Half His Age
von Jennette McCurdy
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we’ll go to in order to get what we want. Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does. Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles—or attempts to overcome them—in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.
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Half His Age
von Jennette McCurdy
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we’ll go to in order to get what we want. Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does. Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles—or attempts to overcome them—in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(12)
Rezension von Ani BunnySuper Buch! Geile Quotes! Absolut krasse Passagen die ich nie wieder vergessen werden und die mich richtig zum nachdenken gebracht haben. Und sooooi Lustig!!
Rezension von Mara🌻Es fällt mir schwer, dass Buch zu bewerten. Der Schreibstil an sich war toll. Waldo wollte ich entweder durchgehen schütteln oder einfach nur fest umarmen. Klar ist das eklig, was da passiert. Aber die Einsichten, die Waldo für sich gefunden hat, fand ich richtig und wichtig. Gerade die letzten Seiten haben mir viel gegeben.
Rezension von Si7viFirst of all…die Qualität des Buches grauenhaft. Der Inhalt ist ok. Witzig ja, etwas mehr Tiefe wäre wünschenswert gewesen. Das letzte Drittel war eine Qual…überflüssig…und das Ende…naja
Rezension von DanielaDas war richtig schräg und richtig widerlich, Aber vermutlich an vielen Stellen zutreffend. Ich habe das Buch als Hörbuch gehört, und habe dadurch die Ausdrucksweise vielleicht noch mal heftiger empfunden, aber es war an vielen Stellen schon grenzwertig.
Rezension von lizzyThe point was good but girl it was nasty and just didnt want to continue.