Struts and Frets
This is
the high school life of Samuel Bojoer, a guy whose full life probably sucks in
the extreme. His mother is a therapist, the frontman in his band, Joe, is a
total meat-head who is only in because he can beat the other three members
in a fight (or in that case, massacre)
can`t sing for his life, and Sam`s beginning to have “feelings” (Note: this is
not the words used. There IS a reason this book was put in the young adult`s
section.) for his oldest friend, Jen5 (It`s because there were 4 other Jennifer).
This
book was pretty amusing, namely because the characters seem to have an almost
“real” feel, (although some things the author probably didn`t know about now
modern teens/high-schoolers) with the random emotions, and also because one of
Sam`s friends, Rick, is homosexual, which is actually more or less a lot more
common in today`s society (and to those of you who are anti-gay/don`t like gay
people/find it “blasphemous” (in case you`re religious), shut it. It`s their
choice, jerks.) And it adds a bit more depth to the relation Sam shares with
Rick, because he had never known that Rick was homosexual before.
I also
felt that it was a good story because of how Sam and Jen5 grew over the course
of the book (well, grew together, as a couple, y`know?) because both were
discouraged by their parents (sadly) to quit what they wanted to be most (which
was an artist and musician, respectively.) and become doctors or lawyers (I
hate lawyers, they`re the ones who become politicians, and I`ve never been too
fond of visiting doctors/health agencies in general) instead, which I found to
be dumb as heck.
It
wasn`t a bad book. That`s the most honest thing I can say about it. I can`t say
it was the best, but I liked it.
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