The first edition of the novel was published in September 6th , and was written by Barry Lyga. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Hardcover format. The main characters of this young adult, fiction story are Kyra Sellers, Fanboy.
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If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading. Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help. What's her great adventure? What's her character development? She's just there to teach what's his face an important lesson. And to show off her titties not once, but twice, to make an Important Point tm.
Because a girl's worth is only defined by her sexuality. No Thank You, Mr. Author Man. Obviously, there is a limited understanding of female sexuality here. The sad part? Goth Girl gets it - she even attempts to nail it into the narrator's head. But then the ball is dropped - it's gone, and instead, as Fanboy -- poor little fanboy who can't get a girl or keep a friend, boo hoo -- is having one of his wettest dreams fulfilled as the Hot Girl bemoans the fact that guys just want to have a good lay with her, he wonders: "Then why dress like that?
I don't get it. I don't understand. Men are uncontrollable hormone monsters. Women are vestal virgins when they're not being whores by dressing like sluts and either two can become hormonally driven bitches if they happen to be pregnant or just having a bad day.
This is the antithesis of astonishing. This is a reaffirmation of the tired old gender roles that poison people's concepts of men and women and everything in between. This is not an adventure. This is just a re-treatment of the tired old ground that boxes women and men away in these tiny, little stereotypes that are too small for earth, let alone the gigantic expanse of a universe just waiting to be explored.
It is utterly wearisome. And I want my five dollars back. View all 9 comments. Feb 23, Kim rated it really liked it Shelves: the-kids-are-all-right , gmba. I really had no idea what this book would be about. I had been hearing good things about Barry Lyga's other book, 'Boy Toy' and when I was at the library, this stood out as well.
When I find an author that I like, I tend, like most people, to want to read everything by them, so, I grabbed it in the hopes that I liked his writing enough to want more That being said, The AAOFBAGG is truly well written, I don't know what I expected because I never read the back of the book but it wasn't a story about bullying with undertones similar to that Columbine genre that seems to be emerging.
But, from the start I had this sort of dark pit forming in my stomach that had me wanting to put the book down in fear of a school shooting scenario. The writing is that good. I think that dark pit opened when I was introduced to his security blanket, a stray bullet he found on his step dad's workbench, that he carries around with him at all times. I'm not one to retell the story in a review, but more the feeling that I get when I read it. I was steadily sucked into this world of Fan Boy's, feeling the despair, anxiety and confusion that becomes his life in the span of the two weeks the story covers.
A great first novel though and I'm really looking forward to Boy Toy. View all 7 comments. Dec 08, Katie McNelly rated it it was ok. The only reason I'm not rating this an absolute, bottom-of-the-barrel "1" is because I actually managed to finish it.
It kept me turning the pages, if only for the last glimmer of hope that somehow things would work itself out in the end. It doesn't. My reviews don't tend to contain a lot of plot synopsis, so let's just leave it with this: a boy who perceives himself to be an anti-social geek, bane of the jocks' existence, has one friend who he likes comic books with. That friend is black, and we The only reason I'm not rating this an absolute, bottom-of-the-barrel "1" is because I actually managed to finish it.
That friend is black, and we are not allowed to forget it. He main character , meets a girl. She's rough around the edges. They both come from what they perceive to be broken homes.
He writes a comic book. She likes it. They both bug out. The nerd learns people don't hate him and actually kind of enjoy his presence, and hey, he winds up cool in the end? I don't even know. Mostly I don't know because this book was directionless, dimwitted, and disgusting. I'll elaborate: My favorite type of book is a bildungsroman, particularly one told from a male POV. They tend to have better written female supporting characters - but more on this later.
So "fanboy" gets the impression that everyone hates him, and he spends MOST of the novel bitching about this. Come to find out, no one hates him, people kind of actually enjoy his company, and It's directionless precisely because of that "whatever. There's no growth. There's no care or stake in his success.
There's no self-acceptance or logically-assumed new personality role. There's just Fanboy Which for us, as the reader, means he continues bitching and complaining about how unfair the world is, even when he's decided to make that world his oyster. Or whatever. I really have no investment in this dude.
The book's dimwitted nature can be found in its treatment of education, school related things, family relationships, school sports, the publishing industry, fandom in general, and, I guess basically the world.
It's nice that Lyga felt he could just smoosh and change the actual, literal environment to meet the needs of his story. But for us, he's treating us like a bunch of toddlers dependent on and excited for this regurgitated baby food of a story. I don't even mind that it's profoundly dated Not to mention, he has no redeeming qualities, as other reviewers over the years have mentioned. Which brings us to the novel's most heinous crime: its level of disgust.
