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Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before (2008)

by David Yoo(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1423109074 (ISBN13: 9781423109075)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Hyperion

review 1: The story? Average.The writing style, though, was amazing. In one scene the main character pretends a lawnmower is his own farts(and yes, this is a junior in high school we're talking about here) and it's funny in that without trying to be way. The characters for the most part aren't particularly interesting, but if you're the kind of person who's read Diary of a Wimpy Kid at least 20 times(and still takes them out on occasion) then this book is for you.
review 2: Humorous and entirely believable. You root for Albert all the way, even in his lowest moments. Yes, boys do act this way... So vulnerable and so strong at the same time, both Mia and Albert are very human characters. I will say that the book is both sarcastic and serious and while I liked a lot of the... more humor, this direction often led to bland stereotypical secondary characters. Yoo's observations on high school dynamics are spot on and his asides about Albert's Korean parents were funny. Some may feel the happy ending was a let-down but I believe it shows the real side of how people react to life and how much they are willing to try and forgive and move on, thereby maturing. If anything, the ending was rushed for me and I feel that there was a white elephant in the room between Mia and Albert that got little attention, maybe that's for a future book or just for the reader to work out himself... less

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