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My Favorite Band Does Not Exist (2011)

by Robert T. Jeschonek(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

054737027X (ISBN13: 9780547370279)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Clarion Books

review 1: Weird, and in the end, rather unsatisfying.Two girls and two guys in separate realities have weird connections with one another. One boy thinks he's got a fun idea when he makes up a band, makes a YoFace and Yapper account for them, and posts updates. Another guy thinks it's weird that somebody's always posting on YoFace about where his secret band is, even though all the members have agreed to keep things on the downlow.The first guy's posts are straight out of his imagination, but reality for the second guy. Weird right? So far, so good.One blonde girl has a face surrounded by black hair tattooed on the back of her head.One girl with black hair has a face surrounded by blonde hair tattooed... yeah, you get it.There's also this book that both guys are reading, and the boo... morek ends up becoming a third reality blended in with these other two.The lessons the boys learn about becoming the men they want to seem forced and trite. They learn the lessons by being shown a flashback, or being given a surreal opportunity to do one thing. Like, voila! Put tab A into slot B and you have Learned Your Life Lesson.Also, the girls seem aware all along of what is going on, and they are masterminding things in some weird way. Which means the fear that guy #1 has of being controlled is a lot more real that he thinks, but that's never pointed out. There were also lots of little things that made no sense. Like... one of the guys discovers a computer screen that seems to narrate his recent life up to that very moment. So he tries typing in a few things. They come true! Then he tries a few more things... and they randomly don't. And then he's suddently transported into an imminently life-threatening situation and almost dies. But later we find out the "author" is totally benevolent. Hm.I kept reading in order to find out what was going on - the book certainly was interesting and had a fun concept. But in the end I didn't care much about any of the characters, and was annoyed by lots of small things. However, I know the basic concept will stick with me for some time!
review 2: Simple review, a few pet peeves: The names, and how obvious the words inside the names were ridiculous, I dislikes that.The story inside a story with a parallel story was a bit much to grasp. I felt like it was just a bunch stuff being thrown together. The ending(epilogue, not last chapter) was a bit cheesy for me.I'm no author or anything close but I wasn't a fan of the writing style(?) in this novel. It felt young, but disregard what I'm saying because I'm probably thinking this because of the names. Now for the pros: I enjoyed all of the stories individually.I was genuinely curious to see how this would come together at the end. It was just not my type of book. Although I did like the idea. less

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