Original Title: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date: May 23th, 2005
Finished Date: March 1st, 2015
Pages: 183
Read in: English
Read in: English
Synopsis
It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who's just walked in to his band's show. With a new guy. And then, with one kiss, Nick and Norah are off on an adventure set against the backdrop of New York City--and smack in the middle of all the joy, anxiety, confusion, and excitement of a first date.
This he said/she said romance told by YA stars Rachel Cohn and David Levithan is a sexy, funny roller coaster of a story about one date over one very long night, with two teenagers, both recovering from broken hearts, who are just trying to figure out who they want to be--and where the next great band is playing.
Told in alternating chapters, teeming with music references, humor, angst, and endearing side characters, this is a love story you'll wish were your very own. Working together for the first time, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have combined forces to create a book that is sure to grab readers of all ages and never let them go.
This he said/she said romance told by YA stars Rachel Cohn and David Levithan is a sexy, funny roller coaster of a story about one date over one very long night, with two teenagers, both recovering from broken hearts, who are just trying to figure out who they want to be--and where the next great band is playing.
Told in alternating chapters, teeming with music references, humor, angst, and endearing side characters, this is a love story you'll wish were your very own. Working together for the first time, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have combined forces to create a book that is sure to grab readers of all ages and never let them go.
Source: GoodReads
Review
«We are graced, and we are together, and the twoliness is trumping the loneliness and the doubt and the fear.»
I actually liked this a lot. I had a minor issue with it concerning the language, but other than that it was a fun and short read. I've come to expect great things from David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. Their characters are always so real and believable, and the struggles we read about are things most of us have actually been through and therefore can totally relate to.
The worst:
♫ The language in this is way too overdone with swearing.
«I mean, they're only the best punk band out there right now, named for the fucking apathy of a xenophobic fucking nation oblivious to the fucking terror it's leaders wreak on the rest of the world (...)»
Seriously? I would take the essence of this thought much more seriously if there wasn't unnecessary swearing in it. Who talks like this?
The best:
♫ Finally, there's a book with the right idea.
«Maybe the simple diagnosis of either hetero or homo is misleading. Maybe there's just sexuality, and it's bendable and unpredictable, like a circus performer (...)»
Wouldn't our lives be so much simpler if we didn't have to worry about labels? If we could just be and not be thin or fat or homossexual or...?
«"Maybe," I say, "what we're supposed to do is come together. That's how we stop the breaking."Tikkun olam.»
Dev totally has the right idea about the Beatles.
Love,
Francisca.
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