Summary:
Perry has the worst luck with women! Things seem like they are getting better when Perry's new girlfriend gets the band, Inchworm, a European tour. The first show goes off without a hitch. Perry gets into Venice, decides to go search out Gobi (the European chick from book 1), and things go downhill very quickly after that. Complete with assassinations, mixed up scenarios, sexual situations, and occasional references to him playing an actual instrument, Perry's life just sucks. He quite literally gets into trouble in every chapter (some only 3 pages long). How does he manage to do this?
-=-Spoiler-=-
The book probably would've ended early, because Gobi seems to toss Perry away several times, but it keeps going because the other woman in his life is also not as great as she seems. The women in Perry's life really want to kill him or have him killed.
My thoughts:
I didn't read the first book, but that doesn't matter because I feel like the first book was explained several times in this book. The incident on prom night is mentioned so often that it was overkill. I really began to not care about Perry's first adventure with Gobi. I think a little reference towards the beginning was all that was necessary. I suppose that the author just wanted to make sure people like me, who didn't read the first book, had some sort of connection to the main characters. There wasn't a lot of character development, which is normal for a second book in the series. My two biggest complaints are: 1) there wasn't ever a slight break in action so it was really impossible to suspend disbelief. Generally in action books, there has to be some part of you that knows the action is impossible, but enjoys it none the less. After the third run, shoot, etc., it just was too far fetched. I guess because it is such a short book, you have to toss everything in all at once. 2) What was the point of the playlist and titles? They act as chapter titles and relate somewhat with the chapter, but other than that are completely useless. I like it when author's integrate other aspects of media into their stories. It gives some reference of time and pop culture. Also, teenagers tend to enjoy that mix of their lives into the text; however, there was no need for it. Perry is in a bad, couldn't he at least pretend to cover a song or something on stage. You could even tie a lyric or two into the chapter. In this case, they were just chapter titles. Most people don't even read a chapter title, so it's a waste. That disappointed me.
Finally, the book is really fast paced. It's short enough and action packed enough to get a reluctant reader's attention. I would pass it off to a high school boy, but be careful because the sexual situations are plentiful, even though he never actually does it. Some parents may have a bit of a problem with how the women seem to throw themselves at him.
Perry has the worst luck with women! Things seem like they are getting better when Perry's new girlfriend gets the band, Inchworm, a European tour. The first show goes off without a hitch. Perry gets into Venice, decides to go search out Gobi (the European chick from book 1), and things go downhill very quickly after that. Complete with assassinations, mixed up scenarios, sexual situations, and occasional references to him playing an actual instrument, Perry's life just sucks. He quite literally gets into trouble in every chapter (some only 3 pages long). How does he manage to do this?
-=-Spoiler-=-
The book probably would've ended early, because Gobi seems to toss Perry away several times, but it keeps going because the other woman in his life is also not as great as she seems. The women in Perry's life really want to kill him or have him killed.
My thoughts:
I didn't read the first book, but that doesn't matter because I feel like the first book was explained several times in this book. The incident on prom night is mentioned so often that it was overkill. I really began to not care about Perry's first adventure with Gobi. I think a little reference towards the beginning was all that was necessary. I suppose that the author just wanted to make sure people like me, who didn't read the first book, had some sort of connection to the main characters. There wasn't a lot of character development, which is normal for a second book in the series. My two biggest complaints are: 1) there wasn't ever a slight break in action so it was really impossible to suspend disbelief. Generally in action books, there has to be some part of you that knows the action is impossible, but enjoys it none the less. After the third run, shoot, etc., it just was too far fetched. I guess because it is such a short book, you have to toss everything in all at once. 2) What was the point of the playlist and titles? They act as chapter titles and relate somewhat with the chapter, but other than that are completely useless. I like it when author's integrate other aspects of media into their stories. It gives some reference of time and pop culture. Also, teenagers tend to enjoy that mix of their lives into the text; however, there was no need for it. Perry is in a bad, couldn't he at least pretend to cover a song or something on stage. You could even tie a lyric or two into the chapter. In this case, they were just chapter titles. Most people don't even read a chapter title, so it's a waste. That disappointed me.
Finally, the book is really fast paced. It's short enough and action packed enough to get a reluctant reader's attention. I would pass it off to a high school boy, but be careful because the sexual situations are plentiful, even though he never actually does it. Some parents may have a bit of a problem with how the women seem to throw themselves at him.
