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Available
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Series
Publication
Broadway Books (1996), Edition: Reissue, 498 pages
Description
The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl--the basis for the major motion picture starring Michael Cera. Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response--all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess, and ultimate intellectual goad.… (more)
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LibraryThing member bardsfingertips
Sometimes is it really good to laugh. And then, to add on top of that: it's really good to read something that makes you laugh.
And, on those special occasions, it is nice to read something so deliciously wrong, you cannot help but grin from ear to ear and hope that the chaos doesn't stop.
In the
This romp, if you will, is about a young boy around the age of 14 with a need to lose his virginity. This boy, named Nick Twisp, is unique in the sense that he is highly intelligent and has nothing but aspirations to become a great (if not pretentious) writer – and to get laid; many time over.
Of course, like most intelligent young males of his particular physique, he sees the possibility of the latter goal to be...well, out of reach except by his own devices (if you catch my meaning).
Until he goes off to a vacation trailer park with his mother and her oaf of a lover, Jerry. At this trailer park he meets the catalyst that sets off the Revolt within the title of the book: Sheeni.
Sheeni is a vastly more intelligent girl than Nick (much to the sway of the warring parties that make up “Frustration” and “Love-at-first-site”) who ends up convincing Nick to “be bad. Be very bad, Nick Darling...”
And, thus, the efforts of the book lashes out and we strap on board for a wild ride that would make Mr. Toad's to be one of a simple Sunday's stroll. Each bad thing that Nick does to get closer to his love, gets topped by an even worse thing...and on and on it goes.
Oh, such fun...and so many things I can chuckle at and think to myself, “Now...if only I could get away with that!”
And, on those special occasions, it is nice to read something so deliciously wrong, you cannot help but grin from ear to ear and hope that the chaos doesn't stop.
In the
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novel Youth in Revolt, the chaos takes very little time to just take a breath and doesn't even exhaust after the last page: because there are more books!This romp, if you will, is about a young boy around the age of 14 with a need to lose his virginity. This boy, named Nick Twisp, is unique in the sense that he is highly intelligent and has nothing but aspirations to become a great (if not pretentious) writer – and to get laid; many time over.
Of course, like most intelligent young males of his particular physique, he sees the possibility of the latter goal to be...well, out of reach except by his own devices (if you catch my meaning).
Until he goes off to a vacation trailer park with his mother and her oaf of a lover, Jerry. At this trailer park he meets the catalyst that sets off the Revolt within the title of the book: Sheeni.
Sheeni is a vastly more intelligent girl than Nick (much to the sway of the warring parties that make up “Frustration” and “Love-at-first-site”) who ends up convincing Nick to “be bad. Be very bad, Nick Darling...”
And, thus, the efforts of the book lashes out and we strap on board for a wild ride that would make Mr. Toad's to be one of a simple Sunday's stroll. Each bad thing that Nick does to get closer to his love, gets topped by an even worse thing...and on and on it goes.
Oh, such fun...and so many things I can chuckle at and think to myself, “Now...if only I could get away with that!”
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LibraryThing member amydross
Pretty much the greatest book ever.
LibraryThing member Knitxcore
my stepfather bought me books instead talking to me. i can't thank him enough for picking up this gem! it helped me understand a myriad of things while coming of age that i never could have explained otherwise. the story is presented in a humorous manner, but still touches on important and quite
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scary situations faced by most teenagers. nick twisp will always have a place in my thoughts. Show Less
LibraryThing member ElkinJ
Youth in Revolt is a fictional story about a fourteen year old, acne ridden, and sex obsessed boy named Nick Twisp who is very low on self esteem. On a vacation with Nick's mom and her boyfriend, Nick falls in love with a girl named Sheeni who is a local in the town. When Nick has to go back home
The book is hilarious and stays very true to how adolescent boys thinks and feels when they are coming of age. I would recommend this book to adolescent boys, or anyone who wants to understand them.
