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cactus99's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
lilkenslea's review against another edition
2.0
I.E. TRIGGER WARINGS: MEANTIONS OF RAPE
I picked up this book because I like Myers other two Exit Here and Blazed; however I could not finish this book. The fact that its marketed towards 16+ wouldn't be such a problem if there had been trigger warnings before the main character was raped. On the cover. At the top of the page. Anywhere, but there was not. I think that if your going to write something like that there needs to be a warning before hand. Also there was no build up whatsoever it all came out of nowhere and it kind of annoyed me. I liked your writing style but the constant cussing was unnecessary and made the book a little hard to read in my opinion.
I picked up this book because I like Myers other two Exit Here and Blazed; however I could not finish this book. The fact that its marketed towards 16+ wouldn't be such a problem if there had been trigger warnings before the main character was raped. On the cover. At the top of the page. Anywhere, but there was not. I think that if your going to write something like that there needs to be a warning before hand. Also there was no build up whatsoever it all came out of nowhere and it kind of annoyed me. I liked your writing style but the constant cussing was unnecessary and made the book a little hard to read in my opinion.
adunnells's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kyleg99's review against another edition
2.0
Ugh. This book was a complete and utter mess.
Alexander Franklin is a nineteen year old junkie loser, who wants to be a rock star in New York. He goes to the A-Lot, a pick-up location for prostitues, to make money to buy drugs, and on one of these pick-ups, he meets Patti Smith, a fourteen year old prostitute, and he instantly falls in love with her. However, Raymond Burke ruthlessly controls the town of Beaver Falls (I know, what kind of name is that?), and the police are in his back pocket, so when one of his goons named Lars, who wants to have Patti all for himself, gets pissed off that Patti wants to be with Alexander, they're love might not survive.
I fell in love with Dead End last year, and was both equally shocked and delighted by how gruesome and dark it was, and how Jason Myers wasn't afraid to make his charcters suffer, as the ending proved. However, this book was so fucked up, and so ridiculous, and was more sex and hearing about the MC's past conquests than the actual story I relayed to you above.
I hated the characters. Alexander was a misogynistic little pig, who cheats on Patti all the time, treats women like trash, every girl is a slut, he's a total rocker, and he's totally the shit, nobody can ever compare to him, and there's is nothing to like about him. Patti was selfish, a bit of a bitch, a liar, self-centered, yet I think I could kind of sympathize with her since her childhood is shit. The only character I kind of liked was Renee, but even then she was only a minor character with no depth/development.
What was the plot again? Sexing it up everywhere, sucking dick, "slaying meatpits" (I was seriously disgusted by that), doing whoever whenever, and being totally in wuv with somebody after hanging out with them one freakin' time. Alexander also has complete sexual prejudices about Patti that truly sickened me. So, Patti having sex with somebody at age 12 is totally outrageous, but Alexander having sex at age 12 with his 15 year old babysitter is completely rad.
If I ever have to read the word rad, homey (people still use this word in a none-mocking way?), or meatpit again, I might throw myself out a window.
The pacing is reasonably quick for a book clocking in at 518 pages, but my enjoyment was very little. I only appreciated that the characters weren't perfect (yet I still hated them), the overall premise, and the ending.
Oh, that ending. I even felt a little bit bad for Alexander. However, I feel that the ending is very easy to predict because of how Patti acts towards everything, and the tagline of the book.
"Play or be played."
This book has no idea what the word subtle means.
Alexander Franklin is a nineteen year old junkie loser, who wants to be a rock star in New York. He goes to the A-Lot, a pick-up location for prostitues, to make money to buy drugs, and on one of these pick-ups, he meets Patti Smith, a fourteen year old prostitute, and he instantly falls in love with her. However, Raymond Burke ruthlessly controls the town of Beaver Falls (I know, what kind of name is that?), and the police are in his back pocket, so when one of his goons named Lars, who wants to have Patti all for himself, gets pissed off that Patti wants to be with Alexander, they're love might not survive.
I fell in love with Dead End last year, and was both equally shocked and delighted by how gruesome and dark it was, and how Jason Myers wasn't afraid to make his charcters suffer, as the ending proved. However, this book was so fucked up, and so ridiculous, and was more sex and hearing about the MC's past conquests than the actual story I relayed to you above.
I hated the characters. Alexander was a misogynistic little pig, who cheats on Patti all the time, treats women like trash, every girl is a slut, he's a total rocker, and he's totally the shit, nobody can ever compare to him, and there's is nothing to like about him. Patti was selfish, a bit of a bitch, a liar, self-centered, yet I think I could kind of sympathize with her since her childhood is shit. The only character I kind of liked was Renee, but even then she was only a minor character with no depth/development.
What was the plot again? Sexing it up everywhere, sucking dick, "slaying meatpits" (I was seriously disgusted by that), doing whoever whenever, and being totally in wuv with somebody after hanging out with them one freakin' time. Alexander also has complete sexual prejudices about Patti that truly sickened me. So, Patti having sex with somebody at age 12 is totally outrageous, but Alexander having sex at age 12 with his 15 year old babysitter is completely rad.
