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They learn a lot about themselves, each other, and what their futures hold for them. I found Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan not long before the movie came out. As soon as I heard that it was based on a book, I ran to work (remember I work at a library) to snatch up a copy before they were all gone. Give it a shot.
The authors did a fantastic job capturing the essence of these personalities. Just an all around fun read that will leave you wanting more. Not to mention the fact that these teens actually seem like real teens. All of the characters are dynamic and likeable to the point that I kind of wish they were my friends.
At least, not in this sense. While Norah is notorious for her foul mouth and in-your-face attitude, Nick is her counter-part as he is rather quiet and observant. The movie, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings, came out in late 2008. Little do they know that they will find exactly what they were running from in each other.A witty, fast-paced read, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is told in alternating voices giving wonderful perspective and depth on two different viewpoints of the same situation.
After their personal realtionship tragedies, they head out on the town (seperately) with friends to try enjoying company.A chance meeting at a particular club lands these two together on a whirlwind adventure all over the city. I was not disappointed at all.When you are coming off the heels of a painful break-up, your first reaction is probably not going out to hit the club. Nick and Norah are both lively, energetic, passionate people who LOVE music.
The book went well with the movie, it allowed the the different characters to become more real.
I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys a good love story, with a few twists. This book had a lot of swearing in it. Nick was always doing things to please Tris (his ex). Norah is always helping her best friend Caroline, who enjoys being heavily intoxicated.My absolute favorite part of this book is when one of Nick's friends, Dev, tries to explain to Nick the deeper meaning of the song I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles.
Maybe that's what it was supposed to do, if so, the author achieved their goal. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist By: Rachel Cohn & David Levithan**** (5 stars)Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, I thought, was a very good book. It will make you laugh, if you're a teen or an adult. Not a marriage that lasts one hundred years. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. It's a quote that left me thinking about things I haven't thought about before.
Not 24-7 sex. It mainly takes place in a club, in Manhattan. It left me wanting a second book. I loved this book, but I wish it had a better ending. I felt like this moment in the book.this quote was very truthful and deep in meaning. Every single successful love song of the past 50 years can be traced back to `I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' And every single successful love story has those unbearable and unbearably exciting moments of hand-holding." I feel like that quote has a really great meaning, and it was interpreted very well. To make this book more enjoyable for all ages, I wish there could've been fewer obscenities. Misty Hines-Karnes
Nick is teenage boy in a hardcore punk emo band with a few of his close friends, who happens to be hung up on his ex-girlfriend of 6 months. Not a Porsche or a million dollar crib. I just wish I knew how Nick and Norah ended up. Norah is a sarcastic, funny, and wealthy girl but thinks very little of herself. It left me off wondering. They wanna hold your hand. Dev tells Nick: "That's what everyone wants. No.
But the execution was AWFUL.i'm 29, i don't have kids, i don't care whether 12 year olds read stuff like this or not (i say let them read it, why not). is such an innocent child-like creature, did the authors really need to vulgarize it for cheap laughs. Conversations about having 'three-ways with E.T.' and going to see sex-shows where people dressed up as nuns make out. i'm just saying, i personally did not enjoy this book. (The whole E.T. wait wait.
not so much.the authors just tried too hard to sound like teens, they really over did it. over and over and over again).i give it two stars because the overall plot and the alternating viewpoint of the two characters written by two authors was original and interesting. that can be the name of their band.i thought i would like this book, i really did. thing actually made me sad, E.T. it felt like the authors were bending over backwards trying to impress the reader trying to show how cool and hip they are and instead looking like dorky fools. i usually like books with drinking and cursing and sex in it but when the two main characters are sexually frustrated overly self conscious, trying way too hard to be ironic teenagers.
Is that like supposed to be shocking and edgy or something.
It was great that it wasn't a totally happy night, not everything went the way the characters wanted it to but it wouldn't have been a great story if had and you know it. I love the music within the book. Despite their flaws I love Nick and Nora. This book was great. If you liked the movie, trust me the book is always better and that rule it not exception here. I love the two pov's from the main characters. I loved the adventure all in one night. I loved the supporting characters (most of the time) because they were just so damn lovable.
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