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I Love You, Beth Cooper
 

I Love You, Beth Cooper

by Larry Doyle


Denis Cooverman didn't want to give a typical graduation speech, cherishing memories and embracing challenges and crap. So, instead, he stood up in front of his 512 class-mates and their 3,000 relatives and said some-thing really important:

"I love you, Beth Cooper."

It would have been such a sweet, romantic moment. Except that:

Beth, the head... (read more)

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Coyotemusic
  • Rated 4 stars

“I Love You Beth Cooper is basically a 1980's Brat Pack movie in written form. It takes place on high-school graduation night with a meld of stereo-types who don't normally meld.

Larry Doyle used to write for the Simpsons and other TV and movie projects, and you can certainly see that influence in this book. I give the story a 2.5 .... I don't want to spoil anything, but the essentially the same thing happened 5 different times. Probably I'd have enjoyed the story more if I...”

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Richie V
  • Rated 2 stars

“I Love You... definitely had some funny moments, but after awhile the plot felt played out, the wittiness was a bit overdone, and the crassness was getting out of hand. It was just too much. Brainy dorky guy gets beat up (repeatedly) on grad night, and gets to run around town with a hot chick he loves completing mini-adventures with his might-be-gay best friend. That's the plot.

I would call this a high school cliche for the 21st century.”

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