If I ever have to read the word rad, homey (people still use this word in a none-mocking way?), or meatpit again, I might throw myself out a window.
The pacing is reasonably quick for a book clocking in at 518 pages, but my enjoyment was very little. I only appreciated that the characters weren't perfect (yet I still hated them), the overall premise, and the ending.
Oh, that ending. I even felt a little bit bad for Alexander. However, I feel that the ending is very easy to predict because of how Patti acts towards everything, and the tagline of the book.
"Play or be played."
This book has no idea what the word subtle means.
kalb924's review against another edition
1.0
Wow. I wish I could give this book 0 stars. It was that bad.
randyribay's review against another edition
4.0
intense and well-paced, but not for readers who expect books to morally instruct their audience.
gmil_8's review against another edition
3.0
Actual Rating: 2.5
This book had a nice plot, but I don't think it had to be this big. There were plenty parts that could've been cut out. In the middle of the book, it started to go flat, then pick up and then do this sequence over and over again.
This book is not for people who can't handle mature content. I don't think that society would say that I'm old enough to read this, but I was mature enough to get through it, but if you're not, then this book is not for you.
At the end, there were some very graphic scenes, not sexual graphic btw, that made my stomach churn. It's not a book for the people with a weak stomach.
This is one of the books that the concept sounds great, but the way it's executed is probably not what you're expecting.
One of the things that I hated about this book was the hate of gay people. Lesbians were fine, but gays were talked about like they're a different species. The word faggot was used a countless number of times, it made my skin crawl.
This book had a nice plot, but I don't think it had to be this big. There were plenty parts that could've been cut out. In the middle of the book, it started to go flat, then pick up and then do this sequence over and over again.
This book is not for people who can't handle mature content. I don't think that society would say that I'm old enough to read this, but I was mature enough to get through it, but if you're not, then this book is not for you.
At the end, there were some very graphic scenes, not sexual graphic btw, that made my stomach churn. It's not a book for the people with a weak stomach.
This is one of the books that the concept sounds great, but the way it's executed is probably not what you're expecting.
One of the things that I hated about this book was the hate of gay people. Lesbians were fine, but gays were talked about like they're a different species. The word faggot was used a countless number of times, it made my skin crawl.
sliverlines's review against another edition
3.0
I've read exit here and the mission so I had an idea of what kind of characters and situations to expect, but run the game was a little much.
for starters, I do not really understand how this is a novel intended for "young adults"; curse words are overused and the language is vulgar. as most ya novels are directed toward 13-18 year olds, there is no way I would let my child read a book of this caliber until they are 17+, 16 if I'm feeling generous.
I understand that there are people, children, whose lives may be similar to the situations and lifestyles of the characters portrayed in this novel, and that kids are growing up at a quicker pace now, but I still don't think this novel is suitable for everyone in the ya age range. especially when it comes to the sexual content.
also, maybe because it's been a few years since I've read anything by jason myers but even the way this book was written was hard to read but I guess this style of "anyone could write this" should have been expected.
that being said the characters threw me in for a loop. shocked that a 14 year old is in her predicament, but also at how good she is at running the game. I'm partially disappointed in myself and my desire for a happy ending, when again, I probably should have seen it coming. THAT ENDING!! how good patti is at manipulating her words and regaining her composure. the hint of her intent stare on lars near the end is what kind of gave away whose side she was really on, when it was not her own, but Alexander... I didn't expect that kind of ending for him.
the kind of "no way" "what the hell" ending that I had to reread twice and still want to reread is why I'm giving this book 3 instead of 2 stars.
sidenote: anyone have any idea why jason included himself in the novel? was it purely narcassistic or...?
for starters, I do not really understand how this is a novel intended for "young adults"; curse words are overused and the language is vulgar. as most ya novels are directed toward 13-18 year olds, there is no way I would let my child read a book of this caliber until they are 17+, 16 if I'm feeling generous.
I understand that there are people, children, whose lives may be similar to the situations and lifestyles of the characters portrayed in this novel, and that kids are growing up at a quicker pace now, but I still don't think this novel is suitable for everyone in the ya age range. especially when it comes to the sexual content.
also, maybe because it's been a few years since I've read anything by jason myers but even the way this book was written was hard to read but I guess this style of "anyone could write this" should have been expected.
that being said the characters threw me in for a loop. shocked that a 14 year old is in her predicament, but also at how good she is at running the game. I'm partially disappointed in myself and my desire for a happy ending, when again, I probably should have seen it coming. THAT ENDING!! how good patti is at manipulating her words and regaining her composure. the hint of her intent stare on lars near the end is what kind of gave away whose side she was really on, when it was not her own, but Alexander... I didn't expect that kind of ending for him.
the kind of "no way" "what the hell" ending that I had to reread twice and still want to reread is why I'm giving this book 3 instead of 2 stars.
sidenote: anyone have any idea why jason included himself in the novel? was it purely narcassistic or...?
denilsa22's review against another edition
5.0
i read this book, YEARS ago and yes i know it's not the best book out there but for whatever reason, it's my favorite "trashy" book.