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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
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Read like a teenage Ocean’s Eleven. Absolutely entertaining. A bit predictable, but an easy read so I didn’t really mind.
Read like a teenage Ocean’s Eleven. Absolutely entertaining. A bit predictable, but an easy read so I didn’t really mind.
A student recommended this one. I called it on the ending (which is good, in this case). The protagonist, Max, is a likeable kid. It has a few good lines, but the plot gets a little slow at times.
This book was surprisingly quite enjoyable! It had more to it than I expected, and it was just super fun in general. Think Ferris Bueller meets Ocean's Eleven. And the ending came as a big surprise! I appreciated the way that everything wrapped up. Totally entertaining.
Ok. I thought this would be a lot fun and then it would nearly wrap itself up at the end. I didn’t expect the twist. Well done setting up book 2. 👏
*I received this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*
This book was so much fun to read. It had me wishing that people in my high school would have been this creative and pulled pranks on one another and the school, because to be honest, it would have livened things up quite a bit.
I really related to the main character, Max. He feels like there is nothing spectacular about his life—he is "just" Max. So when he and a sort of random, Breakfast Club-esque group start to pull pranks against their school's Chaos Club, he becomes "Not Max," or the exact opposite of who he has been his entire life. And it brings him a lot of happiness, not because he is rebelling against the system or causing people harm, but because he finally has a group of people with whom he feels he belongs with, for once in his life.
The most important part of this book is that it brings up the moral issue of the difference between revenge and justice. As the group starts to pull their pranks, some of the members use the pranks that they pull to get revenge on people who have wronged them in the past, which makes Max question his involvement in the group all together. He wonders if what they are doing is okay, or if they are no better than the Chaos Club themselves, the same evil going by a different name.
This book was so much fun to read. It had me wishing that people in my high school would have been this creative and pulled pranks on one another and the school, because to be honest, it would have livened things up quite a bit.
I really related to the main character, Max. He feels like there is nothing spectacular about his life—he is "just" Max. So when he and a sort of random, Breakfast Club-esque group start to pull pranks against their school's Chaos Club, he becomes "Not Max," or the exact opposite of who he has been his entire life. And it brings him a lot of happiness, not because he is rebelling against the system or causing people harm, but because he finally has a group of people with whom he feels he belongs with, for once in his life.
The most important part of this book is that it brings up the moral issue of the difference between revenge and justice. As the group starts to pull their pranks, some of the members use the pranks that they pull to get revenge on people who have wronged them in the past, which makes Max question his involvement in the group all together. He wonders if what they are doing is okay, or if they are no better than the Chaos Club themselves, the same evil going by a different name.
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"I'm not going to define myself by such simple terms any longer. And I'm sure as hell not going to let anyone else do it for me either. My friends, including Boyd, have shown me the consequences of letting that happen. If I've learned anything over the past six months, it's that I'm capable of stunning feats of greatness and amazing moments of stupidity. That's who I am, and it's time to embrace that."
This was a fun and entertaining book, and at times it did remind me of certain other books, but I’m okay with that because sometimes you just need a nice payback type of book.
Max is tired of being “boring” and he sees this invite that he got in his locker as way to become somebody. Little does he know that four other students had been given the same note that will change their lives forever.
Max along with Tim (Adleta), Wheeler, Ellie, and Kate (Malone) all end up at the same place, and find a clue that tells them what to do, but when it doesn’t go as expected and they end up getting into some trouble. They become friends and decided to get back at the people that put them into this situation in the first place. At least that’s what they think they’re doing.
As the school year goes along and each member of Max’s crew pulls a prank each worse than the previous one, until one of them gets into serious trouble and puts a stop to it for a while. But then on the last possible day the biggest prank of all gets pulled and the culprits that started it all get caught.
That twists at the end though, even though we had a warning about it, I still wasn’t expecting the person to be as devious as they turned out to be.
This wasn’t just a story about pulling pranks though. It’s one about friendship and figuring out who you are in the world and what it is you want to do to leave your mark on the world.
I really enjoyed this one and how easy of a read it was. If you want a quick/fun read then I think you should check this one out.
This book does contain strong language at times.
I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
"I'm not going to define myself by such simple terms any longer. And I'm sure as hell not going to let anyone else do it for me either. My friends, including Boyd, have shown me the consequences of letting that happen. If I've learned anything over the past six months, it's that I'm capable of stunning feats of greatness and amazing moments of stupidity. That's who I am, and it's time to embrace that."
This was a fun and entertaining book, and at times it did remind me of certain other books, but I’m okay with that because sometimes you just need a nice payback type of book.
Max is tired of being “boring” and he sees this invite that he got in his locker as way to become somebody. Little does he know that four other students had been given the same note that will change their lives forever.
