“The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.”
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga (Graphia, 2006)
(The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, #1)
Genre: General Fiction, Real life,
Honors: None found
Review: Fanboy is in hell, or rather, his sophomore year of high school. His mom is pregnant and hormonal, his step-father pretends he doesn't exist, the presents of his real father is practically non-existent, and the bullies at school have made him a favorite target. The only thing he has to look forward to is the small comic book convention coming to a town near him where his comic book creator idol Brian Michael Bendis will be. Fanboy is determined to show him his graphic novel that he has been putting his heart and soul into. Then Fanboy meets Kyra, a girl dressed in goth gear who befriends and makes fun of Fanboy at the same time. He can't decide if she is a friend, or a girlfriend. As the comic book convention draws near Fanboy's life gets more and more complicated with Goth Girl in it.
Opinion: This book was such a total disappointment. Kyra's character and Donnie/ Fanboy's mother were two of the most annoying female characters that I have come across in a long time. There is not rhyme or reason for the way Kyra acts, and the reader never finds out why she lies so much or where she gets the cars from. But I do have to say this about the author, he knows his comic stuff. I really liked all the real comic book information that he put in the book. I think if he made the Kyra character a little more relatable and less demanding the book would have been more enjoyable.
Ideas: I guess you could give this book to someone who likes comic books, but I'm not sure that they would enjoy it that much. I'm not really sure I would recommend this book to very many people so it's hard to get ideas for it.
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| Little Comic Strip written by Barry Lyga |
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