which weren't really so, have somewhat shaped the people we have all become today. High school is a daring, if somewhat repressed time of one's life, and "Teen Angst ... Naaah" displays just that. Through his witty writing, and ability to recognize the comedy in every situation, and I mean every that he encounters, Vizzini relates to the reader a sense of identification that one seeks through their high school years, and comes up by the end with an individual who has acquired a good many skills thanks to his crafty intellectuality and talents. Teen Angst is great because in it's own simplicity it's funny, and easy to understand, and really, just a great array of work.
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Summary: Growing up in America
Review: A well written, humerous account of childhood in America
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Summary: Amazing
Review: After reading this memoir of Ned's teenage years, Ned Vizzini has quickly become my favorite author. The writing is professional yet has a hint of personality and youth in it that adds to the personal events and stories.
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Summary: Don¿t judge a book by its cover!
Review: Despite its lame bright yellow cover, Teen Angst is an honest and funny account of Ned Vizzini's experiences at Stuyvesant High School, one of the most academically challenging high schools in New York. "Behind the jocks, artists, nerds, preppies, chess nuts, heavy metal guys, folksy guitar players, scary kids with black trench coats, neo-Nazis, and what's-his-names was the general collection of bozos and rejects" that Ned hung around with. This book will definitely not be made into some sappy movie starring Freddie Prinze jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Instead of writing about cheerleader and jocks, Vizzini focuses on those who are not typically portrayed in mainstream media -the ones who are obsessed with the card game Magic and Brooklyn Cable Access Television. This book is a refreshing look at the trials and tribulations of High School written by talented teen writer, whose conversational writing style will immediately grab your attention whether you are a high school student or high school graduate.
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Summary: Teen Angst? Naah ... is a smash!
Review: First I thought this was one of those 'understand your teen' books written by some middle aged adult marketing to frustruated parents, but I was wrong. Teen Angst? is a hilarious, hilarious book documenting Ned's experiences in high school. Anyone can relate - you'll love it too.
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Summary: LIKE REAL LIFE, ONLY FUNNIER
Review: From those ulcer-inducing first days of high school, to Senior prom faux pas and beyond, Vizzini guides us through his teen years with grace and wit. "Teen Angst? Naaah" takes a look at the REAL high school experience: an experience both more and less terrifying than what is portrayed in insipid television shows and vapid Hollywood movies. There are very few jocks, cheerleaders, or clichéd characters populating Vizzini's tales. Instead, we find a refreshingly normal (relatively speaking) student who is less concerned with popularity and more concerned with grades and Magic™ playing cards. Vizzini's conversational style of writing draws you into the stories, making you feel less like a reader and more like a friend sharing a humorous anecdote. The most impressive thing about "Teen Angst?", however, is the fact that it was written by a real living, breathing and THINKING teenager. Vizzini teaches us that a sharp wit and sense of humor can get you out of any sticky situation, even adolescence.
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Summary: LIKE REAL LIFE, ONLY FUNNIER
Review: From those ulcer-inducing first days of high school, to Senior prom faux pas and beyond, Vizzini guides us through his teen years with grace and wit. "Teen Angst? Naaah" takes a look at the REAL high school experience: an experience both more and less terrifying than what is portrayed in insipid television shows and vapid Hollywood movies. There are very few jocks, cheerleaders, or clichéd characters populating Vizzini's tales. Instead, we find a refreshingly normal (relatively speaking) student who is less concerned with popularity and more concerned with grades and Magic™ playing cards. Vizzini's conversational style of writing draws you into the stories, making you feel less like a reader and more like a friend sharing a humorous anecdote. The most impressive thing about "Teen Angst?", however, is the fact that it was written by a real living, breathing and THINKING teenager. Vizzini teaches us that a sharp wit and sense of humor can get you out of any sticky situation, even adolescence.
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Summary: A bit nerdy but doesn't detract
Review: He's into Magic (I never even heard of it), doesn't have much luck with girls and scored a 1520 on the SAT's. No doubt he's a nerd, but hey the kid can write. I got sucked into his short, quirky, funny stories right from the start. Actually finished it in a day. One of the best parts I thought was how he could laugh at himself. I admired that.
So get over the fact that yes he probably one of the kids in your algebra class you couldn't stand because he knew the answer to every question and enjoy his humorous stories.
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