Noah Can't Even

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Instead of a sixteen year old, he feels like a ten year old who cannot - at all - have one proper conversation.

And while I got a vague sense of Harry, he wasn't really on page enough for the attraction to feel completely, unquestionably real. Noah is kissed by his best friend Harry at a party and that, along with a billion crazy antics, blow up in his face, sending his world into a spiral. However, if you're looking for a touching romance, which develops over time and focuses on the MC's spending loads of time together. Devo dire che all'inizio il libro mi aveva preso moltissimo e mi aveva fatto morire dalle risate grazie al protagonista "adorabilmente imbarazzante", però alla lunga la storia è diventata un po' troppo assurda e secondo me troppo piena di eventi (anche se comunque tutto si collega in modo impeccabile).It felt like so much "wackiness" was piled up, one absurd thing after another, unloading on poor Noah.

I’m very grateful because, for all its intended silliness, there is a profoundly moving story of endurance and self-acceptance in “Noah Can’t Even” that will surely save the lives of a few teenagers going forward. There are some really touching moments too, with regard to conversations about sexuality and standing up for yourself. Noah Can’t Even was Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award, won the Wirral Paperback of the Year, was shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards and got Bronze in the Amazing Book Awards! The Bookseller ‘Slapstick but wonderfully funny’ Jewish Chronicle ‘A debut I very much loved’ Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games and role model for Stonewall UK ‘Sweet, barmy, charming, unexpectedly romantic delight of a YA novel.There were loads of mom-and-dad shenanigans, and a sub plot involving another girl, blackmail, and gobs of Noah consistently in-denial thoughts. There's also instances of classism, where Noah insults skilled labourers, people receiving benefits, and tattooed people (not that having tattoos gives any indication of your social class, unless you're Katie Hopkins). Okay, sure, some of the plot read like a soap opera--but sometimes it really does feel that way growing up. For a long time, one wonders what this ending will be, but it is satisfying nonetheless (did I mention the tall, gym-toned (and very sensitive) male nurse? But Noah's nothing if not a bit clueless, like how maybe he should've guessed he wasn't quite straight when the school mean girl threw herself at him sexually and he couldn't escape her fast enough.

W każdym razie tak głupiej książki dawno już nie czytałam i NIE POLECAM jej nikomu, a już zwłaszcza nastolatkom. Noah was a skinny, socially-inept nerd and, in his misguided quest for popularity and acceptance, he repeatedly made one insanely bad choice after another, which turned his life into a huge web of complicated lies, placing an ever-tightening noose around his own neck and, yep, by the end, Noah " can't even" with any of it. Although fiercely intelligent and wise beyond his years—in a way that suggests he was born already a grumpy 80-year-old man—Noah goes from one outrageous situation to another, baffled by the behavior of those around him, and somehow, after making some foolhardy choices made with good intentions, his already rocky existence starts to landslide out of his very delicate control.With an absentee father, a pain-in-the-arse mother, a badass gran, and the most wonderful best-mate a boy could hope for, Noah Grimes really has A LOT to deal with. His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyoncé tribute act is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran is no longer herself. Harry Potter battled forces of evil like bazillion of times already when he was 15, and Noah can't even form a coherent sentence without sounding like a mentally challenged caterpillar.

Noah Can't Even is the story of a clueless teen finding his way in an ever complicated and ridiculous world. Noah will need him now that he has a scam artist half brother and father, now back with mom, in the picture. I'm not a teen, and so most teen books are not written with me in mind and of course that's the way it should be. I'd urge everyone to take a chance on it - especially if you're someone who would never consider a Young Adult novel as a potential read.Tak, tak, wiem, Noah jest szkolnym nerdem, ale wiecie, w przeciwieństwie do Polski, oni tam mają w Wielkiej Brytanii w szkole taki przedmiot jak edukacja seksualna.