This National Book Award Finalist is now a major motion picture — one of the most buzzed-about films at Sundance 2013, starring Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller.
SUTTER KEELY. HE’S the guy you want at your party. He’ll get everyone dancing. He’ ll get everyone in your parents’ pool. Okay, so he’s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men’s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagram’s V.O., life’s pretty fabuloso, actually.
Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life—or ruin it forever.
The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp is one of the best books I have read this year. It captures your attention from the first page to the last, and it honestly makes you want to see the movie. Sutter Keely is someone everyone wants to be friends with--he's fun-loving and has a big heart. He's one of those characters you either will fall in love with and hope for the best for him, or you'll hate him and hope for the worst. All the stress that Sutter goes through is completely relatable: applying to college, missing his ex, divorced parents/a runaway father. This book will keep you laughing and "awwing" the whole time. Since this novel is a bit inappropriate, I wouldn't recommend it to a middle-schooler, but I think it's fine for high schoolers and older (I read it while in college). It's definitely top of my list, and a perfect summer read!
Have a great (sunny) day!
-NBW
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