The treatment of women in this book is truly abhorrent. The women are one dimensional, "crazy," stupid his teachers and mother, primarily , mentally unstable She never earns her own personality, her own future, her own anything. She exists to serve Fanboy and all his sick sexual fantasies. Then Dina - the beautiful sex symbol whom Fanboy pines longingly after - just throws herself at him? To satiate his preoccupation with sex? Good lord, the whole scene with her doesn't even make logical sense.
HOW did this nonsense get past an editor? Who thought this was a good idea? Were the earlys just a different world entirely? Save yourself the trouble - avoid this at all costs.
The only thing I wish is that I had liked it more for the sake of my student who loved it. But I think instead, I'll just get some better books into her hands. Aug 31, Annalisa rated it really liked it Recommends it for: older teens. Shelves: coming-of-age , contemporary , voice , young-adult , character.
A novel for all the underdogs out there. I'm giving this book four stars for the voice. Lyga captures that tortured, conflicted, awkward stage in life with Fanboy, a nerdy boy who's smarter than everyone else, a little picked on for his size and goody two-shoes, and completely clueless about girls.
So authentic year-old boy it hurts. Obsessed with his graphic novel and focused on getting good grades as his way out, Fanboy's view of life changes when he meets Goth Girl, an emo chick who questi A novel for all the underdogs out there. Obsessed with his graphic novel and focused on getting good grades as his way out, Fanboy's view of life changes when he meets Goth Girl, an emo chick who questions everything with way too much take-it-personally emotion.
I enjoyed seeing high school through fanboy's eyes, the good kid you want to root for, and watching him figure things out note that as you wander through this boy's thoughts, he's going to think about girls. It's real and dorky and funny and a little dark and pure teenage overwhelmed with parents and teachers and students without being whiny. It's a great voice. I almost wanted to read a graphic novel after this, almost, but not quite.
View all 4 comments. Who would not pick this book up from a rack? Great cover, a very clever title and not only that, as what Newsday said, what a find. Barry Lyga makes me remember the fanboy in me. Those who are not into comics or Graphic novel as what fanboy would defensively say could still like the book because the story itself is heart wrenching. Donnie is a year-old comic book geek who spends almost all of his free time making a graphic novel of his own, schemata.
Way too smart for his age and he hates almost all of the jocks at school except for his only friend Cal. Out of nowhere, Kary a. Great book but a little bit confusing and I'm almost not satisfied as to how it ends. I also hoped that there would be more explanation as to why Goth girl acts that way, a background as to how she become who she is when she and fanboy met.
Anyways, I would not go into a very detailed description of the book. Instead I wanted to share something I think both fanboy and I got in common. We both like comics. We both think that our stories and drawings could go somewhere not now, but back when I was still his age. I think that we both like it because it is our escape. I think almost all of my drawings, comic strips and whatever are either lost or I already tear it up. Some are private or too personal that I'm not inclined to share.
Feeling the paper first, then thinking of how you would execute what's on your mind with the paper infront of you. So to Barry Lyga, hands down to you. Great book. View all 15 comments. Dec 25, Niki rated it it was ok Shelves: hard-pass , contemporary , young-adult.
Added an edit at the end of the review I usually wait a little before reviewing books, but the review of this one will have to happen now, while it's still fresh in my head. This book doesn't suck exactly, but Let me count the ways: Many of the other reviews I checked out mention the title, and how there's no "Astonishing Adventures!!
That is true, and that particular wording is in the title to draw people in, and it definitely worked with me. How could Added an edit at the end of the review I usually wait a little before reviewing books, but the review of this one will have to happen now, while it's still fresh in my head. How could I not be drawn in when one of the characters is -supposedly- a goth?
So imagine my disappointment when I realized that Kyra isn't really a goth, but a stereotype of one instead, by a person who has no actual idea about the goth subculture. The stereotype is the usual "Angry at the world!! Jaded by nothing in particular!! Not like the other girls!!
Lyga, you dropped the ball here. Do you even know anything about goths, other than the fact that we generally all like "The Sandman" by Neil Gaiman? But hey, after all Kyra isn't supposed to be an actual character; she's the "muse" the word is literally used to describe her at one point for our main character Donnie, she's not supposed to have a character arc or anything. What exactly is she rebelling against?
