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Liked It “Shakespeare Shapiro has always hated his name. His parents bestowed it on him as some kind of sick joke when he was born, and his life has gone downhill from there, one embarrassing incident after another. Entering his senior year of high school, Shakespeare has never had a girlfriend, his...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “When I saw the title of this book, I immediately let loose with one of those Beavis and Butthead snort-laughs. Then I saw the words "lewd," "hilarious," and "vulgar" on the front and back cover and knew it had to be mine. If only I had ended my relationship with this book there because the...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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0 of 1 members found this review helpful“KINDLE EDITION”
Wendy Bell wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Shakespeare Shapiro has always hated his name. His parents bestowed it on him as some kind of sick joke when he was born, and his life has gone downhill from there, one embarrassing incident after another. Entering his senior year of high school, Shakespeare has never had a girlfriend, his younger brother is cooler than he is, and his best friend's favorite topic of conversation is his bowel movements. But Shakespeare will have the last laugh. He is chronicling every mortifying detail in his memoir, the writing project each senior at Shakespeare's high school must complete. And he is doing it brilliantly. And, just maybe, a prize-winning memoir will bring him respect, admiration, and a girlfriend . . . or at least a prom date.”
Lunenburg Teen Advisory Group wrote this review Tuesday, November 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“its funny”
oscar n wrote this review Wednesday, October 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“one of the funniest books you will ever read.”
dewayne a wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“When I saw the title of this book, I immediately let loose with one of those Beavis and Butthead snort-laughs. Then I saw the words "lewd," "hilarious," and "vulgar" on the front and back cover and knew it had to be mine. If only I had ended my relationship with this book there because the funniest thing about the novel is the title.
Amanda B wrote this review Saturday, October 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The novel was, as promised, crude. However, it failed to deliver on the hilarious part. When one is dealing with bathroom/sexual humor, there's a fine line between being funny (like American Pie) and just being disgusting (like Larry the Cable Guy). Sure, there were a few amusing moments, but very few. Also, I didn't relate to the characters at all. They seemed flat and one dimensional, especially Shakespeare's friends. Shakespeare himself seems a stereotype--a self-pitying wannabe writer who is a senior in a high school the likes of which I cannot imagine existing (Hemingway High, where students are apparently allowed to write about their embarrassing encounters with sex and porn in the school newspaper and teachers are allowed to constant refer to their left testicle). In the end, I just didn't care about Shakespeare and his struggle with his hormones. Also, I had trouble buying that he was a talented writer as his writing assignments (scattered throughout the book) were mediocre at best. The nice thing about the book is that he does mature by the end and learns to care about someone other than himself. Too bad I never cared about him.”
“Hilarious!”
Crystal S wrote this review Wednesday, October 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hilarious, gross, witty... As an English teacher I certainly appreciated all of the inside jokes. But all of my students will probably love this even if they don't get those. Read this!”
Ryan N wrote this review Sunday, October 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Just got this last night (10/1). It is HILARIOUS. Definitely needs parent permission. But HILARIOUS.”
Ms. Althauser wrote this review Friday, October 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“ it is very funny. It is a different style of writing that i haven't read. I enjoyed it a lot, so much that i couldn't put it down and finished it in 2 days. I highly recommend it because it is full of laughs and has an interesting point of view. It is about a teenage boy about to graduate high school. As a finishing project, he has to write a memoir about his life. The main character is Shakespeare and he has a younger brother, Gandhi, who is more popular than he is, his father is somewhat of an alcoholic, and has a mother is very shy and insecure. throughout the whole book, Shakespeare writes about his senior year in high school, the many girls he likes but knows he doesn't have a chance of ever going out with them, and he writes about his annoying and insane family and friends. he talks about his accomplishments like publishing a story for his school literary magazine. He also talks about his disappointments in his life, like warning his parents not to take him to his first ever baseball game (boston red sox vs. new york yankees) because he believes that he will be hit in the head by a baseball. Eventually, by the end of the 9th inning, his fear came true. He writes about the girl, Charlotte, who he never thought that in a million years he would go out with, but at the end he did. overall, he believes that there is no good thing in his life, but at the end he learns to appreciate his life and he stops being so insecure.
Laura H wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I thought that it was an interesting and different book than others i have read before. But i do recommend it because of it's unique taste in writing and i think people will love it. ”
