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Sep. 20th, 2008 02:25 amAlthough I generally veer more towards the Fantasy side of YA fiction, I picked up the paperback of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist at Target the other day and am about halfway through. This book is making me feel really old.
Nick and Norah are both college age, recovering broken-hearts who meet-cute at a club. It started out promising enough, but as Nick and Norah become more attracted to each other, the more angsty and capslocky they become. Occasionally they will hear a punk song and they will pause to pogo dance their little hearts out, but since punk songs last like, three minutes, they are swiftly dropped back to reality to bemoan the dismal state of their love lives.
I really wanted to like this. I like books about music (like High Fidelity) and I'm kind of a music snob (I think punk is way overrated though. I spent my rebellious teen years listening to Weird Al Yankovic and Fleetwood Mac. Yeah, I'll show myself out.), but while Nick and Norah seemed like cute, funny characters at the beginning, their acquaintance is not improving over time. Norah, especially. I just want to take her aside and go, Dude, chill out. Enough with the CAPSLOCK. And yeah, I get it, you're straight-edge with your virgin daiquiris and ironic paper umbrellas, but for god's sake, drink and/or smoke something, so you can MELLOW the FUCK out. You don't have to get blotto, just relaxed enough so that you don't pop that blood vessel that's threatening to blow.
I still think the movie trailer looks good though, as it downplays Nick and Norah's wangstiness, so I'll probably go see it.
Nick and Norah are both college age, recovering broken-hearts who meet-cute at a club. It started out promising enough, but as Nick and Norah become more attracted to each other, the more angsty and capslocky they become. Occasionally they will hear a punk song and they will pause to pogo dance their little hearts out, but since punk songs last like, three minutes, they are swiftly dropped back to reality to bemoan the dismal state of their love lives.
I really wanted to like this. I like books about music (like High Fidelity) and I'm kind of a music snob (I think punk is way overrated though. I spent my rebellious teen years listening to Weird Al Yankovic and Fleetwood Mac. Yeah, I'll show myself out.), but while Nick and Norah seemed like cute, funny characters at the beginning, their acquaintance is not improving over time. Norah, especially. I just want to take her aside and go, Dude, chill out. Enough with the CAPSLOCK. And yeah, I get it, you're straight-edge with your virgin daiquiris and ironic paper umbrellas, but for god's sake, drink and/or smoke something, so you can MELLOW the FUCK out. You don't have to get blotto, just relaxed enough so that you don't pop that blood vessel that's threatening to blow.
I still think the movie trailer looks good though, as it downplays Nick and Norah's wangstiness, so I'll probably go see it.
