Stephen K. (havan) reviewed on 7/19/2012 + 138 more book reviews

The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl is primarily a look inside the life and thoughts of a 15 year-old testosterone fueled, lust addled, teen geek with no friends and less self confidence. Like any hormonally overloaded guy of that age he's girl crazed and amazed. He's used to being smart and having things he wants to know come easy to him. But when it comes to girls, he's got no clue.

The tumultuous inner monologue of a nerdy pubescent teen as he thinks about girls, and things sexual, and the comic he's writing and the goth girl that throws his world further out of kilter is funny and nostalgic to those of us with enough emotional distance from it to have gained perspective. Hearing this material for the first time as an audio book made those crazed ramblings even better.

Some teen male readers will identify, others will just NOT understand the appeal of a book like this. However if you're up for a roller coaster ride of emo emotions inside the head of a not at all self confident high-schooler in what might be his first boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, you'll probably enjoy this book a lot. Not sure how it would play in print though, be sure and try the audio-book.

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