Max along with Tim (Adleta), Wheeler, Ellie, and Kate (Malone) all end up at the same place, and find a clue that tells them what to do, but when it doesn’t go as expected and they end up getting into some trouble. They become friends and decided to get back at the people that put them into this situation in the first place. At least that’s what they think they’re doing.
As the school year goes along and each member of Max’s crew pulls a prank each worse than the previous one, until one of them gets into serious trouble and puts a stop to it for a while. But then on the last possible day the biggest prank of all gets pulled and the culprits that started it all get caught.
That twists at the end though, even though we had a warning about it, I still wasn’t expecting the person to be as devious as they turned out to be.
This wasn’t just a story about pulling pranks though. It’s one about friendship and figuring out who you are in the world and what it is you want to do to leave your mark on the world.
I really enjoyed this one and how easy of a read it was. If you want a quick/fun read then I think you should check this one out.
This book does contain strong language at times.
I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
An interesting coming-of-age book with a twist. Several twists in fact.
Max is a junior in high school who is one of the invisible kids, the kids who are lucky if people actually know their names. In class one day, a popular girl calls him "just Max," and it starts him thinking about his life. How he is just drifting through totally average with nothing special at all about himself other than his love of heist movies and his heist rules.
So it's mind boggling to him when he and four other kids in the Junior class are targeted in a prank set up by the famous Chaos Club, an off-the-books club that has pulled pranks in their high school for 40 years, that leads them to being caught by authorities for something they didn't do. Bound by their anger towards the Chao Club, they set up a competition amongst themselves to pull pranks throughout the school year and also have the goal to take down the secretive Chaos Club.
And here's the coming-of-age part. Through all of this, Max has a decision to make. Will he continue on the safe path and be Just Max, or does he like being someone other than that? From all this, Max gains confidence and friendship with the other four kids.
And here's one of the main twists. Watching the rest of the team impliment and carry out their pranks, he starts understanding the moral implications of the question: Is revenge justice?
I really enjoyed Max's 1st person POV in this book and his unique and quirky voice. There were many times I laughed out loud at his similes and metaphors. But what I really appreciated was watching his moral growth throughout the book.
I don't know if there will be a sequel entailing his senior year. The twist at the end did set up the possibility of it, and if so, I'll definitely be reading that one, too.
Max is a junior in high school who is one of the invisible kids, the kids who are lucky if people actually know their names. In class one day, a popular girl calls him "just Max," and it starts him thinking about his life. How he is just drifting through totally average with nothing special at all about himself other than his love of heist movies and his heist rules.
So it's mind boggling to him when he and four other kids in the Junior class are targeted in a prank set up by the famous Chaos Club, an off-the-books club that has pulled pranks in their high school for 40 years, that leads them to being caught by authorities for something they didn't do. Bound by their anger towards the Chao Club, they set up a competition amongst themselves to pull pranks throughout the school year and also have the goal to take down the secretive Chaos Club.
And here's the coming-of-age part. Through all of this, Max has a decision to make. Will he continue on the safe path and be Just Max, or does he like being someone other than that? From all this, Max gains confidence and friendship with the other four kids.
And here's one of the main twists. Watching the rest of the team impliment and carry out their pranks, he starts understanding the moral implications of the question: Is revenge justice?
I really enjoyed Max's 1st person POV in this book and his unique and quirky voice. There were many times I laughed out loud at his similes and metaphors. But what I really appreciated was watching his moral growth throughout the book.
I don't know if there will be a sequel entailing his senior year. The twist at the end did set up the possibility of it, and if so, I'll definitely be reading that one, too.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
This novel is a fairly recent, refreshing read that I didn't know I needed. It holds daring adventure, idiot high school kids rebelling against the system, and a rivalry with very high stakes. Reminiscent of my favorite childhood book, this prank war is refreshing and inspirational. This novel, the first for the author, is a solid read for someone just freshly through high school, and has many inspirational moments. With the final message of "write your name in the universal wet cement", this novel is very good and I would love to read it again in the future.
If I had to sum up this book in one word, it would be : fun. That book was SO much fun. It was fast-paced, entertaining, and I definitely wanted to read it all in one sitting, to see what craziness would occur next. Despite the tight group of friends I met and liked, I wish I could have gotten to know each of those a little bit better, a little bit deeper. Each were interesting and definitely had layers to their personalities, and I wanted to know MORE. I kind of guessed the ending, too, so this made me a bit sad. A great, fun, and entertaining read, and an author to look forward to!
Full review coming soon on Drizzle & Hurricane Books
Full review coming soon on Drizzle & Hurricane Books
I wish I had read this back when I first got it my junior year of college. It was a fun and easy read.