I bought this book two months ago, and I finally have time to read it. This is that kind of book that I finish reading in a flash, the perfect candidate for my new favorite book. I think I beat my all-time-fastest-book-that-I've-read record with this book.
If you've read my review before, (*which I bet you haven't. Who in the world read my book review anyway?) you'll know that I can't make a spoiler-free review about anything. So, proceed with caution. SPOILER ALERT!!!
So here it goes,
I picked up this book because I heard a lot of good reviews about this book. I also saw a lot of pictures of this book in my instagram feed. The cover looks awesome, (*yup, I judge the book by its cover) so I bought it. I still need to finish the book that I was reading earlier, so I let this book abandoned in the shelf for a while.
I began reading this book on Monday. I'm hooked from the first time I read it. I really love this latin phrase :
And just like the caption said, I read like 150++ pages in one sitting.
I really love the main character. We're pretty much alike except the fact that he's good at sport and drawing. I totally can relate to Rean Dean West, (*that's a cool name for a main character). The main character in this book are great too. I really like Andrew Smith's writing style. I think he'll make it to my favorite-author-of-all-time list.
This book features a lot of profanity which is fine by me. But honestly, I actually enjoy that kind of book that feature profanity. And just like Ryan Dean, I didn't cuss unless it's in written form too. I don't know where I'm going with this, so I guess I'll finish this paragraph here.
I really love all the charts and comic strip in this book. The illustration fits the book perfectly. I never heard anyone mentioning the charts and the comic strip before, so when I stumble into one, I got really excited about it. The drawing are really cool. I wish I can draw.
I also love the fact that this book has short chapters. For me, chapters are like my checkpoint. With short chapter, I can pause reading the book every once in a while and I don't have to worry about where I left off because by default, I usually stop reading when I reach the end of a chapter.
I love this part where Ryan Dean and Annie exchange notes and the typeface that they use is different and it seems like an actual handwriting. And I also love the fact that the whole being-in-love thingy between Ryan Dean and Annie is not cheesy (*in my opinion). And I'm glad that it went well.
This book talks about rugby every once in a while. I'm not familiar with rugby terminology, but that's okay because the author explain all of that in his book so the reader can understand. If only the sports involved in this book is football, I would appreciate this book more because I'm familiar with football's terminology.
I like the story too. It is really funny. At some point when I read the book, I actually laughing out loud. Especially that part when Ryan Dean called his mother. That's really awkward and so funny.
There's only one thing that bugged me when I read the book. Ryan Dean overused some words : "I'm such a loser" and "skinny-ass-bitch". It was funny in the first 50 pages, but when I realized that those words are repeated every a few pages, I scowl and hoping that I won't read that sentence again. Other than that, I have no complain.
So, this is why I wanted to make this book review in the first place. I want to discuss the ending.When I first read the synopsis, I thought to myself, "hmmm... this setting reminds me off John Green's Looking for Alaska". And in some point, it is indeed have some Looking for Alaska-esque kind of story.
When I reach part 4 of the book, I know that something was up. I'm feeling a bit nervous when I read this part. because I read some spoiler free reviews which stated that something terrible will happen in the end.
And when I reach page 429 in my paperback copy, I'm shocked by what I read there. I'm glad that I read alone, because at that exact moment, I just yelled "NO NO NO NO NOOOO!". And then I start crying. I'm such a loser. But I love this kind of book that fucked up your feeling. I can't stop thinking about it. for the rest of the day. Even right now when I write it, I still can't get my mind off it. I literally have to convince myself that this book is a work of fiction. But wow, it was amazing to read a book that can give me that sort of effect.
I guess that's it.
Memorable quote :
"You know, nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was. Things just expand and contract. Like the universe, like breathing. But you'll never fill your lungs up with the same air twice. Sometimes, it would be cool if you could pause and rewind and do over. But I think anyone would get tired of that after one or two times."
Andrew Smith, Winger, page 367 - 368
I heard that this book is going to be a series or something. The next book will be released next year titled Stand-Off. I can't wait to read it. I hope the sequel will be released soon.
So what about you? Have you read this book? What do you think?
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