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Into The Wild Nerd Yonder (2009)

by Julie Halpern(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0312382529 (ISBN13: 9780312382520)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Feiwel & Friends

review 1: The summary of Into the Wild Nerd Yonder makes one think that this will be a touching, meaningful contemporary novel. And it should be. But the pacing is slow, and I didn't get the feels that I should have.It's the summer before Jessie's sophomore year, and her best friends, Bizza and Char, have reinvented themselves into punk rockers. Jessie's brother is in a punk band, and although he doesn't want them to, the girls start hanging around with the band. Jessie has always had a crush on the drummer, Van.So when Bizza goes after Van, and ends up in an intimate situation with him, Jessie is hurt, and angry, and gives up on their friendship. And, finally realizes that Van is a real jerk.So, the second half of the book is about Jessie finding a new set of friends. She has been ... moretalking to a nerdy girl who is into Dungeons & Dragons. Since Jessie sews, she's been asked to create costumes for the D&D group. So Jessie very reluctantly goes to these D&D sessions with these nerds and finds a new set of friends and maybe even a romantic interest.It really takes a long time for things to happen. I found the plot to be very plodding, and after reading about 50% of the book, I started skimming. It was one of those books that you could read a couple paragraphs of each chapter and know what's going on. I did read the last 10% of the book too. I think the second half was better, so I probably should have skimmed the first half.I really didn't feel very sorry for Jessie. I don't know why. The characterizations are good, the writing is fine, but I didn't see her problems as being that dramatic.I loved that Jessie has supportive parents and gets along with her brother. I loved that Jessie listens to audiobooks and the references to the books she was listening to. I loved that Jessie sews, since that is one of my hobbies. So, why didn't I love this book?The age group for which Into the Wild Nerd Yonder is intended may enjoy this one more than I did. I try to put myself inside my "teenager mind" when I'm reading, but sometimes it's difficult.
review 2: With books like these, YA = Garbage equation is becoming more and more sensible to my tortured mind. The book is loaded with the mediocre, the awful and the just plain nasty... and there are very obvious ways that the author did to extend the word count without really adding any meaningful content.The characters? Uh! There is almost no effort in characterization at all. They all are very much the bare cliché. One dimensional, predictable, unrealistic, flat... boring. It is almost impossible to connect and relate with the characters. They are just so damn fake and contrived much like those awful characters in TV shows. Maybe that is where the author is basing the character from?And the main character, I don't really care about her. She is awful in a way. Passive, childish, inert, and who desire to stay and behave like a child. If I met a person like her, I'll be totally disgusted. She could go and stay at playpen if wants, I'll be off doing more constructive things.The comments and summary of the audio books is quite annoying. It always completely distracts and sidelines the story this book was telling because of the fact that those audio books sounds far more interesting than the current story. It makes me wish I was reading those books instead of this.Similarly distracting is the overzealous attention of the skirts our main character is wearing every time she changes it. Why such overindulgence in vanity? Once was okay; twice or thrice, for emphasis... almost every chapter, that is just irritating. It is as if life centers around the new skirt she is wearing.I also didn’t like the constant reminder of sex. It seems that every chapter has to talk about sex in one way or another. Really it is quite annoying.And in chapter 21 and the father-daughter talk, pure nonsense. I actually end up disliking her father. He is just a foolish and negligent parent. I would hate it if he is my father.After lot of skimming and skipping, I can’t really make myself read farther than chapter 28. I’m just bored, numb and dying for the ending to come. It seems that the ending is way to long off so I make an ending here. With books like these, ending earlier gives you much better experience. less

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