Slam Reviews
"'Listen," says Sam Jones, the garrulous young narrator of Nick Hornby's likable first novel for teenagers, "I know you don't want to hear about every single little moment.' He then relives every single little moment anyway, and that's just about one date with a pretty girl. But he's wrong about us. We want to hear whatever this kid has got to say—the whole scary, hilarious story. It's not that Sam's tale, stripped to its bones, is all that different from a million other YA novels…voice is the difference." - The Washington Post.
"Starred Review. [A] vertiginous mix of anger, confusion, insight, humor, and love." - Booklist.
"The characters are given the opportunity to grow with charm and wit while facing the challenges of young adulthood." - School Library Journal.
"Hornby...shows he understands the psyche of an adolescent boy just as well as he does those of men." - KLIATT.
"[F]ull of pleasures that readers familiar with Hornby should recognize, such as the kooky subsidiary characters and clever off-center dialogue." - Kirkus Reviews.
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