Teen Angst? Naaah . . .

by Ned Vizzini

From the author of Be More Chill—the novel turned Broadway play—and It's Kind of a Funny Story, Teen Angst! is a “breezy, funny, and genuine” (Booklist) quasi-autobiography, written when the author was just nineteen.
 
In Teen Angst! Naaah . . . Ned Vizzini presents the weird, funny, and sometimes mortifying moments that made up his teen years. With wit, irony, and honesty, Vizzini invites you into his world of school, parents, cool (and almost cool), street people, rock bands, friends, fame, camp, sex (sort of), Cancún (almost), prom, beer, video games, and more.
 
“Fiercely intelligent and introspective . . . Insightful, and thoroughly charming.” —SLJ

• ISBN10: 0307815544
• ISBN13: 9780307815545
• Publish Date: 1 February 2012 (first published 1 August 2000)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Delacorte Press
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[boghunden]

After seing the movie It's Kind of a Funny Story, I knew that I had to pick up the book. I just didn't want to do it right when the movie was fresh in my mind, so I picked up this one instead. That seems to be a mistake.

I didn't like this book. Most of all, it felt like a bunch of high school essays. Now, that's fine if you are in highschool. When he published this book, [a:Ned Vizzini|11672|Ned Vizzini|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1341737392p2/11672.jpg] wasn't in highschool anymore. There are essays about SATs, magic cards, a movie he and his friends made(I actually turned to youtube and saw the movie (The Attack of the Killer Turtle)), turning 18, prom etc. The thing is, I didn't really care.
I don't get why this was published. What exactly was the purpose? If I wanted to read random essays, I'm sure Google could help me with that.
So yeah, I found this book to be quite dull. I was hoping it'd be a very emotional read, or at least a real book, in terms of experiences etc., but I didn't feel like that was what I got.

The last essay, set after highschool, is just a acknowledgement essay, really.

This is supposed to be a quasi-biography, and well...it feels like diary entries, so I guess he kind of succeeded in that part.

Normally, I'd write about the characters as well, but I guess it doesn't really make any sense, since some of them are based upon people that Ned really knew, and then who am I to judge etc.? So yeah, not gonna do that.

I still want to pick up [b:It's Kind of a Funny Story|248704|It's Kind of a Funny Story|Ned Vizzini|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396050502s/248704.jpg|240980] though, because really, I loved the movie.