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to Oakland, Sheeni promises they will see each other again but Nick must become more rebellious. Nick then creates himself an alter ego named Francois Dillinger, who is a much more rebellious than Nick. In efforts to be reunited with Sheeni, Nick finds himself in many different escapades from blowing up part of Berkeley to possibly spending the rest of his adolescent years as a cross dresser named Carlotta. The book is hilarious and stays very true to how adolescent boys thinks and feels when they are coming of age. I would recommend this book to adolescent boys, or anyone who wants to understand them.
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LibraryThing member elissajanine
Wow, I wish I would have read this book as a teenager! Funny to the point of tears--so goofy and unbelievable that I kind of love it. I know there are flaws with this book, but I don't even want to see them. :)
LibraryThing member Daniel.Estes
This book is a hilariously honest presentation of how a modern 14-year-old boy (maybe teen, but not quite a man yet) sees the world. Some of the details easily date the material back to the early 90's, but that only added to the nostalgia for me. Nick Twisp, the story's protagonist, is a
The pacing is quick, and the dialogue is spot-on given Nick's desire to sound more elitist and brainy than his age. I recommend this book if you ever seek to understand the mind of a 14-year-old boy minus the larger-than-life destructive tendencies.
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nihilist-in-the-making. With the right mix of constant embarrassment and the unraveling of his home life, Nick starts down a destructive path that most of us would only halfway fantasize about.The pacing is quick, and the dialogue is spot-on given Nick's desire to sound more elitist and brainy than his age. I recommend this book if you ever seek to understand the mind of a 14-year-old boy minus the larger-than-life destructive tendencies.
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LibraryThing member bribre01
Hilarious, and wildly entertaining! Kept me laughing out loud and wondering what crazy scheme Nick would come up with next!
LibraryThing member sabrefencer
A friend recommended this to me, saying it was his bible. I like it, but its not my bible.
LibraryThing member jbeckhamlat
Read. Funny, clever, erudite vocabulary, better than the movie . . . .
LibraryThing member kaburns
Decsribed by the LA Timnes "as the funniest book you'll read this year", it was a non starter for me.
LibraryThing member satyridae
Another 14 year old boy's love song to his penis. Yes, there are hilarious parts. There are also mean-spirited, self-aggrandizing parts. The adolescent male voice rings achingly, annoyingly, gratingly true here. Sometimes I was embarrassed to be giggling at what I was giggling at, and to make me
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feel like that is quite a feat. Parts made me want to crawl under my bed and never ever come out. Not recommended for mothers of teenage boys, though perhaps it's the hold your nose and drink type of medicine. I can't not recommend it. Show Less
LibraryThing member TeenieLee
Had hard time zipping through this... I don't know if it's because of all of the super big words that the author insists on using or because I find the narrator to be a smug turd. When I finally finished, I was glad it was over, which isn't true for a lot of the books I read.
I hate books like
I hate books like
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this... is it The Emperor's New Clothes or did I really not get it? Show Less
LibraryThing member vplprl
Meet cult favourite Nick Twist, Adrian Mole’s evil twin brother. If, as many of his pals discover to their cost, friendship with Nick is fraught with danger, then being related to him is positively lethal. One of the funniest books I’ve ever read and now a major motion picture. You will also
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want to check out the sequels: Revoltingly Youth ,Cut to the Twisp, and Revoltingly Young. Show Less
LibraryThing member yougotamber
This book was excellent. I loved Nick Twisp and how he has the capacity to get into and out of trouble with such ease. In six months, the kid has done so much and gotten away with it to boot. Fantastic, quick and entertaining read. I highly recommend it.
LibraryThing member ChristineEllei
I picked up this book because my daughter was raving about it. The coming of age of Nick Twisp. The teenage angst, stress and rebellion of a 15 year old boy. All in all, an amusing read but I am not going to run out to see the movie.
LibraryThing member BoundTogetherForGood
This book was not nearly as funny as I had hoped it would be. It was one foul-mouthed calamity after the next with no growth in character at any point. I never felt an attachment to any of them. They were a bunch of whiners and weasels, in my opinion.
LibraryThing member yvonnea
So dirty, outrageous, and ridiculous, yet so funny.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1993
Physical description
498 p.; 6.1 inches
ISBN
0385481969 / 9780385481960