Actually nothing. Donnie, our lovely main character NOT , is a pretentious, whiny, entitled kid. His character is easy to figure out from the very first pages, in which he sees his crush, Dina, as a piece of meat and not a person, and then proceeds to describe how he regularly looks up the skirt of his classmate; that chapter is actually titled "The Panty Algorithm" Let's talk about the elephant in the room first: the sexism.
I'm not exactly sure what the hell the writer wanted to achieve here. On the one hand, Donnie is a raging sexist, but on the other, Kyra is not and tries to correct him, to no avail, really.
So is Barry Lyga a sexist as well, or was he trying to be "realstic" when writing a teenage boy or something? In any case, there shouldn't have been sexism at all. Why did I have to endure Kyra showing her boobs at random times?
What was the point, except to tittilate pun intended Donnie, who was the center of the universe in the book, apparently? Why the descriptions of a year-old's panties?????
I need answers! So yeah, I didn't like Donnie. I'm giving the book 2 stars, because 1 star ratings are reserved for books that I never even finished. This one I did, but I really can't ignore these glaring faults.
I don't think I'll read it. I saw in the reviews that there's even a lesbian subplot, which is very clearly to make the male teenage readers all hot and bothered. One of the characters, an otherwise likeable and rather mature one, Cal, has the username "IamaChildMolester" online, which is described as "his sick sense of humor at work" Here is a tip, writers: child molestation is N O T something to joke about.
I don't care that your character is an "immature teenager" This is NOT a joke. I shouldn't even have to say this. View 2 comments. Aug 21, Alyssa rated it liked it Recommends it for: Comic book enthusiasts and fans of Tim Tharp's prose. Shelves: read , emotional , what-a-weird-book , really-excited-for , a-guy-of-ya , surprised-me , contemporary , ya-romance , great-books , ya-loved.
The Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl , as a title, is misleading in all sorts of ways. Not knowing anything of the plot, I was prepared and looking forward to a light, cutesy teen romance, with maybe a couple good one-liners.
To say I was shocked by the staggeringly dark and disquieting story of the very angry Fanboy and Goth Girl would be a huge understatement. Fanboy, self-proclaimed geek and comic book enthusiast, is lost. The only thing that keeps him grounded is his security blanket: an old bullet he keeps in his pocket at all times. That is, until he meets Goth Girl, whose anger brings out plenty of his own, who seemingly connects with him on a level no one else ever has. Fanboy was resentful, aggravated, lonely, and livid, and his characterization and voicing perfectly demonstrated that, leaving nothing to be desired.
What I especially enjoyed about Fanboy and Goth Girl was that both the school and home lives of Fanboy were developed and equally balanced in importance and page-time. Fanboy and Goth Girl certainly delivers. Jun 27, Mir rated it liked it Recommends it for: teens and those trying to understand them. Shelves: ya , realism. Contrary to the title, no adventures take place in this story, nor anything of a particularly astonishing nature. Rather, this is a fairly standard teen novel about the difficulties of being smart and unpopular in high school.
So I was a bit disappointed by the lack of action. However, Lyga does a good job capturing the angst and anxiety of this experience and doesn't make the kids too insightful or too nice to be believable.
This was an absolute dumpster fire. The only thing that kept me reading was that it was for my book club, where we write notes in it and the previous owner's notes were frickin' hilarious. The whole book is just the author's weird teenage toxic masculinity fantasy featuring a manic pixie dream girl, way too many boner thoughts about breasts and some really problematic racist and sexist language.
If it was published today, it would likely be cancelled. Jun 17, Kristy rated it really liked it Shelves: i-think-you-should-read-this.
Such a quirky and off-beat book compared to most of what I've read lately. I enjoyed it thouroughly. It made me smile just about the whole time while reading it. I really don't get the ending of it though, maybe there is another book??!?!? It would be nice to get some answers about the "goth girl", I know she is crazy-ish Aug 26, Tim rated it really liked it Recommends it for: teens and those who teach them; lovers of voice.
Shelves: fiction. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. All right, an occupational hazard associated with doing an extended research project at the beginning of the school year is that the students are still figuring themselves and you the teacher out. So questions to the teacher are often few and far between, which leaves me with an extended portion of the period to wander about more or less aimlessly.
Often, when doing so, I'll pick up one of the books the MC specialists have on display. Because I know I'll be reading it in spurts, between those o All right, an occupational hazard associated with doing an extended research project at the beginning of the school year is that the students are still figuring themselves and you the teacher out.
Because I know I'll be reading it in spurts, between those occasional questions, I usually choose something light and something I more or less avoid outside of school -- Teen Lit. It's not that I have an overt dislike for the genre, it's just that many authors tend to oversimplify their work or take it too seriously.
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