At his high school graduation Denis Cooverman decides he has a few really important things to say. Among them is this: he is in love with Beth Cooper. Unfortunately for him, Beth Cooper doesn't really know who he is, even if he sat behind her in almost every one of their classes throughout high school.
Even though his declaration of love is the most important aspect of his speech for driving this story, it is actually used as a segue into the rest of his speech about saying things we want to say without regret. He tells his 512 classmates to be "unafraid to confess, I am so stuck-up because, deep down, I believe I am worthless." He continues on with this speech for the next few minutes until finally the Prinicipal tells him he's done.
An hour or so later he finds himself having his first actual conversation with Beth Cooper. Denis tells her that he is having a get together at his house later and hopes that she will come. The he discovers that Beth has a boyfriend, and he's in the Army, he is also a little crazy.
From there on out everything in the book is complete insanity. It's one adventure after another for Denis and his best friend Rich thanks to Beth Cooper. The majority of the things that happen are things I could never really picture happening in real life to anyone. But it definitely makes for an interesting story. But seriously, what seventeen year old sells the airbags in their car for $400 dollars?
In a way this book reminds me a little of the John Hughes movies of the eighties... with the different high school social classes. Right down to Beth Cooper and her two friends who pretty much have to do what she says because of her status as the head cheerleader. All of the characters are very smartly and uniquely written, even the minor characters such as Denis's parents and the principal of the high school.
Almost all of the characters remain fairly static, but even still, Larry Doyle paints an interesting picture as to why these characters are the way they are. Overall, I'd say this book was very well written and incredibly funny. Larry Doyle has definitely proven himself to be a great writer (although I would daresay the fact that he used to write for the Simpsons had already proven this) and I'll be looking forward to any new books he may write. All in all, I'd definitely recommend this book and I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.
Even though his declaration of love is the most important aspect of his speech for driving this story, it is actually used as a segue into the rest of his speech about saying things we want to say without regret. He tells his 512 classmates to be "unafraid to confess, I am so stuck-up because, deep down, I believe I am worthless." He continues on with this speech for the next few minutes until finally the Prinicipal tells him he's done.
An hour or so later he finds himself having his first actual conversation with Beth Cooper. Denis tells her that he is having a get together at his house later and hopes that she will come. The he discovers that Beth has a boyfriend, and he's in the Army, he is also a little crazy.
From there on out everything in the book is complete insanity. It's one adventure after another for Denis and his best friend Rich thanks to Beth Cooper. The majority of the things that happen are things I could never really picture happening in real life to anyone. But it definitely makes for an interesting story. But seriously, what seventeen year old sells the airbags in their car for $400 dollars?
In a way this book reminds me a little of the John Hughes movies of the eighties... with the different high school social classes. Right down to Beth Cooper and her two friends who pretty much have to do what she says because of her status as the head cheerleader. All of the characters are very smartly and uniquely written, even the minor characters such as Denis's parents and the principal of the high school.
Almost all of the characters remain fairly static, but even still, Larry Doyle paints an interesting picture as to why these characters are the way they are. Overall, I'd say this book was very well written and incredibly funny. Larry Doyle has definitely proven himself to be a great writer (although I would daresay the fact that he used to write for the Simpsons had already proven this) and I'll be looking forward to any new books he may write. All in all, I'd definitely recommend this book and I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.
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I didn't know this was a book too. Very cool. Didn't see the movie, but maybe I will give it a chance. :]
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