Noah Can't Even

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Noah Can't Even is the story of a clueless teen finding his way in an ever complicated and ridiculous world.

Overall I think my main problem with this book was it's immaturity, it felt very juvenile in the way it dealt with some topics. His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyoncé tribute act is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran is no longer herself.There's also the problem of his mother, who's played for laughs as embarrassing and making life difficult, when actually she's abusive and neglectful. It would be heartbreaking, except for the author’s cleverness, which somehow keeps the comedy one step ahead of the tragedy, using Noah’s inherent innocence and misguided wisdom as fuel.

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!Green's story fulfils the criteria of the original ánd the present-day meaning of the term "comedy". The situations are convincing and spell-binding - I caught myself more than once wondering whether I may actually laugh at someone in this particular predicament (need one go further than the "boy problem" in the very first scene? I just wanted to throw it out there that leaving reviews are more important than you might imagine, not just to the authors. However, if you're looking for a touching romance, which develops over time and focuses on the MC's spending loads of time together. Simon James Green's debut is fast paced, full of attractive and interesting characters, spectacular scenes and pithy dialogue.

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. I'm very much looking forward to the next book, " Noah Could Never", where I'm hoping we get a lot more on-page time with the two of them more fully developing their relationship. His mother is on the dole and they are usually quite poor, but she earns extra money by performing Beyoncé tribute acts under a stage name.But I've read teen books that are clearly for teens and not for me, and I've either still enjoyed them or thought nope, not for me, and moved on. However, it's a twenty-first century comedy - the last five sentences threaten the new equilibrium disastrously - or (I truly hope! My only niggle about the book was how, after Harry kissed Noah at the party, there was this huge, awkward distance between them, so for the majority of the book they rarely said more than two words to one another. Noah se lewe in 'n klein Britse dorpie is nie waffers nie, maar dan gebeur daar skielik 'n klomp dinge gelyk wat 'n ongerieflike lewe hel maak.

This isn't really addressed and Noah still acts awkward around her too, so I don't know if we're supposed to laugh at her 'shenanigans' or be genuinely concerned. o. Noah Grimes, as he rather desperately attempts to find out who he is and where his attractions actually lie.

Then, illuminated with alcohol, Noah’s world goes entirely off the rails, triggering a madcap series of events that go from bad to worse, as all of his dreams of normality come tumbling down around him. Instead of a sixteen year old, he feels like a ten year old who cannot - at all - have one proper conversation. There is also the whole plot with his mum and I will say it was an interesting dynamic that I didn't feel was fleshed out enough. It reads like Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Horrid Henry, but with so many sexual innuendos to the point that they're not even sexual innuendos and are just made to be.